News Release Date: August 7, 2007 Contact: Marjorie Mayo, Public Affairs Finite Matters Ltd. 804-556-1184 / fax 804-556-1183 marjorie at fml.com
FML Announces PatternStream Support for Adobe FrameMaker Version 8.0 (Goochland, VA) - Finite Matters Ltd. (FML) today announced that PatternStream? works with Adobe? FrameMaker? 8 and Adobe FrameMaker Server 8 software to achieve a high level of automated publishing. On July 23, 2007, Adobe announced that Adobe FrameMaker 8 is expected to ship worldwide by the end of July, 2007. PatternStream provides FrameMaker users with an efficient method of acquiring data from databases, XML and HTML files and other sources to automatically create data-driven budgets, catalog, directories, financial reports, reference books, and an infinite range of pattern based information for print and electronic distribution. PatternStream uses a patented process that views data-driven publishing projects as the merging of a data structure with a document hierarchy. ?PatternStream continues to integrate directly with FrameMaker and FrameMaker Server through its application programming interface (API) and is the only software that does so for this type of programmatic information creation,? said Ben Slone, President and CEO of FML. ?Now our customers will be able to upgrade to FrameMaker 8 and FrameMaker Server 8 and be assured that they will receive the same high level of publishing performance.? ?We are excited that PatternStream supports Adobe FrameMaker 8 and FrameMaker Server 8,? said Karl Matthews, Group Product Marketing Manager, Print and Classic Publishing Solutions at Adobe. ?For years PatternStream has been one of the leading applications for setting up complex database publishing projects using Adobe FrameMaker.? About FML FML offers quality, cost-effective database and automated publishing and information management solutions for the private sector, government and organizations. FML has extensive experience and expertise in implementing a wide variety of complex database and automated publishing systems. Customers include Amcor Sunclipse, Columbia Books, eMap, F+W Publications, Health Net, Inc., Honeywell, Hutton Communications, IMI Cornelius, MediQual, MFS, Mayo Foundation, McGraw-Hill, New Zealand Exchange, Nicor Gas, RAAF AIS, Square D Company, Standard & Poor's and the University of San Francisco. FML is the leader in state and local government budget database publishing and is used to publish city, county, school district, and state budgets and other financial information by governments in more than 15 states and Canada. PatternStream is also used to publish budget, financial and statistical information for federal government departments and agencies including the Department of Defense and the intelligence community. FML has working relationships with Adobe, CACI, CGI, IBM, Oracle and other OEM and third-party resellers to resell and support PatternStream implementations and enhancements. PatternStream will continue to revolutionize automated publishing. For more information, contact Marjorie Mayo at 888-230-1365 and visit www.patternstream.com.