Arbortext Reports 53% Revenue Growth for the 1st Quarter

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

Arbortext Reports 53% Revenue Growth for the 1st Quarter

IDC Identifies Arbortext a Leader in New Dynamic Enterprise Publishing
Software Market


ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 2, 2005 -- Arbortext, the leading provider of
enterprise publishing software, today announced its 15th consecutive
quarter of record revenue, reporting 53% revenue growth for the 1st
quarter of 2005.  The company's continuing success is fueled by the
growing demand of organizations to automate the assembly and publishing
of information.

Enterprise publishing represents the next generation in traditional
desktop publishing and word processing software.  It enables companies
to create information as components, and then use them as building
blocks for larger documents. Once implemented, information is more
accurate, timely and better tailored to the specific needs of the
audience, even an audience of one.  Arbortext software enables
organizations to implement a publishing strategy that addresses these
demands.

In March 2005, IDC identified Arbortext as a leader in its "Worldwide
Dynamic Publishing Software Market, 2004-2009" study, which represents
the first time a major analyst firm has formally recognized and sized
this fast-growing market, its key players, and the products offered.  

Raymond Schiavone, Arbortext's President and CEO, said, "Our focus this
year is to grow sales through worldwide channel expansion, continue
product innovation through vertically-focused enterprise publishing
applications, and expand market leadership through aggressive sales and
marketing programs. The combination of each of these efforts means
Arbortext is well positioned for continued success."

First Quarter Highlights	
*	Identified as a leader by IDC in newly-recognized dynamic
enterprise publishing market 
*	Closed 15th consecutive quarter of record revenue 
*	Reported over 45% growth in every component of revenue,
including licenses, maintenance and services
*	Posted 65% growth in bookings globally
*	Signed strategic partnerships with Fuji Xerox (Japan), T-Systems
(Germany) and HP (Singapore) 
*	Won significant orders from numerous customers, including AAI
Services Corporation, Canadian Departments of Finance and Justice,
GlaxoSmithKline, Guidant, Havelsan, Northrop Grumman, Sankyo Co. Ltd,
Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, Toyota, TnQ, Tusas Aerospace Industries
and UCG. 
*	Awarded "Top 100 Companies to Watch in Knowledge Management" by
KM World.
*	Joined XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language)
International Consortium, a worldwide group of organizations and
agencies dedicated to developing XBRL
*	Appointed Michael McGrath as Country Manager for Australia/New
Zealand

About Arbortext   (www.arbortext.com)
Arbortext is the leading provider of enterprise publishing software that
automates the assembly and publishing of information, helping companies
to improve authoring productivity; reduce authoring, translation and
publishing costs; enhance information quality; and speed time-to-market
of new and improved products. Companies around the world use our
software to publish in multiple languages to multiple audiences in
multiple hardcopy and electronic output formats. Arbortext software is
installed at over 1,700 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, Oracle, 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.

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Contact: 	Beth Ambaruch, APR		
	  	Arbortext, Inc.	
	  	+1 734.327.6014	
	 	bea@arbortext.com

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