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To: Lane Hall-Witt who wrote (140)	12/1/1999 1:20:00 PM
From: Neil H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 374

Motorola/CNQR story Company Press Release Motorola Realizes Benefits of Automated Expense Management in Under Four Months with Concur eWorkplace Rapid Deployment Will Bring Quick ROI to Communications Leader REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 1999-- Concur Technologies (Nasdaq:CNQR - news), a leading provider of workplace eCommerce solutions, announced today that Motorola (NYSE:MOT - news) has successfully implemented Concur Expense(TM), the travel and entertainment (T&E) expense management functionality within the Concur eWorkplace(TM) Intranet business portal, across offices in Asia, France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the US SSG division in only four months. More than 25,000 Motorola employees are registered to use Concur Expense to streamline their expense reporting process for reduced T&E costs, increased productivity, and enhanced supplier negotiating power. ``We chose Concur Expense because of its superior ability to meet the complex travel and business entertainment needs of our operations worldwide,' said Jeff Walker, corporate director of travel for Motorola. ``Now, processing cycles are reduced significantly and our employees have additional time to focus on their core job functions. Gauging the results of our implementation and the speed of deployment, we are expecting a rapid return on this investment.' ``Concur is committed to providing international operations expertise and best-of-breed, global business automation solutions to help companies like Motorola maintain focus on their core competencies,' said Steve Singh, chairman and chief executive officer of Concur. ``With our success at Motorola we have now deployed our workplace eCommerce solutions across more than 20 countries. This marks an exciting milestone in our pursuit to establish a strong international presence.' Through the intuitive interface of Concur Expense, employees are able to prepare expense reports faster and more accurately via the company's Intranet. Concur Expense automatically routes the reports to managers, who can more efficiently process requests by approving expense reports online and receiving automatic notification of non-compliant entries. Additionally, many of Motorola's travelers receive pre-population of data from their corporate charge cards directly into their expense reports. Easily accessible expense data enables Motorola to analyze spending trends and negotiate better supplier rates for additional savings. The Web-based Concur eWorkplace also reduces resources dedicated by Motorola's IT department to internal maintenance and upgrades of desktop software. Neil