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Tumbleweed Named to the IT Week's List of Top 50 Technology Innovators of 2005

Redwood City, CA – December 5, 2005 –Tumbleweed® Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:TMWD), a leading provider of email security, managed file transfer, and identity validation appliance and software products, announced today that they have been selected as one of IT Week’s Top 50 Technology Innovators of 2005.

Technology is continually transforming how businesses do business, but it is innovation that makes progress happen.  The IT Week Top 50 Technology Innovators of 2005 award recognizes companies, both large and small, in a variety of areas and technology fields that are developing today’s most innovative technologies.  IT Week, published by Possibility Media, is the only weekly IT magazine to electronically deliver the latest IT news to over 100,000 qualified subscribers each week.

“We are very pleased to be selected as one of IT Week’s Top 50 Technology Innovators for 2005,” said John Thielens, CTO of Tumbleweed.  “We pride ourselves as serving as an industry leader for new and innovative technologies and we are honored to be recognized for our efforts by the IT Week staff.”

The list of all of the companies on the IT Week Top 50 Technology Innovators of 2005 will appear in the December 5 issue of the publication.
 
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About Tumbleweed Communications Corp.
Tumbleweed provides security solutions for email protection, file transfers, and identity validation that allow organizations to safely conduct business over the Internet. Tumbleweed offers these solutions in three comprehensive product suites: MailGate, SecureTransport, and Validation Authority. MailGate provides protection against spam, viruses, and attacks, and enables policy-based message filtering, encryption, and routing. SecureTransport enables business to safely exchange large files and transactions without proprietary software.  Validation Authority is the world-leading solution for determining the validity of digital certificates.  Tumbleweed’s enterprise and government customers include ABN Amro, Bank of America Securities, Catholic Healthcare West, JP Morgan Chase & Co., The Regence Group (Blue Cross/Blue Shield), St. Luke’s Episcopal Healthcare System, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Defense, and all four branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. Tumbleweed was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Redwood City, Calif. For additional information about Tumbleweed go to www.tumbleweed.com or call 650-216-2000.

Tumbleweed, MailGate, SecureTransport, and Validation Authority are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Tumbleweed Communications Corp. in the United States and/or other countries.  All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
Tumbleweed cautions that forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on current plans and expectations, and that a number of factors could cause the actual results to differ materially from the guidance given at this time. These factors are described in the Safe Harbor statement below.

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, particularly with respect to any leadership in, contributions to, and/or innovations in communications security technology that Tumbleweed may achieve. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “potential,” “continue,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” and similar expressions. For further cautions about the risks of investing in Tumbleweed, we refer you to the documents Tumbleweed files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly Tumbleweed's Form 10-K filed March 16, 2005 and Form 10-Q filed November 2, 2005.

Tumbleweed assumes no obligation to update information contained in this press release, including for example its guidance regarding its future performance, which represents Tumbleweed’s expectations only as of the date of this release and should not be viewed as a statement about Tumbleweed’s expectations after such date. Although this release may remain available on Tumbleweed's website or elsewhere, its continued availability does not indicate that Tumbleweed is reaffirming or confirming any of the information contained herein.