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Optio announces release of document automation solution suite

Johannesburg, 23 Apr 2007

SPI, the African distributor for Optio Software, today announced the latter's new document automation solution suite, Design Center and Document Server.

Optio Design Center enables customers to quickly and easily create and customise documents, forms and document workflow processes for execution and multi-channel distribution by Optio's Document Server solution.

Optio Design Center accelerates document-intensive processes by enabling collaborative workflow development with innovative, reusable process elements and user-friendly design optimisation tools.

"Design Center's easy-to-use features and functionality should significantly reduce the time it takes to create documents and document workflow processes," commented Peter Albin, senior programmer analyst, Parametric Technology Corp. (PTC)

"We expect Document Server's new collaboration capabilities to complement our current programs and increase efficiencies by allowing our employees to work together or independently on specific portions of document-management processes within our organisation."

Optio Document Server captures, transforms, customises and automatically distributes critical outbound business documents according to customer preferences. Based on service-oriented architecture (SOA), Optio's Design Center and Document Server (DC and DS) solutions seamlessly integrate with leading ERP systems and all other Optio output applications. Optio's DC and DS solutions help customers meet all standard enterprise business and compliance requirements, as well as the requirements of suppliers, trading partners and customers.

New, easy-to-use features:

* Information at-a-glance - All relevant information can be viewed during the design phase, according to the user's personal preferences
* Proactive wizard technology - Wizards guide users through document design and automation tasks with ease
* Cheat sheets - Intuitive help feature walks the user through specific document design processes in a step-by-step format, according to pre-configured check lists
* Enhanced XML capabilities - Users can view, manipulate and transform XML data within Design Center, which accelerates XML-based document processes
* Source/version control - Check-in/out feature ensures that the proper file is always in use and that team members are aware of the latest file updates

"Design Center and Document Server take automated design, collaboration and distribution to the next level," added Chris Beecroft, Optio's general manager and senior vice-president of enterprise sales and services. "Optio's innovative, easy-to-use solutions enable customers to decrease costs by reducing errors and accelerating document-intensive business processes throughout the enterprise."

"SPI was one of only a handful of companies outside the US that was chosen as a beta test site for evaluation of this new software release from Optio," added Chris Anderson, MD of SPI. "As a direct result of being involved in this beta program, we are able to work with our client base much more effectively in assisting them to migrate to the new versions and thus exploit the new features that come with this latest software release."

For further information, please contact Chris Anderson at telephone (011) 234 1560; fax (011) 234 1387; e-mail chris@spi.co.za.

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Optio Software

Optio Software, with 25 years of experience and more than 5 000 clients, worldwide, provides software solutions dedicated to automating, managing and controlling the entire life cycle of document-intensive processes, while extending the value of their enterprise resource planning (ERP) and hospital information systems (HIS) applications. More than 5 000 organisations rely on Optio Software for innovative business process improvement solutions that allow them to reduce transactional activities and focus on core responsibilities. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, Optio Software maintains European, Middle Eastern and African headquarters in Paris, France and sales offices in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom.

SPI

SPI is a company that provides utility software products and services to the open systems segment of the IT industry. It is the sole sub-Saharan Africa distributor for US-based FacetCorp; US-based Innovative Routines; UK-based-Open Systems Management; US-based Optio Software; and UK-based Xi Software. SPI is also the sales agent for UK-based Metron and develops some of its own software utilities to complement the overseas products that it distributes.

SPI has a wide and varied customer base and includes organisations such as Aspen Pharmacare, Johannesburg Municipality, Johannesburg University, Metropolitan Health Group, Nampak, National Brands, Stellenbosch University, UCT and Unisa.

Editorial contacts

Paul Booth
Global Research Partners
(082) 568 1179
pabooth@mweb.co.za
Chris Anderson
SPI Group
(011) 234 1560
chris@spi.co.za