WHETSTONE TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES VIEWWISE PRODUCTION IMAGING SUPPORT FOR GROUPWISE 5

ViewWise 7 Production Imaging Software will provide full integration and support for GroupWise 5's imaging and workflow capabilities." said Randall Waters, president of WhetStone Technologies. By making available a proven production imaging solution that is fully integrated with GroupWise 5, Novell users will have the best of all worlds, collaborative imaging, workflow, forms processing and data extraction, and extended production imaging"

ViewWise 7 will include high volume document capture, indexing and image management tools. These tools will support a number of industry standard database platforms for production level storage, retrieval, archival and disaster recovery. All versions of ViewWise include support for CD-ROM production, the ability to create subsets of image databases on CDs, including a royalty free-run time viewer. This effectively creates a truly archival image set of the documents in a Unitized Record" format.

"We developed ViewWise 4.1 to be a powerful, secure and affordable production imaging solution based on Wang's OPEN/image for NetWare and UNIX. ViewWise 4.1 has several years of real operational experience and success stories with government, insurance, healthcare and accounting imaging applications and can handle 90% of today's imaging projects without need for additional programming.' Said Brandon T. Watts, WhetStone's chief technology officer. As the developer of GroupWise Imaging, we understand the need to provide truly open, platform independent software rather than proprietary software that runs on open platforms. ViewWise 7 will provide back end support for all types of databases regardless of platform, support for other imaging, COLD and workflow applications, plus increased productivity by integrating Novell Embedded Systems Technology(NEST) enabled image distribution devices. You can look forward to a very powerful, open and robust imaging tool set that allows you! to easily and successfully implement real solutions. As more strategic relationships are announced, you will see a broad and comprehensive work enabling strategy and a clear technology map.

Mr. Waters added, With the announcement of GroupWise 5 Imaging, we believe that Novell has set a new level of user expectations in image enabled, collaborative imaging. ViewWise 7 will support and enhance those higher expectations. With ViewWise 7, users will be able to image enable existing client/server applications as well as legacy applications. Instead of physically managing paper with file cabinets and folders, GroupWise 5 users can manage electronic images at their desktop or across the enterprise. Physical paper can be easily scanned, edited, and stored in any ViewWise supported production database, then distributed using Groupwise 5's powerful routing technology and its Universal Mail Box."

WhetStone Technologies, an affiliate of UICI (NASDAQ:UICI), offers best-of-class, image-enabling technologies for collaborative and enterprise-wide information sharing. WhetStone's unique understanding of how organizations interact in real-world situations provides for complete integrated and document imaging solutions for business.

Although ViewWise 7 is expected to be available soon after the release of GroupWise 5 Imaging. WhetStone currently provides ViewWise 4.1 through authorized integrators and value added resellers. The current retail price of View Wise 4.1 Client is less than $1,000 per concurrent user. Server pricing is based on network platform. Volume pricing is available.

More information about WhetStone, based in Park City, Utah, along with it's products and services can be found via the WhetStone Technologies Home Page at www.viewwise.com. The WhetStone Technologies Home Page is an easy way to find information about WhetStone, the latest strategic relationships and its business partners' products and services. Interested parties can complete a questionnaire at the WhetStone web site (viewwise.com) and receive a free CD with a 30 day evaluation copy of Viewwise 4.1 including many demos and examples. Integrators and VARs may obtain more information about becoming an authorized reseller by contacting WhetStone directly at 1-(801)-655-3614.

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