Meridio Announces Meridio® 5.0 for 2007 Microsoft Office system, Exchange Server 2007 and Windows Vista

Business Wire, Nov 30, 2006

Meridio 5 to leverage 2007 Microsoft Office system, Exchange Server 2007 and Windows Vista to deliver Governance Solutions

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Meridio, a leading worldwide provider of enterprise Document and Records Management (eDRM) software engineered for the Microsoft .NET Framework based technologies today announced Meridio 5, the next major release of their flagship product which works with the 2007 Microsoft[R] Office system, Exchange Server 2007 and Windows Vista to enable organizations to meet their corporate governance needs which include compliance to legislation, the risk of litigation, and business process optimization.

Meridio 5 satisfies Governance needs through the 2007 Microsoft Office system user experience by providing:

* Rich Records Management that complies with legislation in an ever-changing regulatory environment.

* Support for Project or Case-oriented eDRM scenarios where rich hierarchical visualization and management is required.

* Content as a knowledge source, facilitating Records Re-use.

* Advanced security to meet the needs of the Defense industry in classified processing.

* Controls that limits the liability to litigation for an organization with advanced Records features such as single-instancing of content.

* Configuration flexibility to meet the capacity needs of organizations, regardless of their network topologies, geographic boundaries, or repository size.

Meridio 5 leverages Exchange Server 2007 to help an organization take advantage of the information opportunity and manage the liability of Email. Exchange Server 2007 Managed Folders are linked to Meridio Enterprise Document Capture to meet compliance needs for even the highest volumes of Email.

Meridio 5 works with the Windows Workflow Foundation, provided with Windows Vista, and the .NET Framework 3.0 to facilitate process automation to meet governance requirements.

Meridio Storage Services for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 works on the SharePoint Server 2007 Records Repository to migrate content between high-capacity, high-performance, high-availability, low-cost and specialized compliance devices. The solution leverages SharePoint Server 2007 policy features to initiative the ILM cycle, and work within the SharePoint Server 2007 repository. With Meridio Storage Services for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, an organization can implement a strategy that:

* Optimizes TeamSite storage costs, by ensuring that SharePoint Server 2007content is on the lowest cost media most appropriate for the value of the content

* Increases operational efficiency by greatly reducing the backup and restore times of the SharePoint Server 2007 database.

* Compliance, allowing the storage of content on specialized compliance devices.

"Our customers are asking for high-value Governance solutions that help them to manage their compliance and litigation liabilities while at the same time improve their business processes and information resources," said Brian Baird, CEO Meridio. "Meridio 5 will work with the 2007 Microsoft Office System, Exchange Server 2007 and Windows Vista to solve these serious Governance issues."

"With the significant impact of regulatory compliance as well as the explosion of content facing enterprise companies today, we continue to see increasing demand for document and records management solutions to help customers increase the efficiency and cost effectiveness of Enterprise Content Management," said Rob Bernard, General Manager, Worldwide ISV Group, Microsoft. "We are excited to be working with Meridio to deliver solutions such as Meridio 5, which will bring focused governance solutions to the 2007 Microsoft Office system, Exchange Server 2007 and Windows Vista. In addition, Meridio Storage Services for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 will allow organizations to manage content generated by SharePoint Server 2007 in a more cost-effective manner."

About Meridio

Meridio is a leading worldwide provider of enterprise Document and Records Management (eDRM) software, engineered for Microsoft[R] .NET-based technologies. Meridio[R] enables organizations to meet their corporate governance needs including compliance to legislation, avoidance of litigation, and business process optimization. Meridio with Microsoft provides complete lifecycle Enterprise Content Management (ECM), from document creation and modification, to record declaration, policy-driven retention and final disposal.

Meridio is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner with operations in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

For more information, visit http://www.meridio.com.

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