RightNow CEO & Founder Greg Gianforte to Speak at Red Herring Fall 2005 Conference

BOZEMAN, Mont., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RightNow(R) Technologies (Nasdaq: RNOW) today announced its CEO and founder Greg Gianforte will address the Red Herring Fall 2005 Conference, which is being held December 13-15 at the San Francisco Grand Hyatt. Gianforte will be participating in a panel discussion entitled "Enterprise Software: The Silent Revolution."

The session will focus on the new dynamics created in the enterprise software market by the ascent of open source solutions, as well as the role of on demand delivery models in the competitive landscape.

RightNow uses open source technologies including Linux, MySQL, and Apache in its multi-tenant/multi-version hosting environment to minimize infrastructure licensing costs -- thereby enabling greater investment in scalability, redundancy, and innovative functionality, which all add value for the customer.

Red Herring's Fall 2005 conference brings together leading "Small Cap" companies, technology executives, investors, and analysts to share their insights and predictions. The conference is an invitation-only event created to help CEOs and senior executives get ahead -- and stay ahead -- of the relentless wave of progress in the technology sector.

"Open source is fundamentally altering the economics of the enterprise software market, especially when it comes to increasingly commoditized infrastructure components such as operating systems, databases and web servers," Gianforte said. "This phenomenon, combined with the disruptive introduction of on demand application delivery, is enabling customers to achieve higher returns on their technology investments and bring a new level of accountability to their vendor engagements." About RightNow Technologies

RightNow (Nasdaq: RNOW) provides organizations with industry-leading on demand CRM solutions to build customer-focused businesses. RightNow's acclaimed technology, comprehensive services and commitment to customer success deliver high returns on investment for its customers. More than 1,400 organizations worldwide use RightNow solutions including British Airways, British Telecom, Cisco Systems, Continental Tire North America, John Deere, Nikon and the Social Security Administration. Founded in 1997, RightNow is headquartered in Bozeman, Montana, with additional offices in North America, Europe and Asia. For further information, please visit http://www.rightnow.com/. RightNow is a registered trademark of RightNow Technologies, Inc. NASDAQ is a registered trademark of the NASDAQ Stock Market. Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

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