NAMED “BEST OF TECH•ED 2008 IT PRO AWARDS WINNER”
BY WINDOWS IT PRO and SQL SERVER MAGAZINES

BOSTON, MA June 19, 2008 - SoftArtisans today announced that its OfficeWriter Reporting Tool was named as a winner of the “Best of TechEd 2008 IT Pro Awards” in the Business Intelligence category Penton Media’s Windows IT Pro® and SQL Server Magazine®.

The Best of Tech•Ed 2008 Awards recognize companies who offer innovative products for the industry. The judges reviewed more than 223 products and services submitted for the contest and chose 29 finalists to be interviewed at the Tech•Ed 2008 IT Pro Conference in Orlando, Fla. Winners were announced on June 12 at an evening reception and are also posted on www.WindowsITPro.com/awards.

“Choosing from such a wide variety of outstanding entries is a challenge every year, and the quality of this year’s entries was particularly high,” said Karen Forster, group editorial and strategy director for Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine. “The winners clearly reflect our judging criteria: innovation, strategic importance to the market, competitive advantage and exceptional value to customers.”

About SoftArtisans
Founded in 1996, SoftArtisans is a privately held company headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts and was recently honored as one of North America’s 500 fastest growing technology companies. Over 20,000 customers in more than 70 countries use SoftArtisans products, including FileUp, the industry’s standard in file transferring and OfficeWriter, the world’s premier product for developing high-speed Excel and Word reports from a Web application.

SoftArtisans’ Reporting Tool Named “Best of Tech•Ed 2007” Winner By Windows IT Pro, SQL Server Magazine and Office & Sharepoint Pro.com
OfficeWriter Supports SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

BOSTON, MA June 11, 2007 - SoftArtisans today announced that its OfficeWriter Reporting Tool was named as a winner of the “Best of Tech•Ed Awards 2007” in the Business Intelligence category by Penton Media’s Windows IT Pro®, SQL Server Magazine® and Office & Sharepoint Pro.com.

The judges reviewed over 260 IT products and services submitted for the contest and chose 45 finalists to be interviewed at Tech•Ed in Orlando, Fla. The interviews were conducted last week. Winners were announced on June 6 at an evening reception at the Peabody Hotel Orlando.

"This is the sixth year of this awards program and every year we see a substantial increase in the number and level of entries, “said Karen Forster, group editorial and strategic director. “While we had many worthy products, the winners clearly demonstrated their products’ strategic importance to the market, its competitive advantages and the value they provide to customers."

About SoftArtisans
Founded in 1996, SoftArtisans is a privately held company headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts and was recently honored as one of North America’s 500 fastest growing technology companies. Over 20,000 customers in more than 70 countries use SoftArtisans products, including FileUp, the industry’s standard in file transferring and OfficeWriter, the world’s premier product for developing high-speed Excel and Word reports from a Web application.

SoftArtisans’ OfficeWriter Reporting Tool Named "Tech-Ed Atendee's Pick" Winner By Windows IT Pro, SQL Server Magazine and Office & Sharepoint Pro.com
OfficeWriter Supports SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

BOSTON, MA June 11, 2007 - SoftArtisans today announced that its OfficeWriter Reporting Tool was named as a 2007 winner of the “Tech•Ed Attendee’s Pick Awards” in Business Intelligence category by Penton Media’s Windows IT Pro®, SQL Server Magazine® and Office & Sharepoint Pro.com

The Tech•Ed attendees reviewed IT products and services submitted for the contest and chose the winners at Tech•Ed in Orlando, Fla. Winners were announced on June 7 at the Windows IT Pro booth on the Tech•Ed show floor.

“Tech•Ed attendees are tough, in-the-trenches critics,” said Kim Paulsen, group publisher. “They demand solid value and performance from the products they use and put those products to the test, day after day. Attendee’s Pick Award winners can feel proud that their products and services have earned the respect and recognition of this demanding audience.”

About SoftArtisans
Founded in 1996, SoftArtisans is a privately held company headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts and was recently honored as one of North America’s 500 fastest growing technology companies. Over 20,000 customers in more than 70 countries use SoftArtisans products, including FileUp, the industry’s standard in file transferring and OfficeWriter, the world’s premier product for developing high-speed Excel and Word reports from a Web application.

SoftArtisans’ Reporting Tool is Finalist in Best of TechEd Award
OfficeWriter Supports SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

BOSTON, MA June 11, 2006 - OfficeWriter is a finalist in the Business Intelligence category for the Best of TechEd 2006 Awards, presented by Penton’s Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine. The winners will be determined after final judging at TechEd and announced the evening of June 14.

"The field included more than 250 entries. After technically evaluating all of the entries, we chose finalists based on the product's strategic importance to the market, its competitive advantages and the value to the customer," said Michael Otey, Technical Director for Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine.

Since 2004, hundreds of customers have used OfficeWriter with SQL Server Reporting Services to design and deliver their reports without ever leaving Microsoft Office. OfficeWriter’s use of familiar formats, like Excel and Word, eliminates the need to train business users on other report design tools.

