Trinity Partners with Empace to Broaden Engineering Content Offering in Services Portfolio; Complementary Solutions Facilitate Broad Use of Engineering Information

Business Wire, Dec 5, 2000

Business Editors/Technology Writers

WELLESLEY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2000

Trinity Technologies Corporation today announced its support as an authorized implementer of Empace engineering content management solutions. This move strengthens Trinity's portfolio of services, specifically those that facilitate lifecycle application of engineering/ design information using leading document management and web content management systems. With extensive expertise in work process definition and technology implementations, Trinity helps process, power and manufacturing owner/operators rapidly put in place Information Asset(R) management systems that meet corporate objectives and budgets. Empace provides engineering content management technologies that tightly integrate with Documentum, enabling companies to better utilize, manage and deploy engineering content on an enterprise scale.

"Our goal is to break down barriers between design/engineering and the infrastructure that must run and maintain process and power plants to leverage critical engineering information throughout the lifecycle," says Joseph P. Morray, Jr., President of Trinity Technologies. "Empace's best-of-class enabling technologies for engineering-specific document management are an excellent fit with our initiatives."

Empace's engineering content management solutions include the following:

-- CADLink Plus(TM) supports engineering design collaboration, integrating
AutoCAD(R) and MicroStation(R)-based products with the Documentum 4i eContent
Server(TM) and the Documentum EDMS 98(TM) server.

-- RenderCenter speeds up the distribution, review, approval and printing of
engineering information, from any number of source formats to any number of
target formats.

-- DocLoader(TM) allows fast and flexible eMigration of any document type, from
legacy and external sources into a Documentum 4i eBusiness Edition or EDMS98.

"We are very impressed with Trinity's Information Asset approach to IT services and technology implementation, especially its Quick Start solutions for Documentum," says Tim Taylor, CEO of Empace. "In partnering with Trinity, we are able to offer owner/operators a notably strong resource for engineering information management and integration."

Trinity's Quick Start solutions range from standard server and client configurations to specialized customizations that capture the intricacies of each client's unique business processes. Trinity has experience harnessing vaults of up to a million documents, comprising many formats and types. Trinity Quick Start applications include:

-- Plant Design Model Integration - integrates 3D models and 2D

schematics using industry-standard document management

solutions.

-- Automated Project Transmittals - enables easy creation of

distribution packages with auto-generated transmittal memo,

transporting the package via Documentum router, E-mail, FTP

upload or traditional mail based on project distribution list.

-- Project Correspondence System - enables users to manage and

track project correspondence from a range of sources.

-- Legacy Data Capture - captures and indexes CAD files for a

multitude of lifecycle purposes.

-- E-Mail Integration Facility - imports e-mail correspondence and

attachments into leading document management solutions.

-- Content Export Utility - exports content and attributes to

other media and formats.

-- Structure Copy Utility - enables users to easily develop and

reuse standard folder structures.

-- Documentum 4i Migration - optimizes the wealth of capabilities

in Documentum 4i and retains client investments in EDMS 98.

Trinity has direct experience implementing Empace engineering content management solutions for owners/operators and engineering consultants. As an Empace implementer, Trinity is also authorized to resell the Empace solutions.

About Empace

Empace (www.empace.com) is a leading provider of engineering content management software. The company develops, markets and supports enabling technologies that extend the functionality of document and web content management systems to engineering design information and other digital content. By managing the engineering design and document lifecycle from creation through reuse, Empace's Fast Engineering solutions reduce project cost and time-to-completion. Empace has more than 30,000 product installations worldwide, supporting building and operation of plants, bridges, railway lines, terminals, nuclear power stations, tunnels and the like. A Documentum technology and ASPire partner, Empace has offices in Hamilton, Scotland; Pleasanton, California; and Horsham, Pennsylvania.

About Trinity Technologies Corporation

Trinity Technologies (www.trinitytechnologies.com) is a business process and IT consulting firm helping companies in the process manufacturing industries through its Information Asset Services. Information Assets are defined as the knowledge about a manufacturing plant or process that begins during design and continues for every day the plant or process is in operation. Trinity recommends and implements business solutions that render measurable financial returns to owners/operators and EPC companies in the process, chemicals, forest products, pharmaceuticals and power industries. Trinity is a Documentum Signature Partner.