Axos and Assentis Distribution Partnership

 May 19, 2004

Axos and Assentis establish Distribution Partnership for DocFamily

Vancouver, Canada and Rotkreuz, Switzerland

Axos Technologies Inc., a leading provider of IT solutions and consulting services in XML technologies, today announced an agreement for a distribution partnership with Assentis Technologies AG, a market leader in personalized, XML-based business document solutions. Through this partnership Axos will deliver enhanced products and services to customers in North America. Assentis offers the only comprehensive tool for high-quality design of dynamic documents based on XML and XSL.

The Assentis DocFamily products— DocDesign, DocBase, DocWrite and DocRepo—will now be included by Axos in their professional document solutions. DocDesign is a technically advanced XML based document engineering solution that will integrate seamlessly with DocBase, DocWrite and the rendering engine XEP from RenderX. The Assentis products were built in consultation with Global 1000 companies to ensure they would meet the needs of different verticals.

"DocDesign is the best and most productive document template design tool for personalized business documents based on XML and XSL available on the market today," said Jost Klopfstein, CEO and founder of Axos Technologies. “By partnering with Assentis, we can provide the most comprehensive solutions to our customers, allowing increased operational efficiencies and improved information flow.”

Urs Tanner, CEO of Assentis, said that Klopfstein had been very involved in DocFamily's product roadmap definition and product testing to ensure that Assentis solutions closely address the needs of the North American market.  "Working together," said Tanner, "we can deliver our sophisticated and personalized document solutions more quickly and with local support to North American customers."


About Axos Technologies Inc.

Axos Technologies provides industry-leading solutions that enable organizations to efficiently design, produce and distribute their business documents. Using open standards like XML, XSLT and XSL-FO, Axos solutions enable business documents to be easily customized using dynamic data. Axos supplies industry-leading XML for PDF/PostScript products and experienced professional services. This combination helps users enjoy efficient, high quality solutions that save costs and achieve fast ROI. A Canadian corporation headquartered in Vancouver, BC, Axos Technologies is the only Canadian distributor of Assentis and RenderX products, and offers its solutions throughout North America. To learn more, visit www.axostech.com.