REPEAT/Documentum Providing Internet Enterprise Solutions on Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 and Internet Information Server; Documentum Supports IIS As Powerful Web Platform

Business Wire, August 28, 1996

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 1996--Documentum, Inc. (NASDAQ: DCTM), a leader in enterprise document management solutions, today announced support of Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS).

Companies deploying the Documentum EDMS on Microsoft Windows can now leverage the investments and capabilities of the entire suite of Microsoft products. The EDMS/IIS integration enables users accessing Web applications to benefit from the high performance delivery, intuitive navigation, and query of mission-critical information.

With the integration of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Internet Information Server, Documentum customers can now participate in pre-defined workflows and receive notification of changes in documents and processes. Documentum's support of IIS is available today.

Correspondingly, companies deploying the Documentum EDMS on Windows NT servers can now take advantage of Microsoft's Internet capabilities and improved integration with network and client applications across the enterprise.

"We're excited about providing Documentum customers the ability to access and deliver business critical information to Internet and Intranet users via Web applications running on IIS and Documentum," said Jeffrey A. Miller, president and CEO of Documentum. He continued, "In addition, our product direction will include full support for Active X and ISAPI Native support, scheduled this year."

"Documentum has been recognized by the analyst community as a leader in delivering document management solutions which span the enterprise," said Richard Noffsinger, document management industry manager at Microsoft.

"Documentum's decision to support IIS not only validates our position in the Web server arena, but delivers on the Microsoft strategy of providing business critical, enterprise solutions information via the Web."

Documentum EDMS Products

The Documentum Enterprise Document Management System (EDMS) is a family of integrated products for building and deploying enterprise document management solutions. It is designed to coordinate the availability of business-critical documents on a global basis -- enabling companies to manage ongoing changes in information and processes.

The Documentum EDMS family is based on a three-tier document-relational architecture that delivers full lifecycle management of documents including: information capture, library services, workflow, virtual document management and document distribution.

The core components of the Documentum EDMS are the Documentum Server, Documentum Workspace client environment, Documentum Application Developer's Toolkit, Accelera for document management on the Web, and LeafConnect, offering integrated services for Interleaf publishing.

About Documentum

Documentum, Inc. (http://www.documentum.com) develops, markets and supports a family of object-oriented, client/server document management software products that specifically address the challenges of managing intellectual capital effectively across large enterprises. Documentum is a recognized leader in the document management market.

Headquartered in Pleasanton, California, Documentum sells the Documentum Enterprise Document Management System through a direct sales force, systems integrators, and through affiliated distributors in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Documentum has more than 150 customer sites in pharmaceutical, process and discrete manufacturing and engineering construction applications around the world. -0-

Note to Editors: Documentum is a trademark of Documentum Inc. Microsoft, Windows NT and BackOffice are either registered trademarks or trademarks of the Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. Point your browser to the Microsoft document management industry home page at http://www.microsoft.com/industry/docman.

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