Enigma Announces Comprehensive Aerospace Publishing Solution for Airline and Maintenance Facilities.

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 1998--

Solution Reduces Airline Maintenance Costs and Streamlines the

Customization, Production and Use of Technical Documentation

Enigma, Inc., the leader in electronic publishing solutions, introduces an integrated suite of software, support and consulting services designed specifically for aerospace equipment vendors and airlines. The complete solution reduces technical documentation production costs and improves effectiveness of field maintenance staff by enabling airlines to easily customize manufacturer-provided electronic publications.

In support of its aerospace publishing solution, Enigma is launching Xtend, a new knowledge management product, bundling aerospace specific functionality into the company's core product INSIGHT, and creating a dedicated aerospace business unit.

Jonathan Yaron, CEO, announced Enigma's new offering at his keynote address to the Air Transport Association's Technical Information Conference in Manchester, UK. "This solution is the culmination of five years of focus on the technology, services and support needs of the world's largest airlines and equipment manufacturers. We are proud to deliver the industry's most advanced, complete and proven electronic publishing solution. Our customers are leading the industry in reducing maintenance costs and the associated costs of electronic data delivery and usage."

Built on Enigma's electronic publishing product, INSIGHT, the customized aerospace solution provides the ability to:

-- Dynamically update field publications with Temporary Revisions

and Service Bulletins

-- Provide end-users "multi-model" content access and hyperlinks

based on model-specific effectivity status

-- Process and render SGML based on ATA 2100 or customized DTDs

-- Retain page fidelity and provide headers and footers for

ATA-compliant on-site printing

-- Supply customers with secure and controlled "delivered intranet

publications"

-- Seamlessly integrate with enterprise content management and

resource planning systems

For airlines and maintenance organizations using INSIGHT applications, Enigma announces Xtend. With Xtend, organizations that receive electronic publications can add or modify content to the publication while maintaining the original searching, hyperlinks and navigation workflow and GUI. Xtend allows airlines and maintenance organizations to capitalize on the publishing investment of the equipment vendor while facilitating data reuse and customization. Xtend's data repurposing and knowledge-transfer functionality includes:

-- A wizard-driven process for incorporating either new or exported

and modified data to the original publications

-- MS-Word support for creating and editing customer-originated

changes (COCs)

-- Automatic generation of hyperlinks for linking original documents

with new or modified documents

-- Ability to maintain and add reference hyperlinks within and

between publications

-- Green Page views for modified pages with highlighted entries in

table of contents and search results screens

-- Automatic full-text indexing and table of contents updates for

content additions

-- Ability to generate job-card information from maintenance

publications

Customized airline and equipment-vendor publishing systems, based on INSIGHT and Xtend, will be delivered through Enigma's new aerospace business unit. Headed by Nathan Shuchami, VP Aerospace Operations, the new unit combines a team of dedicated aerospace product development, services and support staff. "The new organization will ensure more direct and cross-functional support for our aerospace customers," noted Mr. Shuchami.

"With a large and dedicated aerospace team, we are focused on providing world-class integration and consulting services for our customers' electronic publishing systems," continued Mr. Shuchami. "Enigma's integration with leading ERP and DMS platforms will insure that electronic technical documentation is linked to inventory, procurement and job-card information. Our commitment to interoperablility extends to support for all industry standard data formats. By taking active roles in the W3C for XML, the Adobe Developers Association for PDF and the ATA and AIA for industry-specific SGML standards, Enigma guarantees the long-term viability of its customers' investment in electronic delivery systems."

About Enigma

Enigma, Inc. (http://www.enigmainc.com) is the leading provider of professional electronic publishing solutions to corporate, government and commercial publishers. The company's flagship product, INSIGHT, fully automates the publishing process by turning electronic source documents into intelligent electronic publications for simultaneous distribution on the Internet and CD-ROM. Typical applications of INSIGHT include technical documentation, reference publications, policy and procedure manuals, and catalogs. Enigma's rapidly expanding list of customers includes United Technologies, Rolls-Royce, GaSonics International, Scientific American and Standard and Poor's. Enigma is a privately held company, headquartered in Boston with offices in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo and Tel Aviv.