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XyEnterprise Users Conference Highlights Business Critical Publishing Solutions

Customers and Partners enjoy benefits of XML solutions – conference participants learn about latest technology from XyEnterprise

READING, MA – October 9, 2002– XyEnterprise, the leading developer of XML content management and enterprise publishing solutions, and its independent customer forum, the XyUsers Group, hosted their annual conference last week in Nashville, TN. More than 100 customers were present, highlighting the value of the conference content and XyEnterprise technology. Users shared successful case studies of their solutions and XyEnterprise employees, customers, and partners presented over 40 sessions regarding new technologies, XML tools and workflows, automated publishing, and Web-based business solutions.

Highlights of the show included the introduction of the latest release of Contenta Web for remote editing and publishing, a preview of Web Services interfaces to XyEnterprise products, and an overview of the latest XML capabilities of XML Professional Publisher. Participating customers included the British Medical Journal, General Dynamics, Pratt & Whitney, BNA, Reed Publishing, Freightliner, Kohler Plumbing, AMSEC, Petersons Guides, IBM, LexisNexis, and Thomson Publishing’s West Group.

“The XyEnterprise Users Conference is an ideal opportunity for customers and partners to share their use of the XyEnterprise technology and to learn how other leading organizations are deploying XyEnterprise software and services to positively impact the creation, management, and delivery of business critical content and documents,” said Larry Porter of Underwriters Laboratories, President of the XyUsers Group and a user of XyEnterprise’s content management and publishing applications, “This year’s conference provided organizations an opportunity to explore how we can apply XyEnterprise technology for a wide range of integrated XML content management and publishing solutions.”

Many attendees participated in sessions on XML Professional Publisher (XPP) and the use of XML and XSLT to transform and publish content to PDF. Other attendees focused on the use of Contenta content management technology and its enhanced Web interface. Kohler Plumbing and Twedule Litho presented case studies on the use of Contenta for their business critical content management applications.

New technology and OEM partners and NextPage presented integrations of their products with XyEnterprise technology. demonstrated the integration of XMetaL with XPP as a complete XML publishing solution that can process XML content to PDF automatically. NextPage presented an overview of NextPage Triad, an end to end content management and delivery solution that includes an OEM version of Contenta content manager.

Kevin Duffy, President and CEO of XyEnterprise, summarized the event by saying, “Our customers and partners continue to lead the way in deploying world-class solutions based on XyEnterprise technology and services. This conference and the products, services, and customer interaction illustrate the business critical nature of what we do. Our customers continue to place their trust in us to enhance the value of their business.”

About XyEnterprise
Xyvision Enterprise Solutions, Inc. (XyEnterprise) is the leading provider of single source, multi-channel XML publishing solutions. Its XML content management software – Contenta – and its automated XML publishing engine – XPP – power sophisticated solutions for global leaders in the publishing, technical documentation, financial, government, and e-Learning arenas. Its customers include Boeing, Bureau of National Affairs, Gulfstream, IBM, Thomson and Thomson, Sun Microsystems, LexisNexis, and many others. For more information, please contact XyEnterprise at 781.756.4400 or www.xyenterprise.com.