Stellent Partners With Fast Search & Transfer to Expand Search Technology Suite Offered to Customers

Stellent Partners With Fast Search & Transfer to Expand Search Technology Suite Offered to Customers

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minnesota and OSLO, Norway, January 26/PRNewswire/ --

- Stellent to Integrate the FAST InStream OEM Enterprise Search Solution
With Stellent Universal Content Management



Stellent, Inc. (Nasdaq: STEL), a global provider of content management
solutions, announced today it has partnered with Fast Search & Transfer(TM)
(OSE: FAST), a leading developer of enterprise search and real-time alerting
technologies, to expand the suite of search technologies it offers
Stellent(R) Universal Content Management customers.



Under the agreement, Stellent will integrate the FAST InStream(TM) OEM
enterprise search solution with its Stellent Universal Content Management
technology to provide Stellent customers with an alternative search and
retrieval platform. The solution searches unstructured information within
documents, Web pages, email, presentations and similar content, and also
searches the metadata for that unstructured information.



"As our customer base grows, we must anticipate and fulfill our
customers' expanding needs and preferences," said Dan Ryan, executive vice
president of marketing and business development for Stellent. "We're pleased
to announce this partnership with FAST, which gives our customers another
option for efficiently and accurately searching a broad range of content."



"Effective embedded search solutions must balance the sophisticated
infrastructure requirements of today's enterprise with the intuitive user
experience to which business professionals have grown accustomed," said Ali
I. Riaz, chief operating officer for FAST. "Our highly scalable and flexible
embedded search solution will enable Stellent Universal Content Management
customers to tackle the real-time, content-intensive search and retrieval
challenges they encounter on a daily basis."



Stellent Universal Content Management Features



Stellent Universal Content Management provides rapid success and distinct
advantages to customers via its product functionality, breadth of content
managed, architecture and solutions - all which enable rapid implementation
and quick user adoption. The integrated Universal Content Management
architecture offers a full array of content management functionality -
featuring document management, Web content management, digital asset
management and imaging - supported by collaboration, records management and
business process management services. The scalable system manages and
delivers the entire spectrum of unstructured content, from documents,
graphics and Web pages to scanned images, email and records.



Stellent technology is standards-based, multi-platform and
service-oriented, and provides productized integrations to leading
application server, portal and enterprise resource planning applications.
These solutions enable customers to easily deploy multiple line-of-business
applications - such as Web sites, call centers, dealer extranets, compliance
initiatives, portals, accounts payable and claims processing - as well as
enterprise-wide content management initiatives. For more information, contact
Stellent at +1-952-903-2000.



FAST InStream Features



FAST InStream is designed to increase the value of enterprise
applications and boost ROI for the ISV's customers by extending the power of
FAST Enterprise Search Platform (ESP) within OEM environments. Supporting
both structured and unstructured data, FAST InStream provides unique value
across all types of software applications. For content- and
information-intensive application environments, FAST InStream is an ideal fit
based on a combination of best-in-class scalability, market-leading
relevancy, and a completely modular and flexible architecture which allows
ISVs to easily integrate only the components that they require. More
information about FAST InStream can be found at www.fastsearch.com/InStream.



About Stellent, Inc.



Stellent, Inc. (www.stellent.com) is a global provider of content
management software solutions that drive rapid success for customers by
enabling fast implementations and generating quick, broad user adoption. With
Stellent, customers can easily deploy multiple line-of-business applications
- such as Web sites, call centers, dealer extranets, compliance initiatives,
accounts payable imaging and claims processing - and also scale the
technology to support enterprise-wide content management needs.



More than 4,300 customers worldwide - including Procter & Gamble, Merrill
Lynch, Los Angeles County, The Home Depot, British Red Cross, ING,
GlaxoSmithKline, Georgia Pacific, Bayer Corp., Coca-Cola FEMSA, Emerson
Process Management and Genzyme Corp. - have selected Stellent solutions to
power their content-centric business applications. Stellent is headquartered
in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. and maintains offices throughout the United
States, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America.



About Fast Search & Transfer (FAST)



FAST creates the real-time search and filter technology solutions that
are behind the scenes at the world's best known companies with the most
demanding search problems. FAST's flexible and scalable integrated technology
platform elevates the search capabilities of enterprise customers and
connects people to the relevant information they seek regardless of medium.
This drives revenues and reduces total cost of ownership by effectively
leveraging IT infrastructure. FAST's powerful enterprise search technology
solutions are used by more than 1,500 global customers and partners,
including AT&T, Cardinal Health, CareerBuilder.com, Chordiant, CIGNA, CNET,
Dell, Fidelity Investments, Findexa, FirstGov.gov (GSA), IBM, Knight Ridder,
LexisNexis, Nordstrom, Overture, Rakuten, Reed Elsevier, Reuters, Sensis,
Tenet Healthcare, Thomas Industrial Networks, T-Online, US Army, Virgilio
(Telecom Italia), Vodafone and Wanadoo.



FAST is headquartered in Norway and is publicly traded under the ticker
symbol 'FAST' on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The FAST Group operates globally
with presence in Europe, the United States and Japan. Additionally, the FAST
Group has business partners and customers in a number of other locations,
such as Brazil, Canada and Australia. For further information about FAST,
please visit www.fastsearch.com.



(c) 2005 Fast Search & Transfer ASA - Fast Search & Transfer, FAST, FAST
ESP, FAST Data Search, FAST Marketrac, FAST AdVisor, FAST InStream, FAST
ImPulse and the FAST four-colored logo are trademarks of Fast Search &
Transfer ASA. All rights reserved. FAST disclaims any proprietary interest in
the marks and names of others. All other trademarks mentioned in this
document are the property of their respective owners.



Any forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the
safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements involve
risk and uncertainties including, without limitation, risks of intellectual
property litigation, risks in technology development and commercialization,
risks in product development and market acceptance of and demand for the
Company's products, risks of downturns in economic conditions generally and
in the Web content management tools and intranet information management
markets specifically, risks associated with competition and competitive
pricing pressures, risks associated with foreign sales and higher customer
concentration and other risks detailed in the Company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.



Stellent and the Stellent logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of
Stellent, Inc. in the USA and other countries. Outside In and Quick View Plus
are registered trademarks of Stellent Chicago, Inc. in the USA and other
countries. All other trade names are the property of their respective owner.



Source: Fast Search & Transfer ASA

Fast Search & Transfer, pr@fastsearch.com, Peter Gorman (U.S.), Tel +1-781-304-2495 or Carine Zeier (Europe), Tel +47-23-01-13-47


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