"OfficeWriter is a great addition to SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services,” said Microsoft Reporting Services Group Program Manager Brian Welcker. “With OfficeWriter, customers can create and deliver full-featured Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and Microsoft Word documents while leveraging SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services security, scheduling, caching, and distribution features. Designing reports in Excel and Word is a great benefit to our mutual customers."

About SoftArtisans
Founded in 1996, SoftArtisans is a privately held company headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts and was recently honored as one of North America’s 500 fastest growing technology companies. Over 20,000 customers in more than 70 countries use SoftArtisans products, including FileUp, the industry’s standard in file transferring and OfficeWriter, the world’s premier product for developing high-speed Excel and Word reports from a Web application.

Version 3.5 of OfficeWriter Supports SQL Server 2005 and .NET Framework V2.0
Many New Features for Excel and Word

Watertown, MA November 15, 2005 - SoftArtisans has announced that its release of version 3.5 of OfficeWriter fully supports both Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005. OfficeWriter is a high-powered reporting tool that delivers native Microsoft Office Excel and Microsoft Office Word over the Web without the need for Microsoft Office on the server.

Hundreds of customers are already using OfficeWriter with SQL Server Reporting Services to design and deliver their reports without ever leaving Microsoft Office. The familiarity of Excel and Word eliminates the need to train business users on other report design tools.

As a renderer within Reporting Services, OfficeWriter generates Report Definition Language (RDL) files that preserve every Excel feature, such as pivot tables, VBA, macros, advanced formulas and live charts, while also adding Word to the export options within Reporting Services. Currently, Reporting Services supports only Microsoft Office Web Components, PDF, XML/MHTML and limited Excel output.

“SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services will work with OfficeWriter to utilize the world’s most recognizable content formats – Microsoft Office Excel and Word – to provide customers with report management and security features in an easy-to-use format,” said Don Petersen, Sr. Product Manager, Microsoft SQL Server. “Our applications work together so customers can design and deliver the Excel and Word reports they need for business intelligence.”

New OfficeWriter for Reporting Services Features:

Full SQL Server Reporting Services 2005 support
New rendering extension for Reporting Services 2005
Add real Excel and Word to reports designed in Visual Studio 2005
Render Excel and Word reports from the same RDL file

This new version of OfficeWriter also adds significant Excel and Word functionality, including document merging, watermarks, R1C1 formula support and conditional formatting, just to name a few of the new features.

About SoftArtisans
Founded in 1996, SoftArtisans is a privately held company headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts and was recently honored as one of North America’s 500 fastest growing technology companies. Over 20,000 customers in more than 70 countries use SoftArtisans products, including FileUp, the industry’s standard in file transferring and OfficeWriter, the world’s premier product for developing high-speed Excel and Word reports from a Web application.

Most Powerful Version of SoftArtisans OfficeWriter Released at Microsoft TechEd 2005
Additional Support for SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

Watertown, MA June 6, 2005 – In conjunction with Microsoft Tech•Ed 2005, SoftArtisans has released version 3 of OfficeWriter, featuring Microsoft .NET application objects for both Microsoft Office Excel 2003 and Microsoft Office Word 2003 and increased support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services.

With the enterprise edition of OfficeWriter, users can create and modify any Excel and Word feature at runtime or use the easy template-approach to design reports. The new version also brings new Application Objects for both Excel and Word in the Java™ Edition of OfficeWriter and more functionality to those who are now using OfficeWriter with SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services.

“SQL Server 2005 will work with OfficeWriter, so customers can utilize content formats they already know – Microsoft Office Excel and Word – to author Reporting Service reports,” said Lucho Torres, Group Product Manager for SQL Server at Microsoft Corp. “Together, these products help customers gather and deliver data they need to analyze their organization’s information.”

With the release today of version 3 of OfficeWriter, users can avoid proprietary design tools that are unfamiliar to most business users who regularly create reports. Equally as important, companies can continue to use complex legacy reports, which feature Excel and Word, as they shift to Reporting Services. When used within Reporting Services, OfficeWriter generates RDL files that preserve Excel 2003 features and adds Word 2003 to the export options within Reporting Services.

"Version 3 of OfficeWriter is a significant release for us as we continue to enhance Reporting Services’ functionality within Microsoft Office 2003, but also greatly improve the Excel and Word reporting capabilities of Excel 2003 and Word 2003 within our stand-alone product,” said SoftArtisans CEO David Wihl.

About SoftArtisans
Founded in 1996, SoftArtisans is a privately held company headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts and was recently honored as one of North America’s 500 fastest growing technology companies. Over 20,000 customers in more than 70 countries use SoftArtisans products, including FileUp, the industry’s standard in file transferring and OfficeWriter, the world’s premier product for developing high-speed Excel and Word reports from a Web application.

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SoftArtisans Adds Full Excel and Word Support to Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
Business Users Design Reports Within MS Office

Brookline, MA October 11, 2004 – With the release today of a Reporting Services Edition of OfficeWriter, SoftArtisans boosts the usability of the Microsoft reporting tool by providing the ability to design and deliver reports directly within Microsoft Office. Without SoftArtisans OfficeWriter, Reporting Services customers must design their reports in Visual Studio .NET.

