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The Sant Corporation Announces Sant Suite 8.2

New version has already received rave reviews from customers

CINCINNATI; April 1, 2008... The Sant Corporation, the market leader in proposal and sales document automation software, today announced the release of Sant Suite 8.2. The new release has generated considerable excitement throughout Sant’s customer base as it contains several highly requested enhancements to aid in the creation of winning proposals, RFP responses, presentations, and related documents.

“The release of Sant Suite 8.2 delivers the most advanced set of features and functionality available in the sales document automation marketplace,” said Lewie Miller, president of The Sant Corporation. “We are confident that this release will provide our customers with an application that is powerful, user friendly, and of the highest quality.”

“Our experience with the pre-release version of Sant Suite 8.2 has been very positive,” said Mic Pickard, Director of Proposal Management for Blackboard, Inc. and long-time Sant customer. “The new version contains several interface improvements that make our team more efficient and effective. Using the new search interface and ‘preview content’ feature, we can find and select the correct content 50% faster. In addition, the new ‘welcome screen’ makes it easy for us to navigate throughout the application.”

Sant Suite 8.2 adds several new features to improve the user experience. Key enhancements include:

New Welcome Screen

Users will immediately see the new Welcome Screen after login. This customizable screen provides quick access to frequently used functions such as: searching the database, creating a new project, accessing recent projects, viewing search history, viewing expired or submitted content (administrators only), and accessing web links. Users may also manage and personalize this screen by adding their logo, posting news and announcements, and arranging the elements that display on the screen.

Improved Search Results Interface

Search results are now displayed in a more intuitive interface that emulates the familiar designs of leading internet search engines. Each result found contains a short description, thumbnail image (when appropriate), and metadata (folder location, expiration date, times used, etc.). While the Search Results screen displays, users can quickly expand and collapse each result to a fully formatted content version.

New Selection Screens

New Selection Screens streamline the process of creating proposals and presentations. All selections for a document section can now be made on a single screen. End-users quickly check the items they want to include and drag-and-drop the order they should appear in the document. Research indicates the new selection screens are up to 40% faster to complete than previous versions.

Store Finished Documents with the Project

Users have the option to store the finished Word document or PowerPoint presentation with the Project. After the user builds a document, edits to the document can still be made and then automatically stored with the Project in Sant Suite. This provides companies with a central repository for all sales documents.

Improved File Gallery

Several enhancements were made to the File Gallery. Users can now store any type of file in the File Gallery, including Word, PowerPoint, PDF, graphics, etc. File Gallery content is managed like all Sant Suite content; it contains an owner, expiration date, comments, alert, and other metadata. File Gallery content is also indexed in the database, thus enabling search capabilities. Permissions can now be applied to determine who can read and edit content in each category.

Auto-Answer RFPs

The Auto Answer RFP search option now allows users to select a search folder(s). This feature is particularly useful for companies who receive industry standard RFPs rarely varying in content. You can, for example, load the standard RFP questions with answers into Sant Suite and then use the Auto Answer Search to answer the entire RFP at once.

Improved Interface (links, colors, main navigation, etc.)

Sant Suite 8.2 includes several interface improvements, including: a new Welcome Screen, Search Results screen, Selection Screen, and a horizontal navigation menu on the top of each screen. Based on customer feedback, all function icons to add or delete content, review details, etc., were replaced with text links. This ensures recognition and makes selections more intuitive.

Sant Integration Model

The new Sant Integration Model enables customers to leverage Web Services to integrate Sant Suite with other 3rd party and homegrown applications and databases. Integration can be utilized in a variety of locations to send and receive data.

Performance Improvement throughout the Application

Additional use of AJAX and other “Web 2.0” technologies provide fewer screen reloads and improved performance throughout Sant Suite.

About The Sant Corporation

The Sant Corporation is a provider of proven software and expertise that improves sales effectiveness. We help companies who provide value-based solutions win more business by accelerating the production of persuasive proposals, RFP responses, presentations, and related documents.

Sant is a privately held corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, and has operations in North America, the United Kingdom, Australia, and South Africa. For more information, please visit www.santcorp.com.