Story Highlights BELLEVUE, Wash., April 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Captaris, Inc. (NASDAQ:CAPA), a leading provider of software products that automate document-centric processes, announced the appointment of Paul M. Yantus as Executive Vice President of Marketing and Product Development. Reporting to CEO and President David P. Anastasi, Yantus will lead global marketing, product development and strategic partner development for Captaris. With his strong background in the document management and solutions markets, Yantus will provide leadership for the company as it expands further into key growth segments within Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Multifunction Printers (MFPs), document capture, and further automation and management of inbound and outbound documents and the processes surrounding them. "Paul is a hands-on leader adept at recognizing market opportunities and creating actionable business strategies to exploit them," said Anastasi. "He has a proven track record of maximizing revenue and earnings performance, and creating sustainable growth through commercializing new products and services." Yantus was most recently President and CEO of ScanOptics, a leading provider of information capture and recognition technologies to the financial, government, and education markets, where he led the privatization of the company and successfully repositioned the company's products. Prior to Scan- Optics, he founded Espire, an ASP solution for managing branded messaging, and led the rapid growth of the Custom Communications division for MSX International. Yantus has an extensive background in capture, recognition, and document management technologies including holding prior senior level positions with Danka Office Imaging, Lason Systems, and Eastman Kodak. "I believe Captaris is well positioned to capitalize on the many exciting changes going on in capture," said Yantus. "I really look forward to becoming part of the Captaris team and playing a key role in shaping the company's future strategy as well as producing positive results for its shareholders." About Captaris, Inc. Captaris, Inc. is a leading provider of software products that automate business processes, manage documents electronically and provide efficient information delivery. Our product suite of Captaris RightFax, Captaris Workflow and Captaris Alchemy is distributed through a global network of leading technology partners. We have customers in financial services, healthcare, government and many other industries, and our products are installed in all of the Fortune 100 and many Global 2000 companies. Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, Captaris 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/. The following are registered trademarks and trademarks of Captaris: Captaris, Alchemy, RightFax and Captaris Workflow. All other brand names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. DATASOURCE: Captaris, Inc. CONTACT: Dan Lucarini, Captaris, +1-303-930-4405, or Web site: http://www.captaris.com/

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