Boeing Picks Shana to Tackle Enterprise-Wide Electronic Forms; Informed-Based Browser and Desktop E-Forms Solution to Bring Electronic Forms to All Boeing Personnel.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

EDMONTON, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 2000

Shana Corporation today announced that The Boeing Company has chosen its Informed(R) integrated e-forms management solution for use throughout the enterprise.

Boeing will use Informed to drive its company-wide e-forms initiative, which requires a common, integrated e-forms solution across the company. Informed will facilitate transition from the variety of form design tools currently used by Boeing forms management groups, as well as help Boeing achieve significant cost reductions in managing and printing forms.

"We are proud to play a key role in working with Boeing as they build a framework for designing, deploying and processing the forms used by tens of thousands of Boeing people around the world," said Don Murphy, president of Shana. "Their vision and initiatives have really set the stage for widespread automation of their forms."

Shana's integrated e-form management system addresses a fundamental business problem: the effective management of hundreds, even thousands of forms. For Global 2000 companies that choose to implement an integrated e-forms management system, the potential benefits are significant: a properly integrated solution can help to reduce cycle times, save considerable expense, and help with issues such as regulatory compliance. In addition, the same framework can be used to meet internal B2E (business-to-employee) requirements.

"An increasing part of doing e-business is managing e-forms," said Andy Warzecha, senior program director of META Group. "Leading vendors, like Shana, can provide significant end user benefits."

The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA), after its merger in 1997 with McDonnell Douglas and acquisition in 1996 of the defence and space units of Rockwell International, is the largest aerospace company in the world. Boeing is the world's largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners, military aircraft and the nation's largest NASA contractor. The company has an extensive global reach with customers in 145 countries, employees in more than 60 countries and operations in 27 states. Worldwide, Boeing and its subsidiaries employ more than 190,000 people.

By combining technology and professional services in an innovative framework, the Informed E-Forms Portal solution meets the fundamental challenge of managing large numbers of forms across the enterprise. Shana has strategic partnerships with a number of companies including Entrust Technologies (Nasdaq:ENTU), FileNET (Nasdaq:FILE), EDS (NYSE:EDS), and NCR (NYSE:NCR). Shana is privately owned and brings over 14 years experience to its Informed e-forms solutions, which are used by over 450,000 users in more than 65 countries around the world.