Arbortext 10th Annual User Conference Draws 600 Attendees

["Beth E Ambaruch" <bambaruch@arbortext.com>]

Arbortext 10th Annual User Conference Draws 600 Attendees
Focus on Enterprise Publishing Key to Record Attendance


ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 24, 2005 - Arbortext, the leading provider of
enterprise publishing software, today announced the successful
completion of its 10th annual week-long Arbortext User Group (AUGI)
conference.  The event attracted six hundred business and technology
leaders from a variety of industries and was held at Disney's
Contemporary Resort in Orlando, Florida.

More than 60 conference sessions by customers and technology partners
covered a broad range of topics, from an introduction and basic
understanding of enterprise publishing and its business application
areas to in-depth customer success stories.  

AUGI 2005 conference keynotes included Christopher Lee, Director,
Worldwide Regulatory Operations G/NL Site Head for Pfizer; Thomas
Madeya, Vice President of Delivery Channel Management for SAP; and Marcy
Wilson, Director of IT for Bowne & Company.  Each of these speakers
discussed how XML and Arbortext enterprise publishing software is being
used to address regulatory requirements, open new revenue streams and
improve customer service.

AUGI 2005 conference sponsors included Astoria Software, Comtech
Services, Data Conversion Laboratory, Design Science, EDS, EMC
Documentum, Flatirons Solutions, Glemser Technologies, IBM, Inmedius,
ITEDO, Lakeside Software, Larson CGM Software, OmniLingua, Piper Group,
RWD Technologies, SAP, TRADOS, Valley Forge and X.Systems.

"AUGI continues to be successful because we provide a stimulating
environment where attendees learn about industry trends and best
practices while also having the opportunity to network with peers," said
Terry Welty, Vice President of Corporate Marketing at Arbortext.  "Our
customers continue to tell us AUGI is a must-attend event because of the
learning and networking opportunities available to them."
 
About Arbortext   (www.arbortext.com)
Arbortext is the leading provider of enterprise publishing software,
enabling companies around the world to automate the assembly and
publishing of product information, marketing documents, service
instructions, maintenance procedures, technical publications, legal
information and software documentation.  Arbortext software allows
companies to efficiently and cost-effectively publish to multiple
audiences in multiple languages in multiple hardcopy and electronic
output formats.  As a result, companies can dramatically improve
authoring productivity, reduce translation and publishing costs, enhance
information quality and speed time-to-market of new products.
Arbortext's software is installed at over 1,700 organizations worldwide.

Current customers include Abbott Laboratories, American Express
Financial Services, Audi, Boeing, Bombardier, British Aerospace,
Caterpillar, DaimlerChrysler, Ericsson, Ford, General Electric,
GlaxoSmithKline, GM, IBM, Thomson Publishing, Lucent, Nokia, Nortel
Networks, Oracle, Pfizer, Ricoh, Sun Microsystems, Toyota, United
Airlines, Volkswagen, Volvo and the US Department of Defense including
the Navy, Air Force, Army and Marine Corps.  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.



Beth Ambaruch, APR
Corporate Communications Manager
Arbortext
 
Direct:  +1 734.327.6014
Mobile: +1 734.945.4595
bea@arbortext.com