QAS Selects Stellent to Power Corporate Intranet; Content Management Implementation Results in Increased Intranet Usage and Time Savings by Systems Administration Staff

Business Wire, Nov 26, 2002

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 26, 2002

Stellent(TM), Ltd. (Nasdaq:STEL), the London-based subsidiary of Stellent, Inc., a global provider of content management solutions, announced today that QAS Limited, the global leader of address management technology, has implemented the Stellent(TM) Content Management system to power its corporate intranet. QAS' investment in Stellent technology has increased document publishing and intranet usage, saved systems administration time and enabled personalised user access to information.

QAS wanted to boost corporate intranet use across its worldwide offices by removing redundant content and eliminating time-consuming systems administration. The company also needed to de-centralise the publishing process and raise the intranet's profile as a business critical information tool. Following a competitive market evaluation, QAS selected the Stellent Content Management system.

"Stellent is a professional company possessing a leadership position in the marketplace, innovative technology and knowledgeable personnel," said Simon Skilling, intranet team leader for QAS Limited. "The Stellent Content Management system gave us a rapidly implemented solution for our current and future requirements. Not only does it take users less than a minute to publish documents to the Web, but we've also seen a huge increase in stored content and daily intranet usage across the whole organisation. The intranet team can now concentrate on other technical developments rather than document publishing. The true business personalisation is also a great benefit, as it has helped us reduce internal email traffic."

"QAS is one of the UK's fastest growing companies and is now expanding internationally. Making sure all employees can publish and access up-to-date information quickly, regardless of their location, is essential," said Bryan Richter, vice president of Europe, Middle Eastern and African operations for Stellent. "QAS required a highly scalable business information solution to cope with the growth in employee numbers, overseas locations, markets and revenues. By using Stellent Content Management technology to power its corporate intranet in an easy yet controlled way, QAS can now focus its resources on global business expansion."

Stellent also provided QAS with professional services including consulting, implementation and training, as well as introductory and advanced systems administration courses. In QAS' implementation, Stellent Content Server and Stellent Content Publisher run under Microsoft Windows 2000 on a networked Compaq DL380 server with a RAID disk array and a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 database. The company's future plans for the Stellent technology include Internet publishing; online staff holiday and sickness forms; expanded online product information; and the scanning of paper records.

Stellent Content Management Features

Stellent Content Management enables customers to rapidly deploy line-of-business Web sites as well as content management solutions for enterprise-wide initiatives to standardise content management for use by multiple sites and applications. The system offers the widest array of content contribution and content delivery mechanisms on the market, enabling any user to contribute any kind of content into the system for conversion, management and delivery to any kind of consumer or application. Stellent Content Management also integrates with existing security systems and provides business personalisation features.

About Stellent, Inc.

Stellent, Ltd. is the London-based subsidiary of Stellent, Inc. (www.stellent.com), a global provider of content management solutions. The company's Stellent Content Management system enables customers to rapidly deploy line-of-business Web sites as well as content management solutions for enterprise initiatives such as enterprise portals and business commerce applications. Stellent has been ranked one of the top three content management vendors by industry analyst firms Gartner Dataquest, Giga Information Group and Aberdeen Group, and has more than 1,500 customers, including much of the Global 2000. Its customer roster includes Procter & Gamble, Merrill Lynch, Los Angeles County, British Red Cross, Target Corp., Yahoo!, Hewlett-Packard and Ericsson Telecom AB. Stellent is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minn. and maintains offices throughout the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

About QAS

QAS Limited is a private limited company established in 1990, with UK offices in London, Edinburgh and Manchester. An expanding international presence now includes the USA, Australia and many European countries.

QAS is the developer of QuickAddress address management software. Based on data secured from national postal authorities, QuickAddress range will capture, maintain and enhance name and address records within any organisation.

The year 2001 saw QAS gain a Queen's Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category; gain 14th position in The Sunday Times PriceWaterhouseCoopers Profit Track 100, identifying QAS as one of Britain's 100 fastest profit-growth firms; and win the "Innovative Company of the Year" award at the Growing Business Awards co-hosted by the CBI.