DUBAI, U.A.E, Dec. 14, 2004 -- Captaris Inc., (Nasdaq: CAPA) a leading provider of Business Information Delivery Solutions, announces that Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) has chosen Captaris Workflow to automate the Investment Applications Follow-up system, one of the bank's core business applications. Captaris Workflow provides easy, flexible and integrated business process workflow for organizations in any Microsoft or enterprise application environment; enabling dramatic improvements in productivity, accountability and compliancy. As a second stage, the bank will use Captaris Workflow to organize its human resources operations and employee self service applications. Eventually, QIB plans to deploy around 50 workflows that will automate most of its internal operations.

"As QIB's requirements are continuously increasing, we selected Captaris Workflow because it was the best fit for both our current and future business process automation needs," said Rashed Ali M. S. Al-Kobesi, Executive Manager, IT & Elec. Services Department, Qatar Islamic Bank.

Afkar Information Technology, a Captaris reseller in Qatar commented about the implementation, "The hardest part in the solution provided to QIB was to design a business automation solution that integrated with an array of different environments currently available at QIB, including their internal banking system and online services. We implemented Captaris Workflow because it met all the criteria set by the bank," said Murhaf Taia, Business Solutions Manager, Afkar Information Technology Ltd.

Mr. Fadi Honein, Regional Manager MENA, India & Turkey, Captaris added, "Captaris Workflow provides ready-to-use features for rapidly automating simple or complex workflow processes as well as capabilities to manage and monitor automated processes. Web-based workflow wizards provide non-technical workers with the ability to rapidly build, deploy and run fully functional routing and approval workflow. Technical personnel have the ability to exploit the capabilities of the Captaris Workflow IDE to expand on the workflow built by the workflow wizards."

Akfar Information Technology was assisted in the implementation by Netways, an appointed Captaris Workflow distributor for the region. Roula Moussa General Manager of Netways said, "Captaris Workflow enhances business productivity by automating standard interactions between information workers and business applications. One of the benefits of working with a company like Captaris is the strong local support that Captaris Middle East provides from its offices in Dubai. Another is that Captaris Workflow is part of a suite of tools that Captaris provides to improve business information delivery, including Alchemy, Interchange and RightFax."

About Afkar:

Afkar Information Technology, a leading Internet solutions company, provides total business solutions, develops e-services applications, total intranet solutions, and designs and manages professional web sites, portals and interactive community applications.

Our success in the market comes from our ability to understand and enhance our customers' business processes, and provide the solutions that meet their IT needs. Founded in Qatar 1997, Afkar has successfully assisted numerous organizations in developing and implementing their Internet strategies. Our clients list includes diverse number of recognized projects in the GCC region. For more information about Afkar, please visit the web site at: http://www.afkaronline.com .

About Netways:

Netways is a leading, multinational e-solution provider company, and was the first organization to provide Internet-enabled technology to the Lebanese market in 1995. Its strengths focus upon e-solutions, Business Process Automation, Enterprise Application Integration, content management, e-business security, customized development and database systems, as well as a variety of e-business portals. Employing over 100 staff in Lebanon alone, Netways has a proven leadership in building various types of Web-based solutions in the Middle East. http://www.netways.com .

About Captaris Inc.

Captaris Business Information Delivery solutions capture, process, archive and deliver data and documents enabling customers to reduce costs and increase the performance of critical business information investments. Through its global distribution network, Captaris delivers cost-effective software products and services that help organizations manage and leverage the value of corporate information. In partnership with leading enterprise technology companies, Captaris has installed more than 90,000 systems in 95 countries in companies of all sizes, including the entire Fortune 100.

Captaris Workflow is a process automation solution that improves the access and control of unique business processes for compliancy and competitive advantage. Captaris Workflow makes it fast and easy to develop and support workflow applications within Microsoft environments, increasing collaboration, productivity and accountability. By integrating with Captaris business information delivery solutions, Captaris Workflow enables best-in-class processes that ensure the right people get the right information at the right time.

Captaris is headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., and has main offices in Tucson, Ariz., Portland, Ore., Englewood, Colo., Calgary, Canada, and European headquarters in Nieuwegein, Netherlands. In addition, Captaris has sales and support offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, Hong Kong, Australia and Dubai. The company was founded in 1982 and is publicly traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol CAPA. For more information please visit http://www.captaris.com.

NOTE: Captaris products Alchemy, Interchange, RightFax and Workflow are trademarks of Captaris. All other company, brand and product names are the property and/or trademarks of their respective companies.

SOURCE Captaris Inc.

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