Avantstar Introduces Transit Solutions 7; Upgrade to Popular Web Publishing Tool Expands Capabilities to Allow Businesses to Build Powerful Web Sites from Standard Business Documents in More Than 250 File Formats

MINNEAPOLIS--Oct. 1, 20059, 2005--Software marketing and technical services company, Avantstar Inc., has announced the latest version of Transit Solutions, an innovative Web publishing software application developed by Stellent. Transit Solutions 7 allows users to build powerful Web sites from standard business content. The software accomplishes this by using a single-source publishing model whereby business employees leverage content from standard office suites and productivity applications such as Microsoft Word, Word Perfect or Visio. Transit then analyzes this content and incorporates the navigation and overall look and feel for the site.

New features include WML publishing options for wireless devices; support for the latest popular office suites, such as Microsoft Office 2003 and WordPerfect Office 12; and support for business productivity applications, such as Microsoft Visio 2003 and Microsoft Project 2003.

As a stand-alone application or integrated with Web development applications, such as Macromedia Dreamweaver and Adobe GoLive, Transit Solutions 7 helps users to more effectively publish and maintain content on the Web while saving time and money in the process.

Common uses of Transit Solutions include the rapid publishing of policies and procedures, documentation or regularly changing business content.

Victoria Alkhovsky, Application Development Specialist, Enterprise Delivery, Sears, Roebuck and Company shared the following thoughts about Transit Solutions:

"The methods we had been employing to get documents (which were originally in non-HTML formats) to the Internet took either extensive time and resources or were an inefficient process. Departments have saved considerable time and money since we started to use Transit."

Alfred Grabka, ITS Analyst, Connecticut General Assembly, explains how important Transit is to his organization's work. "We use Transit Solutions' multi-threading capabilities to keep up with the content changes necessary for the site. When we are in session, the Web site is sometimes updated every three minutes with new content. It is critical to have the updates as soon as possible since various individuals need to have the latest updates on the progress of bills."

"Organizations desiring to quickly move critical business content to the Web have really enjoyed the time and cost savings Transit Solutions offers. Transit Solutions 7 continues to be an invaluable resource for businesses both large and small," commented Pete Rockers, Co-President, Avantstar.

Transit Solutions 7 Pricing and Availability

Transit Solutions 7 is available immediately direct from Avantstar or through their sales partner network. Pricing begins at $4995. A free fully-functional 30-day evaluation version of the software is available for download from Avantstar's Web site at http://www.avantstar.com.

About Avantstar

Avantstar, Inc. is a software marketing and technical services company with a focus on the digital content viewing, content conversion and content management markets. Avantstar products have more than 1200 business installations and over one million users worldwide.

Transit Solutions from Stellent Incorporated.

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