Digital River has announced a three-year agreement with Microsoft to build, host and manage e-commerce stores to support the direct and indirect online sale delivery of popular downloadable Microsoft software products, including its personal finance and Microsoft Office programs. The global arrangement incorporates digital fulfillment across multiple geographies, including North America, Asia, Europe and Latin America. Digital River and Microsoft began investing in this long-term project and building out the e-commerce infrastructure to support the initiative in the spring of this year. Consumers can now start taking advantage of the first online store to launch. This store features Microsoft^® Money, a personal finance software product line. Future sites expected to launch during the next few months include global online stores for upcoming 2007 Microsoft Office system products. In addition, Digital River will continue to provide e-commerce services and digital delivery of Windows compatible software products through the Microsoft Windows Marketplace and Digital Locker.

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