OASIS Member News: Arbortext Announces Record Breaking Annual UserGroup Conference

[Beth Ambaruch <bea@arbortext.com>]

Arbortext Announces Record Breaking Annual User Group Conference

Sixth Annual Arbortext User Group Conference
May 9-11, 2001
Keystone, Colorado


ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 30, 2001 -- Arbortext, Inc., the only global
provider of XML-based software for single source publishing to multiple
media types, including Web, print, CD-ROM and wireless, today announced
its Sixth Annual Arbortext User Group International (AUGI), scheduled for
May 9-11, 2001 in Keystone, Colorado, will be its largest conference
ever.

Attendees at this year’s AUGI have more options to create a conference
experience designed specifically to meet their requirements, including
the opportunity to:
·	Participate in optional, pre-conference tutorials.
·	Attend any of the 30 conference sessions, distributed across three
conference tracks (Strategic, Implementation and Technical), presented by
leading companies including American Century, The Boeing Company, the
Internal Revenue Service and IBM.
·	Visit the AUGI Partner Gallery to see the latest technology, products
and services being offered from Arbortext technology, service and channel
partners.
·	Get a sneak preview of future announcements and see demonstrations of
recent and upcoming product releases presented by the Arbortext product
management team.
·	Ask questions to a panel of Arbortext experts about their products and
services.
·	Visit the Usability Lab, hosted by Arbortext sales application
engineers, for hands-on access to the latest product software.

“Despite the challenges in today’s economy, we’re highly gratified with
the continuing growth of this conference,” said PG Bartlett, vice
president marketing for Arbortext.  “Our customers have built XML-based
applications that are critically important to their organizations, and
attending AUGI enables them to spend time with industry colleagues to
learn how they are working with Arbortext and gain new ideas on ways to
get the most out of our software.”

Registration Information

To learn more about AUGI and how to register, please visit
http://www.arbortext.com/augi.

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.
# # #