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Fort Lauderdale, Fla. , November 12, 2003 – Spherion Corporation today announced its elevated partnership status as a Titanium-level partner in the Mercury Interactive Solutions Partner Program. Titanium-level solutions partnerships are offered by Mercury invitation only for companies that demonstrate both a commitment and expertise in delivering business technology optimization (BTO) solutions in the marketplace.

“Spherion has distinguished itself within Mercury’s Solutions Partner Program through its ability to assist in accelerating the momentum and adoption of business technology optimization,” says David Scholtz, vice president of solution partner alliances at Mercury Interactive. “We’re proud to have Spherion join our elite ranks as a Titanium solutions partner.”

Over the past four years, Spherion and Mercury have worked closely together to develop best practice-based methodologies specifically around Mercury’s market-leading application delivery products to optimize application quality and readiness, reduce delivery costs, and decrease exposure and risk of potential revenue loss when applications fail in production.

“We are very proud to have been invited by Mercury to be a part of this select group of technology solutions providers,” stated Jeff Artis, senior vice president of Spherion. “Our industry experience and know-how, coupled with the leading technology provided by Mercury, allows us to offer our customers the peace of mind that their IT projects are being optimized to control risk, reduce spend and deliver extraordinary results.”

About Spherion
Spherion Corporation provides recruitment, technology and outsourcing services. Founded in 1946, with operations in North America , Central America , Europe and Asia/Pacific, Spherion helps companies efficiently plan, acquire and optimize talent to improve their bottom line. Visit the Company’s Web site at www.spherion.com.