| Pageflex Storefront 3.0 Named Best In Show at On Demand Conference Cambridge, MA — May 22, 2006 — Bitstream (NASDAQ: BITS, www.bitstream.com) and its Pageflex division (www.pageflex.com), the leading provider of technologies for cross-media, Web-to-print, and All Things Variable™, are proud to announce that Pageflex Storefront 3.0 received a Best in Show award at last week’s On Demand Conference & Exposition. Pageflex Storefront, which enables companies to define, auto-generate, and manage attractive Web-to-print document customization and e-commerce sites, was recognized in the digital publishing category. This award is the third award presented to Pageflex Storefront in the past year. Previous awards include the prestigious 2005 GATF InterTech Technology Award and the Print 05 Must See ‘em award. Only one product was given a Best in Show award in each of six categories. In the Digital Publishing category judges evaluated solutions for digital warehousing and delivery, JDF, on demand publishing, catalogs, and transactions before singling out Pageflex Storefront. The On Demand Awards Program was produced by Questex Media Group, Inc. and judged by BERTL, the well-known independent research firm focused on digital imaging. Print service providers and corporate marketing departments use Pageflex Storefront to provide their clients with a catalog of customizable print document products, and corresponding personalized email and cross-media campaigns. Included in the turnkey software package is user account, shopping cart and order management, as well as personalization and customization technology for online document editing. At the core of the solution, is Pageflex Web-to-print composition technology, including flexible templates that enable document layouts to "flex," accommodating variable content within sophisticated designer-specified guidelines. Released in January 2006, Pageflex Storefront 3.0 added the ability for end users to upload and order the printing of PDF files and interactive data list acquisition as part of the order placement workflow, including an announced seamless integration with USADATA. “All of us at Bitstream are gratified to receive the inaugural On Demand Best of Show Award for Digital Publishing. We are pleased that the BERTL judges recognized the business value that Pageflex Storefront offers the ever-expanding number of customers who have adopted the product for their document customization and e-commerce Web sites,” said Anna Chagnon, President and CEO of Bitstream. “Pageflex Storefront is leading the digital publishing industry into a new era with its robust online interactive editing interface; sophisticated variable composition engine; and PDF, approvals, and pricing workflows. The application is proving to be vital to our customers’ business success.” “It was exciting to see the new developments in imaging processes,” commented Dave Sweetman, Vice President for Research and Content Development at BERTL. “This year’s winners demonstrated the rapid advances the digital printing community is making and are truly deserving of recognition.” The On Demand Conference & Expo is the world's leading digital printing conference and exposition, which encompasses all the technologies that are used to create, manage, personalize, print, and deliver content.
About Bitstream Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) is a software development company that makes communications compelling. Bitstream enables customers worldwide to render high-quality text, publish all things variable, browse the Web on wireless devices, select from the largest collection of fonts online, and customize documents over the Internet. Its core competencies include font technology, browsing technology, e-commerce technology, and variable data publishing technology. You can visit Bitstream on the Web at www.bitstream.com. Bitstream is a pioneer and technology innovator in the variable data printing market starting with its introduction of variable data software in 1997. Bitstream’s Pageflex software enables template design, flexible layouts, personalization, customization, document scaling, variable-length documents, Web-to-print portals, interactive online editing, cross media marketing, and personalized emails and Web sites. Pageflex provides the capability to produce all things variable for printers, advertising agencies, marketing services companies, and corporate marketing departments worldwide. Bitstream is a registered trademark. Pageflex, All Things Variable, and the Bitstream logo are trademarks of Bitstream Inc. Other technologies and brand names are used for information only and remain trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Contact Marion Williams-Bennett Arlene E. Karsh |