Arbortext and Progressive Information Technologies Announce XMLContent Management Alliance

[Beth Ambaruch <bea@arbortext.com>]

Arbortext and Progressive Information Technologies Announce XML Content
Management Alliance

Collaboration provides XML content management integration for creation,
management and publishing of rich content from a single source


ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 10, 2001 -- Arbortext, Inc., the only global
provider of XML-based software for multi-channel, single source
publishing, today announced that Progressive Information Technologies has
joined Arbortext’s alliance program.  Under the terms of this alliance,
Progressive Information Technologies will develop an integration with
Arbortext’s Epic Editor to provide organizations with an XML content
management solution to create, manage and publish rich content from a
single source.

Through this alliance, organizations will use Arbortext’s Epic Editor
software while providing a tight integration into Target 2000,
Progressive Information Technologies’ content management system.  As the
world’s best-selling XML editor, Arbortext’s Epic Editor provides direct
XML editing capabilities and offers a powerful content management
integration API that supports systems such as Target 2000.  Target 2000
is a user-friendly, relational database management system with
object-oriented features.  XML ensures enhanced content adaptability for
repurposing, personalization and multi-channel publishing.

“Content management systems are an important component in a collaborative
content creation and multi-channel publishing system,” said David White,
director business development for Arbortext.  “Progressive Information
Technologies’ integration with our Epic Editor enables organizations to
take advantage of powerful content creation software and a media-neutral,
single source repository."

“Arbortext continues to develop products that align with our vision of
what an XML-based content management solution should contain,” said Jack
Danaher, director of database development for Progressive Information
Technologies.  “Our development teams are working together to create an
integration that enables organizations to deliver information so that
their customers have all the information they need, when they need it,
and in a format of their choice.”

About Progressive Information Technologies
Progressive Information Technologies is a full-service company providing
advanced TARGET 2000 Content Management Software, DTD writing services,
data conversions, editorial and design services, project management,
composition and prepress services, and creation and production of CD-ROM
and web products.  Progressive Information Technologies helps companies
organize and prepare their content for electronic, web, and print
publications.  For more information please visit
http://www.pit-magnus.com.

About Arbortext
Arbortext is the only global provider of XML-based software to publish
information to multiple media types – Web, print, CD-ROM, wireless – from
a single source of content. Shipping since 1991, Arbortext’s
standards-based software supports technical publishing, reference
publishing and catalog publishing applications that enable enterprises to
provide more accurate, more complete, more timely, more consistent and
more usable information on all media. 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, Nortel Networks, 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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Contact: Kevin Astle
         Text 100
         +1 617.399.4902
         kevina@text100.com

	PG Bartlett
	Arbortext, Inc.
	+1 734.327.6819
	pgb@arbortext.com

	Jack Danaher
	Progressive Information Technologies
	+1 717.764.5908
	jdanaher@pit-magnus.com