TO BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY EDITORS:

       New Connector Enhancements and Upgrade Program Provide Advanced
       Data Quality Solutions for Oracle(R) Warehouse Builder Customers

BILLERICA, Mass., Dec. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trillium Software(TM), a division of Harte-Hanks, Inc. (NYSE: HHS) and the market leader in global data quality solutions, today announced the Trillium Software System(R) has been certified for Oracle(R) Warehouse Builder 10g from Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL). As a result, the Trillium Software Connector for Oracle solutions now can be integrated with Oracle Warehouse Builder for improved data management capabilities. In addition, the Trillium Software team has initiated a program for existing Oracle Warehouse Builder customers to upgrade their current investments in the Trillium Software System.

Certification of the Trillium Software System provides Oracle Warehouse Builder customers with a customizable way to handle data quality management. Through leading data quality technology from Trillium Software, new and existing client companies will have access to dozens of tools to improve data quality across the organization, offering one unified view of the customer from inside or outside of the Oracle environment. To date, 65 Oracle customers, spanning industries such as financial services, healthcare and telecommunications, are using the Trillium Software Data Quality Connector for Oracle Warehouse Builder. Trillium Software is a member of the Oracle Partner Network.

"As organizations continue to place heavy emphasis on improving customer interactions, they will look to market leading solutions from Oracle to manage customer information across the enterprise," said Ray Roccaforte, vice president of server development, Business Intelligence, Oracle Corp. "Providing Trillium Software's data quality management capabilities directly within the Oracle Warehouse Builder environment provides Oracle customers with additional value to help manage their complex customer data."

Functionality highlights include:

-- Ability to operate in both real-time and batch processing of records

-- Customizable business rules that enable users to maximize processes

-- Callable application programming interfaces (APIs) to build data quality into almost any application

-- An international data router that automatically determines the data's country of origin and routes records to the appropriate set of country rules

-- A user-friendly interface with 24-hour technical support from the Trillium Software award-winning customer service team

"Adding Oracle to our roster of market-leading partners is another way for us to support our customer base and we are thrilled to provide existing Oracle customers with an upgrade program to handle their complex data quality needs," said Len Dubois, vice president of Trillium Software. "As the data quality market continues to gain momentum, we will be able to leverage collective strengths to bring such enterprise solutions to the market."

The Trillium Software Data Quality Connector for Oracle runs on both Windows-based platforms and UNIX-based platforms and is available immediately for a reduced fee to existing Oracle customers.

About Trillium Software(TM) and Harte-Hanks

With more than 1,000 implementations worldwide, Trillium Software(TM) from Harte-Hanks provides businesses with a software solution that identifies, standardizes, enhances and links global data in e-business, CRM, and Internet applications. Recent sales of the Trillium Software System(R) to a number of the world's largest and most technologically advanced companies have positioned Trillium Software at the top of the data quality marketplace. The Trillium Software System is deployed globally in hundreds of mission-critical applications in which Trillium Software technology enables global organizations to gain a unified view of customers, distributors and partners through real-time connectivity with their e-commerce pipelines. For more information about the Trillium Software System, call , or visit Trillium Software online at http://www.trilliumsoftware.com.

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