North Plains' TeleScope™ Digital Asset Management Platform Named KMWorld Promise Awards Finalist

Business Wire, Oct 2, 2008

Respected publication recognizes North Plains for superior products, people, performance and market potential

TORONTO -- North Plains Systems, Inc., the leading provider of digital asset management (DAM) and video asset management (VAM) software solutions, today announced that it has been selected by KMWorld as a finalist for the 2008 Promise Awards. Chosen for its achievements in the technology area, this recognition further validates North Plains' leadership within the DAM market as well as demonstrating its commitment to its customers, business improvement solutions and technological advancement.

KMWorld Promise Awards are given to organizations that provide customers with innovative technology solutions for implementing and integrating knowledge management practices into their business processes. Selected organizations demonstrate how they go beyond simply delivering technology to working with clients to ensure that both the technology and knowledge management improvements are embedded into business-altering work processes.

"We are proud to be selected as a finalist for KMWorld's Promise Awards," said Hassan Kotob, President & CEO of North Plains Systems, Inc. "North Plains works diligently with its customers to ensure we are delivering on the promise of providing value to their organizations through the streamlined management of their digital assets. Our award-winning DAM solutions give our customers the tools they need to efficiently manage, repurpose and distribute all their digital assets across any size organization. We're pleased to help them improve their business processes - saving precious resources, both capital and human, that can be redistributed to address other mission-critical projects."

North Plains' award-winning TeleScope platform provides logical and effective workflows that can handle the creation, approval, storage and distribution of customers' content. The platform's interoperability with industry-standard content creation tools allow creative professionals to work in the environment they're most comfortable in while TeleScope's sophisticated metadata tagging capabilities allows them to quickly find assets and repurpose them "on-the-fly." The integration of rights management and security features allows organizations to protect vital assets and limit their use to people responsible for these assets.

"TeleScope gives us a way to centrally manage, collaborate on and efficiently distribute our digital assets across multiple groups with the click of a button," said Matthew Bennett, Director of Strategic Publishing Operations, Hachette Book Group. "North Plains delivered the solution we needed to take control of this once productivity-draining process so we can get more done in less time. On top of that, TeleScope's ability to integrate with Adobe Creative Suite also means we can better manage the creative portion of the asset life cycle - an essential business requirement for us in today's convergent technology environment."

Meet North Plains in person and get a live TeleScope demonstration at the Henry Stewart DAM Symposium in Los Angeles from November 10-11, 2008.

North Plains' TeleScope[TM] Digital Asset Management (DAM) Platforms

TeleScope[TM] is an award-winning digital asset management platform that provides the foundational support for North Plains' entire suite of products. This robust platform enables the secure access, management and distribution of all digital and rich media content across an entire organization. With its distributed and modular architecture, TeleScope is designed to meet the diverse range of rich media needs from small and mid-size businesses and design studios, to the complex business challenges of global enterprises.

The TeleScope product portfolio consists of four distinctly different solutions, including its Enterprise, Professional, Studio and OnDemand systems. Regardless of whether you're a new creative "shop" just starting out, growing so quickly that your asset inventory is getting out of control, or a globally distributed organization with millions of assets to manage, North Plains has a digital asset management solution to meet your unique business challenges.

North Plains Systems' DAM Leadership

As the global market leader, North Plains' TeleScope[TM] platforms are the only DAM solutions to offer true end-to-end digital media supply chain experience that supports the creation, integration and repurposing of digital assets in mission-critical applications. Customers from all industries and geographies are reaping significant and tangible business efficiency improvements from North Plains' TeleScope platforms. Its expertise in delivering industry-leading digital asset management software solutions is reshaping the way companies manage, collaborate and distribute their digital assets.

About North Plains Systems, Inc.

Founded in 1994, North Plains Systems, Inc. is the world's leading provider of digital and video asset management solutions. With a portfolio of over 450 satisfied customers, North Plains TeleScope platform streamlines the complexity of managing increasingly challenging digital asset environments. From centralized workflow optimization, asset creation, production and virtual collaboration, to delivery and distribution, North Plains provides end-to-end solutions that scale to meet your unique business requirements. Benefit from North Plains' proven deployment expertise and join its growing list of global customers, including: AOL, Boeing, Bowling Green State University, Gallaudet University, Harcourt, HarperCollins Publishers, Microsoft, Ogilvy and Mather, Playboy, Publicis Groupe, Publishers Clearing House, Rodale Inc., Sony Pictures Entertainment, Thomson Learning, The Utah Education Network, Viacom, and Warner Bros. For further information please visit www.northplains.com.