McLaren Software and FileNet Announce Availability of Enterprise Engineer for FileNet P8

McLaren Software and FileNet Announce Availability of Enterprise Engineer for FileNet P8

Enterprise Engineer for the FileNet P8 Platform to be demonstrated at daratechPLANT2005

HOUSTON, DaratechPLANT2005, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- McLaren Software, a leading independent software vendor specializing in engineering content management applications, and FileNet Corporation, the leading provider of Enterprise Content Management and Business Process Management solutions (NASDAQ:FILE), today announced the general availability of McLaren Enterprise Engineer for the FileNet P8 Enterprise Content Management (ECM) platform. The product will debut at daratechPLANT2005 at booths P3 and P10.

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McLaren Enterprise Engineer is a suite of configurable, out-of-the-box applications for the management of all forms of engineering content. The suite of applications is designed to meet the business requirements of organizations in process manufacturing, oil and gas, utilities, government, and design & construction sectors, as well as other organizations operating large production facilities and similar assets. Enterprise Engineer is designed to accelerate the business processes associated with engineering content, such as drawings, correspondence, procedures, specifications and other related documents, reduce cost and risk, improve efficiency and ensure compliance related to the use of valuable and complex information.

Enterprise Engineer exploits .NET, web services architecture and the powerful content and business process management functionality of the FileNet P8 platform to deliver an intuitive user interface that is easy to deploy and operate.

McLaren Enterprise Engineer for FileNet P8 was released in late December 2004 and has been validated through a highly successful early adopter program.

"FileNet's manufacturing initiative is focused on delivering ECM solutions for Asset and Plant Lifecycle Management that will provide engineering organizations with improved visibility and control of content and processes," said Lee Roberts, FileNet chairman and CEO. "Enterprise Engineer for FileNet P8 allows our customers to manage complex engineering content and automate critical engineering processes to improve quality and decision making across their organizations."

McLaren Software is expanding its already strong channel partner presence in the Americas and is working with FileNet to recruit joint channel partners worldwide with particular emphasis on Europe and Asia. McLaren is currently a member of FileNet's Independent Software Vendor (ISV) program.

Paul Muir, CEO with McLaren Software, believes that the launch confirms McLaren's position as a leading independent software vendor in the engineering document management applications market. "FileNet's decision to partner with McLaren Software to develop Enterprise Engineer on the FileNet P8 platform confirms the growing importance that focused applications bring to the users of enterprise content management platforms and is an acknowledgment of our strength and expertise in the engineering market."

About McLaren Software

McLaren Software Ltd develops content-based enterprise applications for companies in the process manufacturing, utilities and engineering, design and construction sectors.

McLaren Enterprise Engineer helps organizations manage engineering content linked to the business processes and lifecycles associated with it. It helps organizations maximize the value tied up in their documents, drawings and business processes while mitigating the commercial risk associated with their use.

McLaren's Enterprise Engineer applications provide customers with the control to manage business processes such as drawing management, concurrent engineering, transmittals and global collaboration in areas such as design, construction, engineering, process manufacturing and asset and plant management.

McLaren is headquartered at: 3 Atlantic Quay, 20 York Street, Glasgow, G2 8LN, Scotland, U.K., with offices in the USA and Europe.

Web site: www.mclarensoftware.com

About FileNet


FileNet Corporation (NASDAQ:FILE) helps organizations make better decisions by managing the content and processes that drive their business. FileNet's Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions allow customers to build and sustain competitive advantage by managing content throughout their organizations, automating and streamlining their business processes, and providing a spectrum of connectivity needed to simplify their critical and everyday decision-making.

FileNet ECM solutions deliver a broad set of capabilities that integrate with existing information systems to provide cost-effective solutions that solve real-world business problems.

Since the Company's founding in 1982, more than 4,000 organizations, including more than three quarters of Fortune 100, have taken advantage of FileNet solutions for help in managing their mission-critical content and processes.

Headquartered in Costa Mesa, Calif., the Company markets its innovative ECM solutions in more than 90 countries through its own global sales, professional services and support organizations, as well as via its ValueNet(R) Partner network of resellers, system integrators and application developers.

Web site: www.FileNet.com

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dan Bowsher/Helen Swailes
Berkeley PR
Tel: + 44 (0)118 988 2992
Email: dan@berkeleypr.co.uk

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CONTACT: Dan Bowsher, dan@berkeleypr.co.uk, or Helen Swailes, both of
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Web site: http://www.mclarensoftware.com/

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