OASIS Member News: Arbortext and Documentum Strengthen Partnership

[Beth Ambaruch <bea@arbortext.com>]

Documentum and Arbortext Strengthen Partnership and Provide Arbortext
Integration with Documentum 4i for Complete XML Content Management Support

Integration Module to Documentum 4i eBusiness Platform Supports Global 2000
E-Business Initiatives


ANN ARBOR, Mich. and PLEASANTON, Calif., December 5, 2000 – Arbortext, Inc.,
a leading provider of enterprise content integration and
business-to-business commerce solutions, and Documentum, Inc. (Nasdaq:
DCTM), the leading provider of Internet-scale content management solutions
for powering e-business applications, today announced an extension of their
existing partnership to offer their joint customers complete enterprise
XML-based content management capabilities for e-business initiatives of the
Global 2000.  This includes the end-of-the-month availability of Arbortext’s
Epic Software integration module to the Documentum 4i platform.

Combined, Arbortext’s Epic software, Documentum’s 4i eBusiness platform, and
XML -- the new Web language for e-business to support e-business
initiatives, enables the seamless interchange, management, and delivery of
more usable and intelligent content.  This is key to gaining ground in the
new Internet economy, where leveraged content is sourced from, created in,
and applied to a variety of disparate formats.

As a result of the collaboration between Arbortext and Documentum,
organizations are able to deliver more extensive and more usable content to
any device, anywhere.  Better content enables complete customer self-service
with searchable and navigable content that supports pre-sales through
post-sales customer activity.  The integration of Arbortext with Documentum
provides robust support for the entire information lifecycle, including
content creation, management, and automated dynamic delivery to multiple
media.

Today’s consumer expects to have access to larger amounts of information
that is easy to search and navigate, tailored for their specific needs and
available in their chosen method of access – the Web, print, and wireless
devices, such as PDAs, eBooks, and cellular phones.  Arbortext and
Documentum are working together to provide leading organizations a way to
fulfill that expectation.

Documentum 4i eBusiness Platform provides full enterprise support for XML
content management from content capture and creation through content
management, transformation and delivery.  Arbortext’s Epic E-Content Engines
enhances this solution by offering:

·	Content aggregation.  The ability to gather content from multiple sources
including Word, FrameMaker and Interleaf, and convert that content into XML
that can then be automatically parsed and managed as reusable XML components
by the 4i eContent Server.  E3 also works with Arbortext’s Epic Editor and
Epic Editor LE, both of which enable direct creation of XML content.
·	Content creation and management.  Both Epic Editor and E3 integrate with
Documentum’s 4i eContent Server to enable seamless creation and management
of reusable and intelligent XML information components.
·	Content distribution.  E3 can be used in conjunction with Documentum 4i
transformation and site delivery services to support fully personalized
content. This content can be dynamically assembled, transformed and
delivered for any purpose and device – not only for publishing to the Web,
but also for traditional formats, such as print and CD-ROM, as well as newer
devices, such as PDAs, e-Books and cellular phones.

“Arbortext continues to develop products that align with our vision of how
to support e-business initiatives through an XML-based content management
solution,” said Whitney Tidmarsh, vice president of product marketing for
Documentum.  “The close cooperation between our two development teams offers
organizations who are building e-business applications the capability to
deliver information so that customers have all the information they need,
when they need it, and in a format of their choice.  Our 40+ joint customers
is testament to the growing pervasiveness of these types of needs in today’s
 Global 2000 organizations.”

“Documentum has an impressive history for developing scalable and reliable
solutions deployable across global enterprises that evolve with an
ever-changing industry,” said PG Bartlett, vice president of marketing for
Arbortext.  “Content management solutions are fast-becoming today’s
foundation for powering e-business initiatives.  By integrating our XML
content integration software with Documentum’s Internet-scale content
management platform, organizations have the advantage of everything an
XML-based solution has to offer – the ability to gather, create, manage,
transform, and deliver information.  Organizations not only interact more
efficiently with their current customers, they can attract additional new
customers, transact more business through new revenue channels, and reduce
overall costs.”

About Documentum
Documentum Inc. (Nasdaq: DCTM) develops, markets and supports internet-scale
content management solutions that accelerate organizations’ online presence.
These solutions enable customers to create, deliver and personalize content
of all formats, from internal and external contributors, for business
processes that extend across the enterprise, to all delivery channels.
Documentum is an active sponsor of OASIS (Organization for the Advancement
of Structured Information Standards) and a founding member of XML.org, as
well as UDDI.org (Universal Description, Discover and Integration) advisor
and an associate member of the WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) Forum.
For more information please visit http://documentum.com.

Documentum and the Documentum logo are trademarks or registered trademarks
of Documentum, Inc. in the US and throughout the world. All other company
and product names are used for identification purposes only and may be
trademarks of their respective owners.

In addition to historical information contained herein, this news release
contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
The company's future actual results could differ materially from the
forward-looking statements discussed herein. Factors that could cause or
contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those
discussed from time to time in the company's public reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, such as those under "Risk Factors"
included in the company's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1999, as well as the company's other public reports filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company undertakes no
obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements.

About Arbortext
Renown as one of the original creators of XML, Arbortext is a leading global
provider of enterprise content integration software and business-to-business
commerce solutions.  Shipping since 1991, Arbortext’s standards-based
software enables enterprises to provide more personalized dynamic and easily
searchable content for e-publishing, e-commerce and B2B net marketplaces.
Arbortext’s software is currently deployed at over 300 of the Global 2000
companies, including AT&T, Audi, Boeing, British Aerospace, Caterpillar,
DaimlerChrysler, Ericsson Telecom, Ford, GM, IBM, Lucent, Nokia, Qantas,
Ricoh, Sun Microsystems, International Thomson Publishing, United Airlines,
Volkswagen, Volvo and West Group. Arbortext is a founding member and active
participant in the XML Activity of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Arbortext has offices around the
world.  For more information please visit http://www.arbortext.com.
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