“OfficeWriter complements SQL Server Reporting Services by providing full-function Excel and Word output,” said Microsoft SQL Server Senior Product Manager Don Petersen. “The integration with Microsoft and SoftArtisans allows Reporting Services to take advantage of the ubiquity of Office as a report writer for end users.”

SoftArtisans OfficeWriter enables the design, publishing and delivery of reports directly from Microsoft Excel and Word using SQL Server Reporting Services, ASP.NET or Java™. With OfficeWriter, end users can avoid design tools like VS.NET that are unfamiliar to most business users. Equally as important, companies can continue to use complex legacy reports, which feature Excel and Word, as they shift to Reporting Services.

This special edition of OfficeWriter generates Reporting Services reports (RDL files), but unlike Reporting Services’ Excel output, all Excel features, such as pivot tables, VBA, macros, advanced formulas and live charts, are preserved by OfficeWriter. Reporting Services currently supports only Microsoft Office Web Components, PDF, XML/MHTML and very limited Excel output.

Without OfficeWriter, Reporting Services can not deliver reports in Microsoft Word format. OfficeWriter-rendered documents preserve all of the Word features contained in the user’s existing Word template.

"This is a huge leap in functionality for Reporting Services,” said SoftArtisans CEO David Wihl. “Not only does OfficeWriter enhance Reporting Services' support for MS Office - it more importantly empowers end users to design and manage reports in familiar MS Office. No new training, no new client-side requirements and full preservation of all MS Office features - a winning combination."

Through a toolbar integrated within Excel and Word, it’s easy to access a data source and insert data/text through merge fields and repeat blocks. After designing the report, the toolbar is used to save, preview, edit and publish reports to the Reporting Services server for distribution. Thanks to this freely-distributed client-side design tool, there is no need to switch from Microsoft Office to the browser to generate reports.

The Reporting Services Edition of OfficeWriter is packaged with the Enterprise Edition of OfficeWriter v2.5 or sold separately. There are no per-user costs with OfficeWriter. It is licensed per server CPU.

About SoftArtisans
Founded in 1996, SoftArtisans is a privately held company headquartered in Brookline, Massachusetts and was recently honored as one of North America’s 500 fastest growing technology companies. Over 20,000 customers in more than 70 countries use SoftArtisans products, including FileUp, the industry’s standard in file transferring and OfficeWriter, the world’s premier product for developing high-speed Excel and Word reports from a Web application.

SoftArtisans OfficeWriter v2.5 Improves Design Capabilities in Microsoft Reporting Services
Newest Version Includes Image Insertion and Complete Pivot Table Support

BROOKLINE, MA October 11, 2004 - SoftArtisans has released OfficeWriter v2.5 which includes a SQL Server Reporting Services Edition, image insertion in Microsoft Word and complete pivot table support in Excel.

OfficeWriter enables the design, publishing and delivery of reports directly from Microsoft Excel and Word using Java™, ASP.NET, Classic ASP or Reporting Services. End users design reports directly in Excel or Word, avoiding design tools that are unfamiliar to most business users.

"With OfficeWriter 2.5 we’ve added a huge leap in functionality for Reporting Services with full support for Excel and Word,” said SoftArtisans CEO David Wihl. “But our current and new customers will also see new features and performance enhancements in both theWindows and Java™ versions of OfficeWriter that are not related to Reporting Services.”

Utilized by 8 of the Fortune 10, the OfficeWriter suite of products includes ExcelWriter and WordWriter.

A key new feature in ExcelWriter centers around one of the more powerful tools within Excel – pivot tables. With ExcelWriter, power Excel users can now modify or create-from-scratch pivot tables in their server side code.

Major new features in WordWriter v2.5 include the ability to insert images from a database and improved field marker support. WordWriter customers will also see enhanced performance in the newest version. WordWriter is now three times faster than its previous version.

The release of version 2.5 coincides with the launch of a Reporting Services Edition of OfficeWriter. Unlike Reporting Services’ Excel output, all Excel features, such as pivot tables, VBA, macros, advanced formulas and charts, are preserved by OfficeWriter. Without OfficeWriter, Reporting Services can not deliver reports in Microsoft Word format.

About SoftArtisans
Founded in 1996, SoftArtisans is a privately held company headquartered in Brookline, Massachusetts and was recently honored as one of North America’s 500 fastest growing technology companies. Over 20,000 customers in more than 70 countries use SoftArtisans products, including FileUp, the industry’s standard in file transferring and OfficeWriter, the world’s premier product for developing high-speed Excel and Word reports from a Web application.

New Features, Platform Support in OfficeWriter V2
.NET Version of ExcelWriter & Improved Functionality in WordWriter

BROOKLINE, MA March 29, 2004 - SoftArtisans has released OfficeWriter V2, featuring a native .NET version of their Excel reporting solution and improved functionality in their Word generation tool.

By uniting SoftArtisans’