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Annual XyEnterprise Users Conference Attracts Over 150 Customers 

New 
XyEnterprise XML products highlighted; Larry Porter of 
Underwriters
Laboratories elected president of the XyUsers 
Group

READING, MA - October 16, 2000 - Xyvision Enterprise Solutions, 
Inc. (XyEnterpr
ise), a leading developer of XML content management and 
publishing software,
announced the culmination of the Annual XyUsers 
Conference in Orlando,
Florida. This year's much anticipated event brought 
together representatives
of the XyEnterprise management team and staff with 
nearly 160 active customers
from around the world.  

Topics 
addressed at this years conference included using XML and SGML
in a 
cross-media publishing environment, updates to XyEnterprise's 
Content@,
Content@XML (formerly Parlance Content Manager) and XML 
Professional Publisher
(XPP) software, as well as expert panel discussions on 
XML, SGML, and
dynamic content delivery. Customers shared success stories 
based on their
use of XyEnterprise applications for mission critical 
structured data
applications while the XyEnterprise staff also shared their 
expertise
in defining creative data models that leverage re-use and 
automation in
a production environment. These sessions provided a forum for 
XyUsers
to share information on how to create compelling content management 
and
publishing solutions that increase efficiency and provide new 
opportunities
for revenue generation.

A highlight of this year's 
agenda was the annual XyVisionary Awards Banquet
where the XyUsers Group 
board of directors recognizes the achievements
of the group's members. This 
year's Best of Show Award winners were Anymedia,
Sweden (XML Professional 
Publisher) and Facts and Comparison, St. Louis,
MO (Content@XML). Other 
category winners included R.R. Donnelley, Thomas
Technology Solutions and 
Underwriters Laboratories. Entries were received
by many customers and 
showcased the use of Content@XML and XPP in a wide
variety of enterprise 
applications such as aerospace documentation, web
and cross-media delivery, 
and financial printing.

"This years conference was extremely 
positive. Our customer base is very
excited about the company's focus, 
direction and new products," said Kevin
Duffy, president and CEO of 
XyEnterprise. "I had a wonderful time catching
up with so many familiar 
faces and having the opportunity to meet so many
new customers and attendees. 
It is always enjoyable and rewarding to hear
how customers are utilizing our 
solutions and recognizing true 
business
returns."     

"Having been a 
long time group member and user of XyEnterprise's products,
it is truly an 
honor to be elected president of the XyUsers Group," said
Larry Porter, 
of Underwriters Laboratories and new president of the XyUsers
Group. "In 
today's day and age, it is not often that you see a group of
customers so 
loyal to a company and a company so dedicated to its 
customers."

About Content@, Content@XML and XML Professional 
Publisher
Content@ is a powerful content and document management application 
that
manages source data in a structured environment while providing 
users
the ability to continue using common desktop applications such as 
Microsoft
Word. Content@ seamlessly manages document objects or entire files, 
while
providing a secure and flexible workflow environment. Content@ 
provides
a quick and cost-effective method of employing a structured content 
management
and workflow solution that remains scaleable to meet the growing 
and changing
needs of organizations. 

Content@XML employs the same 
powerful content management engine as Content@
but harnesses the power and 
flexibility of XML in a comprehensive data
management, re-use, and workflow 
application. Supporting many popular
XML editing applications, Content@XML 
manages structured XML and SGML
source data at varying levels of granularity 
from individual objects to
entire collections of content. It also provides 
data management support
for graphics, text, audio, and visual content. 
Content@XML offers extensive
project-centric workflow and supports metadata 
from a wide variety of
sources. This powerful and scaleable content 
management solution is designed
for organizations that require an efficient 
and effective method of creating,
managing, assembling, and delivering XML 
and SGML content in a multi-channel
publishing environment.

XML 
Professional Publisher is a high performance content formatting 
and
publishing application that composes pages from XML source data and 
outputs
high quality results in XML, PDF, HTML and traditional postscript. 
XML
Professional Publisher provides superior XML and typographic support 
combined
with a level of speed, power and throughput that is unattainable in 
other
publishing systems.

About XyEnterprise
With headquarters in 
Reading, Mass., Xyvision Enterprise Solutions, Inc.
(XyEnterprise), provides 
organizations of all sizes with content and document
management solutions 
that streamline the information creation and delivery
process. XyEnterprise 
combines its own XML content management, workflow
and publishing software 
with integration services to build enterprise
wide solutions for the 
collaborative creation, management, assembly, and
multi-channel distribution 
of information. Its customer base includes
industry-leading companies in the 
aerospace, automotive, telecommunications,
standards and publishing markets. 
These customers include Boeing, IBM,
Gulfstream, Telcordia, Sun Microsystems, 
Lucent, ASTM, and many others.
For more information, please contact 
XyEnterprise at 781.756.4400 or 

www.xyenterprise.com.

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