Elixir’s Opus Archive Provides Fast, Efficient,
Browser-Based Document Storage and Retrieval

VENTURA, CA – May 1, 2006 – Elixir Technologies Corporation, a leading developer of software for creating and managing high-value documents of all types, today announced Opus Archive, a document archive system closely coupled to Opus, the company’s document design software for data-driven printing. Opus Archive also securely stores printstreams, images, email messages and documents from other sources.

Opus Archive indexes everything on a page while loading its database, including the positions of all information. By dramatically reducing the search space by adding location as a variable, Opus Archive can search terabytes of documents in seconds or less, a search rate that persists regardless of the size of the archive. This functionality permits searches such as “find social security numbers starting with ‘447’ that appear at this location on the page.” Archive managers don’t have to know in advance how the database will be used—they can design simple or complex searches on the fly, share the new search screens with company users, enabling archival searching without rebuilding or other delays.

Opus Archive is accessed and managed through a web-browser interface and can act as a server for customer applications or even for other document management systems that are less capable when handling large numbers of retained documents.

Opus Archive uses optional integrated Elixir transformation utilities to convert printstreams to Adobe® Acrobat® PDF files that appear identical to the printed versions. The process can be automated using a directory watch option where Opus Archive monitors a directory and automatically loads the documents as they are created. These archived originals can be located, then printed, routed, annotated, saved, combined, or delivered to other programs. Used in a help-desk application, Opus can generate documents for AFP printing and, at the same time, create PDFs for archival. The PDF versions are normally available online even before the printed versions are in the mail.

Opus Archive enables a dramatic reduction in hardware and infrastructure investment, even when it is scaled to enormous sizes. The system is deployed on the Elixir Blue Ocean Appliance, a standalone rack-mount server, and all storage is external. System installation and setup time runs between one to five days.

A global company now in its twenty-first year, Elixir builds end-to-end solutions for managing documents that express your business.

For more information about Elixir Technologies, please call (805) 641-5900 or visit www.elixir.com.