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Bentley Unveils ProjectWise StartPoint


    Bentley Systems, Incorporated today unveiled ProjectWise
    StartPoint, an entry-level collaboration tool, based on Microsoft
    Office SharePoint technologies, for MicroStation and AutoCAD users.
    ProjectWise StartPoint opens the power of ProjectWise, the
    architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry's leading
    system of collaboration servers, to a broad population of new users
    and teams. Its highlights:

    -- Provides direct access to SharePoint platform collaboration
    tools from within MicroStation, MicroStation PowerDraft, and
    AutoCAD

    -- Makes SharePoint technologies aware of relationships critical
    in CAD files, allowing AEC users to use SharePoint for their
    entire project

    -- Requires no additional server software beyond SharePoint
    technologies, so deployment is easy

    -- Provides a cost-effective starting point for organizations
    that wish to grow to high-end ProjectWise capabilities

    Commenting on the new product, CEO Greg Bentley said, "Information
    management is perhaps one of the biggest challenges facing
    infrastructure teams - their work is so necessarily collaborative and
    distributed. Large organizations have been successful with our
    ProjectWise system of servers. With the introduction of the
    ProjectWise StartPoint tool, ProjectWise is now for everyone."
    Said Kurt DelBene, corporate vice president, Microsoft Office
    Server Group, Microsoft Corp., "Bentley has a wealth of expertise
    spanning the AEC and operations verticals. By combining ProjectWise
    with SharePoint-based technologies to manage CAD content, project
    data, and Office documents, there's an amazing amount of capability
    and enhanced productivity that Bentley and Microsoft can together
    bring to users in the infrastructure community."
    Microsoft SharePoint products and technologies provide all users
    with:

    -- File access control using check-in/check-out functions

    -- Version control

    -- Fast finding through powerful search features

    -- Access control with Folder Level security

    -- Calendars and Threaded discussion Web Parts

    -- Simple project web site and user-level customization

    ProjectWise StartPoint extends SharePoint technologies by:

    -- Providing direct access to SharePoint platform collaboration
    tools from within MicroStation, MicroStation PowerDraft, and
    AutoCAD

    -- Managing relationships for MicroStation Reference Files and
    AutoCAD X-Refs

    -- Supporting MicroStation V8 XM Edition Link Sets between CAD
    and Office files

    -- Saving PDF and other plot files from MicroStation directly
    into SharePoint technologies

    -- Assigning MicroStation workspace profiles to individual DGN
    files for standards compliance

    ProjectWise StartPoint is included in MicroStation V8 XM Edition,
    so deployment for these users is a simple matter of installing that
    new product. AutoCAD users deploy by installing a no-charge
    downloadable plug-in. Both require the purchase of a ProjectWise Named
    User License.
    Test-drives of ProjectWise StartPoint will be available at the
    upcoming BE Conference 2006 in Charlotte, N.C., May 21-25. The product
    is scheduled for release in June 2006. For further information, please
    visit www.bentley.com/ProjectWiseStartPoint.

    About ProjectWise

    ProjectWise is a system of collaboration servers that enables
    distributed enterprises and related organizations to successfully
    deliver infrastructure projects. Its core capabilities allow users to
    manage, find, and share CAD and geospatial content.
    ProjectWise StartPoint provides an entry-level collaboration tool,
    while ProjectWise Integration Server provides federated content
    management. ProjectWise also includes servers for caching data in
    multiple locations, for managing and automating plotting and
    publishing, and for connecting with enterprise systems.

    For more information, go to www.bentley.com/ProjectWise.

    About the BE Conference

    The BE Conference, which consistently scores a 99 percent attendee
    satisfaction rating, is a once-a-year learning opportunity for Bentley
    users and their managers offering professional training, technology
    updates, keynotes, and best practice sharing. At these sessions,
    attendees better themselves, better their organizations, and better
    the ways they can improve the world's infrastructure.
    For more information on BE Conference 2006, taking place May 21-25
    in Charlotte, N.C., go to www.be.org.

    About Bentley

    Bentley Systems, Incorporated provides software for the lifecycle
    of the world's infrastructure. The company's comprehensive portfolio
    for the building, plant, civil, and geospatial verticals spans
    architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) and operations. With
    2005 revenues of $336 million and more than 2,000 colleagues around
    the world, Bentley is the leading provider of AEC software to the
    Engineering News-Record Top 500 Design Firms and major
    owner-operators.
    To receive Bentley press releases as they are issued, visit
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    www.bentley.com. To view a copy of Bentley's June 2005 Annual Report
    online, go to www.bentley.com/june2005annualreport.

    Bentley, the "B" logo, BE, ProjectWise, ProjectWise StartPoint,
    MicroStation, MicroStation PowerDraft, and ProjectWise Integration
    Server are either registered or unregistered trademarks or service
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