SwetsWise enhances its functionality and grows

["'Damian Leslie'" <dleslie@nl.swets.com>]

Hi all,

The following notice was released by Swets earlier today, I 
thought it may be of interest to some list members.

Yours,
Damian

PRESS RELEASE

Lisse, The Netherlands

July 17, 2007

SwetsWise enhances its functionality and grows to handle more 
than half a million subscriptions!

The latest edition of SwetsWise integrates additional 
capabilities for the delivery and distribution of print issues; 
the steady migration of customers to the new and innovative 
SwetsWise platform sees it now handling more than a third of 
Swets' total subscriptions worldwide.

Swets is delighted to announce the successful release of 
SwetsWise 4.4, the latest system update for the most 
comprehensive and sophisticated subscriptions management service 
currently available. Swets launched the all-new, fully integrated 
SwetsWise portfolio in February of this year, with customers 
being steadily migrated to the new platform over the past few 
months. SwetsWise Subscriptions, the core focus of the SwetsWise 
portfolio, is now handling more than a third of all subscriptions 
managed by Swets worldwide, totaling more than 680,000 individual 
subscriptions, and the number is rapidly increasing.

The release of SwetsWise 4.4 includes further integration of the 
SwetsWise Consolidation service into the overall SwetsWise 
portfolio, enabling customers to fulfill all aspects of the 
subscription management process through one platform. SwetsWise 
Consolidation handles the logistical tasks that support the 
receipt of print issues--unwrapping, checking in, distributing, 
archiving and more--and eliminates the frustration associated 
with preparing journals for distribution. As a result, customers 
save substantial time and money.

The new functionalities included in SwetsWise 4.4 allow customers 
to:

-- See the details of all SwetsWise Consolidation shipments
-- View what will be included in the forthcoming shipments
-- Download packing slip information directly from SwetsWise
-- Maintain customized sticker data for ease of processing
-- Manage circulation or routing lists

The new release also makes SwetsWise available in two new 
languages -
Italian and Danish.

Thomas Snyder, Chief Commercial Officer of Swets, comments, 'The 
steady migration of customers to the new SwetsWise platform sees 
us building on the strong foundations we laid down with the 
launch of the fully integrated SwetsWise portfolio earlier this 
year.  Swets has the deliberate strategy to constantly improve 
SwetsWise in order to continually improve our customers' 
experience.  The release of SwetsWise 4.4 makes the Consolidation 
process easier to manage and more transparent for our customers, 
helping to further simplify the way they acquire, access and 
manage subscriptions.  As a result, SwetsWise provides customers 
with the ultimate environment for subscriptions management.'

About SwetsWise
SwetsWise is the culmination of Swets' insight from more than 100 
years of experience in the information industry. The result is an 
extensive portfolio of products designed to simplify the way 
customers acquire, search, access, manage and evaluate their 
subscriptions. SwetsWise enables information professionals to 
effectively and efficiently administer all stages of the 
subscriptions management process, helping them to meet the 
information goals of their organization and improve the 
productivity of the people who use the information. Its fully 
integrated approach allows customers to combine individual 
SwetsWise services, offering the simplicity of a single solution 
for meeting their information needs.

Further details on the SwetsWise portfolio can be found at 
www.swetswise.com

About Swets
Swets is the world's leading subscription services company. We 
build on more than 100 years of experience to maximize the return 
on investments in time and money for clients and publishers in 
today's complex information marketplace. With clients in over 160 
countries and more than twenty offices around the world, Swets is 
a true 'long tail' powerhouse that provides the most 
comprehensive and sophisticated e-commerce platform currently 
available in its field.

Swets has been included in E-Content Magazine's '100 companies 
that matter most in the Digital Content Industry' for the past 
two years, and appeared at number 95 in FEM Business' 'Top 500 
Companies in The Netherlands' in 2006. We are the only 
subscription services company that is ISO 9001:2000 certified on 
a global basis--a testament to our stringent operation and client 
service procedures.

Visit us today at www.swets.com


Media Contact
Damian Leslie
External Communications Executive
Swets
Heereweg 347 B, 2161 CA Lisse
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 252 435 189
Fax: +31 252 415 888
Email: dleslie@nl.swets.com
www.swets.com