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FileNet ECM Solutions Tightly Integrate with New Microsoft Office System

Posted on: Tuesday, 21 October 2003, 06:00 CDT

COSTA MESA, Calif., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FileNet Corporation , the leading provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions, today announced support for the Microsoft Office System. FileNet's solutions are designed to work with the Microsoft Office System to provide customers with integrated access to content and a process framework to enable multiple contributors to collaborate and contribute information for enhanced knowledge exchange to allow better, faster decision making. FileNet's integration encompasses many of the Office System productivity applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook and enables users to access FileNet ECM through the Office applications.

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FileNet plans to support Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003, the enabling technology that allows enterprises to develop an intelligent portal that connects users, teams and knowledge so people can leverage relevant information across business processes to help make better business decisions faster. FileNet technology currently supports SharePoint Portal Server 2001 integration with web parts and a protocol handler for repository integration.

"Microsoft continues to be our most popular platform measured by number of shipments with more than 60 percent of customers selecting the Microsoft platform to deploy FileNet's ECM solutions," said David Caldeira, vice president, product marketing at FileNet. "Customers can feel confident that their FileNet solutions will continue to support new versions of Microsoft applications and enhance their productivity through better content, process and connectivity."

Developed to address the productivity challenges in today's enterprises, large and small, FileNet's integration with Microsoft Office System can enhance users' visibility into business information so they can gain deeper insights, make better decisions, improve their ability to effectively collaborate, respond to change faster and increase their personal impact to potentially make businesses more productive and successful.

"A key goal with the Microsoft Office System is to provide productivity software that addresses the needs of today's collaborative office environment," said Mike Gelon, of the Information Worker Product Management Group, at Microsoft Corp. "We are thrilled to see that FileNet has built upon this goal and provided a solution that will increase productivity, efficiency and collaboration for users of the Microsoft Office System."

About FileNet

FileNet Corporation helps organizations make better decisions by managing the content and processes that drive their business. FileNet's Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions allow customers to build and sustain competitive advantage by managing content throughout their organizations, automating and streamlining their business processes, and providing the full spectrum of connectivity needed to simplify their critical and everyday decision making.

FileNet ECM solutions deliver a comprehensive set of capabilities that integrate with existing information systems to provide cost-effective solutions that solve real-world business problems.

Since the Company's founding in 1982, 3,900 organizations, including 80 of the Fortune 100, have taken advantage of FileNet solutions for help in managing their mission-critical content and processes.

Headquartered in Costa Mesa, Calif., the Company markets its innovative ECM solutions in more than 90 countries through its own global sales, professional services and support organizations, as well as via its ValueNet(R) Partner network of resellers, system integrators and application developers.

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Note to Editors:

FileNet and ValueNet are registered trademarks of FileNet Corporation. All other company or product names referenced in this release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

For further information, please contact Sonal Dave-Mehta of FileNet Corporation, +1-714-327-3746, sdavemehta@filenet.com.