Openpages, Inc., Announces ContentWare Suite Which Includes XML and Java Server Pages Support

Business Wire, June 26, 2000

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WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2000

Next Generation Internet Content Management System is First to Deliver

True End-to-End Solution for B2B, B2C and E-Business

Openpages, Inc., a leading provider of content management software solutions for e-business, today announced a new version of Openpages ContentWare(TM) -- the company's award-winning product suite. ContentWare 2.5 is designed to help commerce and e-media organizations more effectively create, manage and deploy timely, accurate and compelling content. Unlike other vendors, Openpages, Inc., provides the highest level of integration with popular desktop applications for deployment to any channel, including Web, print and wireless.

The new version includes enhanced support for Java, extensible markup language (XML) and the Apple Macintosh OS. It also features direct integration with leading desktop software packages, including Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Macromedia's Dreamweaver, Microsoft's FrontPage, SoftQuad's XMetaL and QuarkXPress, giving organizations--and their individual content creators--greater flexibility to produce, change, archive, deploy and re-use business-critical content.

A growing number of Fortune 1000 companies are turning to Openpages ContentWare(TM) to ease the burden of managing their ever-changing and expanding portfolios of e-business content. Openpages' newest clients include, Knight-Ridder, RealCities.com, Thomson Financial Services and Grant's Investor, Inc. Collectively, these companies represent millions of pages of information on the Web.

"Our clients are increasingly looking for a complete end-to-end approach to Web content management with integration to desktop applications tied to a rich metadata database. We are seeing next-generation solutions emerging, from companies like Openpages, that are addressing these real-world needs," said Victor Votsch, research director at Gartner Group.

"We chose ContentWare to automate and streamline the production of our RealCities.com Web sites because it offers the best integration to our e-news front-end," said David DeMilo, vice president of technology, KnightRidder.com. "This provides our editorial staff with the most full-featured tools for deploying content to variety of output channels."

Any Content, Any Process, Any Channel

Openpages ContentWare provides businesses with the only complete end-to-end content management solution. Unlike other management systems, ContentWare integrates all the critical steps of content creation, management and deployment into a single easy-to-use environment.

"We are solving a critical e-business problem: the inability to efficiently create, deploy and manage meaningful information on the Internet. Our solution uniquely automates what is currently disparate, non-integrated steps, providing reduced cost-of-ownership, increased revenue and increased customer loyalty," said Warren Huff, president and chief executive officer at Openpages, Inc.

New Features in Openpages ContentWare Suite 2.5

    Enhanced XML Support--for the creation, management and
distribution of XML-based content.

    --  Integration with SoftQuad's XMetaL now enables businesses
        committed to XML to create, store, and manage content as XML
        data.

    --  Added support of XSL templates for deployment of XML content.

    --  Integration between ContentWare and XML content created using
        Microsoft Word.

    Support for Java Server Pages--ContentWare now supports automatic
generation of Java Server Pages (JSP) along with Active Server Pages
(ASP).

    --  Support for JSPs and ASPs enables content to be dynamically
        updated to customers' Web sites, giving the flexibility to
        choose their Web deployment.

    Cross-platform Client Support--new integration to desktop
applications and operating systems.

    --  Added support for both the Macintosh and Windows 2000
        platforms--ContentWare Palette enables native integration with
        applications such as Microsoft Word, Adobe's Photoshop &
        Illustrator, SoftQuad's XMetaL, Quark's QuarkXPress and
        Macromedia's Dreamweaver.

Deploy Multimedia Microsoft Word Documents Directly to the Web--New support allows multimedia Word documents containing graphics and hyperlinks to be converted to HTML pages with accurate layout intact.

Advanced Search Capabilities--Content creators, editors, and Web designers can search across multiple metadata elements using the new Boolean search capabilities.

About Openpages ContentWare Suite

Openpages ContentWare is a powerful next generation Internet content management solution that automates the entire content production process for e-business and e-media companies. A complete end-to-end system, ContentWare automates the creation, collaboration, workflow and deployment of content.

Content Creation - ContentWare integrates directly through the APIs of best-of-breed desktop applications such as Microsoft Word, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Dreamweaver, QuarkXPress and Microsoft FrontPage. Users simply point and click within their application to deploy content directly to the Web and to work with others in the organization.