Arbortext Honored as One of "Top 100 Private Companies" for Second Consecutive Year

["Beth Ambaruch" <bea@arbortext.com>]

ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 7, 2004 -- Arbortext, Inc., the leading provider
of Enterprise Publishing Software, today announced its inclusion on the
AlwaysOn Top 100 Private Companies list for the second consecutive year.

AlwaysOn and KPMG’s emerging business practice, KPMG1Start, identified
the 2004 AlwaysOn Top 100 (AO100) companies based on their demonstrated
leadership and innovation in two key areas: market traction measured by
revenue or customer growth, and new approaches and technologies that are
likely to cause significant change to existing markets and
well-established players

"Private company innovation is incredibly strong and continues to
flourish.  Only 50 of last year's AO100 companies returned to this year's
list and 50 new companies have been selected that are well positioned to
significantly contribute to the second-generation of the Internet," notes
Tony Perkins, AlwaysOn founder.

”We are honored to receive this recognition with the other innovators and
leaders in the technology industry,” said Raymond Schiavone, President
and CEO for Arbortext.  “This award reinforces Arbortext’s market and
technology leadership in XML-based Enterprise Publishing Software.
Organizations around the world have chosen our software to streamline
publishing processes that increase the quality of information being
delivered, ultimately enhancing customer satisfaction.”
Arbortext’s placement on this list expands upon an already impressive
list of prestigious awards, including:
·	The American Business Awards - “Stevie Award for Best New Product”
(2004)
·	KMWorld Magazine - “100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management”
(2004, 2003)
·	Econtent Magazine – “Content 100” list (2003, 2002, 2001)
·	AlwaysOn – “Top 100 Private Companies” list (2003)
·	The Seybold Report Editors’ “Hot Picks: Must See New Technologies”
(2003)
·	VentureReporter’s “Top 25 Companies to IPO” (2003)

Arbortext also continues with impressive financial success, including 12
straight quarters of record revenue and continued expansion into Asia
Pacific, Latin America and Europe.

AlwaysOn, the media company that covers innovation in technology and
business, compiled the list with assistance from KPMG1Start.  The two
groups surveyed more than 1,000 venture investors, investment bankers,
top entrepreneurs and executives who nominated more than 800 companies
for the competition.  The full list can be found at
www.alwayson-network.com.

About Arbortext
Arbortext is the leading provider of Enterprise Publishing Software that
enables organizations to create and automatically publish large amounts
of information, such as technical manuals, pharmaceutical product
information, legal information and software documentation.  Enterprises
around the world use our software to publish in multiple languages to
multiple audiences in multiple hardcopy and electronic output formats.
Arbortext’s software is installed at over 1,400 organizations worldwide.

Current customers include American Express Financial Services, Audi,
Boeing, Bombardier, British Aerospace, Caterpillar, DaimlerChrysler,
Ericsson Telecom, Ford, General Electric, GM, IBM, International Thomson
Publishing, Lucent, Nokia, Nortel Networks, PeopleSoft, Pfizer, Ricoh,
Sun Microsystems, Toyota, United Airlines, Volkswagen and Volvo.
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 www.arbortext.com.


About AlwaysOn
AlwaysOn (AO) is an “open source media company” dedicated to connecting
global leaders and technology industry insiders whose ideas and
innovations are shaping the always-on world. Founded in January of 2003,
AO is the first and only media brand to combine participatory journalism
(blogging), with a powerful social network—the AO Zaibatsu. AO believes
that individuals and businesses will increasingly use interactive media
applications to “step over the head of the media” and communicate
directly to customers, suppliers and employees.  AlwaysOn, LLC, is a
privately held and virtually headquartered company born out of the heart
of Silicon Valley. For more information please visit
http://www.alwayson-network.com.

Contact: 	Beth Ambaruch, APR			Kirsten Nelson
	  	Arbortext, Inc.				Ketchum
	  	+1 734.327.6014			+1 312.228.6959
	 	bea@arbortext.com			kirsten.nelson@ketchum.com

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