June 8, 2006 – Charlestown, Massachusetts and Appenzell, Switzerland – In its recently released (May 2006) study of the Document Composition industry, Madison Advisors has ranked GMC Software Technology in its top tier of document composition software providers. GMC Software Technology’s PrintNet software received top rating in both the “Document Composition Breadth of Solution” and “Document Composition Solutions Architecture” categories, and was cited for exceptional performance in a wide range of other categories including design and layout, multi-platform and output support, open standards, and web services for web interactivity and integration with enterprise systems. Madison Advisors is a highly regarded advisory firm that specializes in strategic services designed to advance the print and electronic communications objectives of Fortune 1000 companies. Madison Advisors’ research and advisory services span a range of technologies including content management and delivery, enterprise output technologies and customer communications. In their study of the document composition tools market, Madison Advisors analyzed market trends and end-user requirements against solutions provided by over 15 leading vendors of document composition solutions. "GMC Software Technology has built an impressive solutions offering that is ideally positioned for all areas of personalized communications, including promotional, transactional, on-demand and combined applications,” said Kemal Carr, president of Madison Advisors. “Their PrintNet software is built on an exceptionally strong product architecture that incorporates powerful design layout, approval and proofing, web connectivity, and multi-platform and output support.” PrintNet is a completely integrated suite of variable document design and composition, process automation, on-line collaboration and approval, output management, and web services software solutions. Driving multiple document-related applications from a single platform, PrintNet accepts input from multiple sources — including Adobe InDesign, EPS, PDF, QuarkXPress, SAP, and XML — with multi-channel output for paper and electronic documents. PrintNet provides a single platform for personalized Web and print based documents, direct marketing documents, transactional documents, and on-demand database publishing. “We are delighted with the results of this study, and to have been cited by Madison Advisors for our leadership position in several of the major evaluation categories,” stated Dr. René Müller, CEO of GMC Software Technology. “More importantly, the study underscores our ongoing commitment to provide our customers with the highest quality products and services possible so that they can maintain and expand their position in this highly competitive market. We thank Madison Advisors for the time and effort they have invested in this very informative and important study.”