Optio Software Announces PeopleSoft Integration Certification

Certification Leverages Strength of Optio's Document Process Improvement Solutions For PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne Customers


ATLANTA, March 17, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Optio Software(R) Inc. (OTCBB:OPTO), a leading provider of solutions that enhance the form, content, distribution and availability of business-critical documents and information, and a PeopleSoft(R) Certified Software Partner, today announced that it has completed certification of Optio e.ComIntegrate(TM) with the PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne 8.9 application suite.

Optio's certification validates that information and data created by PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne 8.9 can be successfully integrated with Optio e.ComIntegrate. Optio e.ComIntegrate transforms enterprise information into high-impact business documents that can be reliably delivered across a wide variety of destinations such as print, fax, email, web portals or wireless devices. Optio's PeopleSoft-certified solutions are available immediately.

"As a result of this certification, Optio Software joins a select group of software vendors who are committed to meeting the high standards of PeopleSoft's integration criteria," said Suzie Balthazar, collaborative applications practice manager for PeopleSoft.

Optio e.ComIntegrate is the first output management solution to be certified with Unicode-enabled output from PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne 8.9. This capability facilitates business processes such as multi-language invoicing, procurement, manufacturing and distribution by utilizing single-byte (English, French, German, Spanish, etc.) and double-byte (Chinese, Japanese, etc.) languages that are easily implemented and deployed by customers.

"Optio Software has been deeply committed to PeopleSoft's EnterpriseOne and World customers for a number of years," said C. Wayne Cape, Optio's president, CEO and chairman. "We are extremely proud to become a PeopleSoft certified partner and look forward to continuing the delivery of compelling solutions and value to their customers."

Optio e.ComIntegrate forms the core of Optio's integrated suite of solutions focused on streamlining document-driven business processes. Optio's solutions:



 -- Accept the standard outputs generated by popular enterprise
    applications,
 -- Apply a series of business rules that improve the look and feel of
    business documents such as invoices, purchase orders, shipping
    manifests, accounts payable checks, barcode labels and pick lists,
 -- Add key content from additional sources such as ERP datastores,
    external databases and flat files,
 -- Transform the documents into one or more formats suitable for
    printing, faxing, e-mailing and web publishing
 -- Automate the delivery to one or more destinations,
 -- Provide a portal-based repository for published documents and
 -- Monitor the entire printing infrastructure of an organization with
    full failover, notification, centralized management and metrics
    reporting capability.

About Optio Software

More than 5,000 customers worldwide use Optio Software solutions to reduce the cost and complexity of document-driven business processes and extend the value of enterprise technology investments. Optio's document output management solutions improve the form, content, distribution and availability of business-critical documents across global networks of digital destinations such as print, fax, e-mail, portals and wireless devices. Founded in 1981, Optio Software has its headquarters offices in Atlanta and international offices in France, Germany and the United Kingdom. More information about Optio Software (OTCBB:OPTO) is available at: www.optiosoftware.com.



 For more information, contact:
 Sheryl Roehl
 Optio Software
 770-576-3613
 sroehl@optiosoftware.com