Alphinat introduces version 4 of SmartGuide(TM), the most productive tool to
create self-service Web applications

MONTREAL , Feb. 11 /CNW Telbec/ - Alphinat Inc. (TSX Venture Exchange: NPA), the company that pioneered guided web interactions, today announces the release of version 4 of SmartGuide(TM). With a range of powerful new features, this release represents the most significant evolution of SmartGuide(TM) since its inception in 2005. New features in version 4 include:

    
    - Completely revamped Ajax-based interfaces for even faster application
      development;
    - Function editor allowing business experts to integrate complex business
      rules without any coding;
    - Ability to build applications by importing PDF forms, XML schemas, web
      services and extension functions;
    - Auto-generation of schema-compliant XML based on user-input;
    - Improved rules engine which further simplifies management of compound
      field visibility, page branching and if/then conditions;
    - Online theme management that includes support for auto-creating dynamic
      PDF documents;
    - Improved knowledge base management that allows guiding people to
      information that's 100% relevant to their needs.
    

"The latest iteration of SmartGuide(TM), represents an enormous improvement in what was already a highly productive tool to create guided self-service applications," said CEO, Philippe Lecoq. "With the addition of these new features, SmartGuide(TM) can help to reduce even more the time and cost associated with the development of Web applications that get things done".

SmartGuide is available now for both J2EE and .NET environments and can run on either open source or commercial middleware.

For more information, please visit http://www.alphinat.com

About Alphinat

Alphinat Inc. develops, markets and supports software technology that enables non-technical managers to configure and deploy Web applications and utilities to helps organisations and governments better serve clients. This technology uses sophisticated data organisation and processing software to automate interactions between systems, employees, clients, suppliers and partners. The software is ubiquitous across organisational entities and information processing platforms, permitting a high level of collaboration in delivering complex service outcomes using existing legacy systems.

Alphinat technology could also prove useful to the healthcare, banking, insurance, telecommunications and other sectors, in modernising, automating and rendering cost-effective a number of business processes at a fraction of the cost associated with conventional customized solutions. For more details about Alphinat or its software suite, please visit www.alphinat.com.

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For further information: Mr. Philippe Lecoq, Chief Executive Officer Alphinat Inc., [phone] ext 22