Motive, Inc. to Present at the Seventh Annual Needham Growth Conferenc

    Business Editors/Technology Writers
    7th Annual Needham Growth Conference

    AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 3, 2005--Motive, Inc. (NASDAQ:MOTV), a leading provider of management software, today announced that CEO Scott Harmon and COO Logan Wray will present at the Seventh Annual Needham Growth Conference at the Palace Hotel in New York City on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 at 9:30 am ET. The presentation will be webcast from the Investor Relations section of Motive's website at www.motive.com.

    About Motive, Inc.

    Motive, Inc. has pioneered a unique approach to designing management services into Internet-era networks, systems and applications. Motive's software makes complex products and services self-managing, reducing overhead costs and optimizing customers' return on investment. Companies worldwide have relied on Motive's software to provide a range of problem remediation and configuration management tasks for more than 40 million endpoints. Founded in 1997, Motive is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and has offices in Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.motive.com.

    Motive and the Motive logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Motive, Inc. All other products or services mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective holders.

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CONTACT: Motive, Inc., Austin Media Contact: Cybele Diamandopoulos, 512-506-4272 cdiamand@motive.com or Investor Contact: April Downing, 512-531-1038 ir@motive.com

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