Christie's Implements Group Logic MassTransit to Dramatically Improve Global Catalog...

Christie's Implements Group Logic MassTransit to Dramatically Improve Global Catalog Creation Process

World's Leading Art Business Relies on MassTransit to Move More
Than 350,000 Mission-Critical Files Annually
ARLINGTON, Va.--(Business Wire)--Group Logic, the leading provider of enterprise file transfer
solutions, today announced that Christie's, the world's leading art
business, is successfully using MassTransit to increase the
reliability of file transfers and improve productivity throughout its
entire catalog creation process. The only enterprise software solution
proven to transform digital file transfers into strategic business
processes, MassTransit is enabling Christie's to transfer more than
350,000 digital files between internal users and vendors around the
world every year.

"Christie's catalogs are critical for showcasing our auction
items, and we invest heavily to create the highest quality of product
possible," said Neil McCutcheon head of catalog production for
Christie's. "MassTransit is the only file transfer solution we could
find to support this strategic objective, improving the way we manage
our entire creation process - from photo receipt to pre-press,
proofing and printing. We now have the confidence that all of our
files will reach their destination and all of our partners and
employees will meet our production deadlines."

With global auction sales in 2006 that totaled GBP 2.51 billion /
$4.67 billion, Christie's has 85 offices in 43 countries and 14
salerooms worldwide and prints more than 600 catalogs per year to
support each of its auctions. To create each of these
highly-customized catalogs Christie's relies on MassTransit to move
80,000 print ready PDFs and more than a quarter of a million
high-resolution images annually. With image sizes averaging 30
megabytes, MassTransit provides Christie's with the superior
scalability, reliability and performance required to support high
volumes of extremely large file transfers on a daily basis.

By deploying MassTransit, Christie's has eliminated time consuming
and labor-intensive delivery methods such as CDs, DVDs and File
Transfer Protocol (FTP). Unlike these inefficient approaches,
MassTransit easily integrates into the company's workflows and
significantly reduces production times by ensuring that critical
images are delivered quickly and reliably to dispersed locations
around the globe.

"Prior to MassTransit, the process of moving files was as painful
as you can possibly imagine," added McCutcheon. "Now with MassTransit,
Christie's finally has an enterprise solution that is consistent, easy
to use and speeds the file delivery process, giving us the
productivity gains we required to support our global pre-press vendors
and printers."

Further simplifying Christie's catalogue creation process, Group
Logic partners, Turning Point Innovation and IO Integration, sold,
implemented and integrated MassTransit with a Digital Asset Management
(DAM) system through a customized Web interface. Christie's
photographers worldwide can now use MassTransit to easily upload
photos into the DAM system and add critical meta-data for identifying
images and their intended use. This ability to tag photos with
meta-data at the time of upload provides major benefits. This unique,
MassTransit Web Client-based process ensures that 100% of photos have
meta-data and allows immediate, fully automated processing of inbound
images as they are ingested into Christie's DAM system. Not only to
does this eliminate manual work and increase productivity and quality,
but it also increases the value of the DAM system by providing
ready-to-use images in multiple print-ready formats allowing broader,
faster leverage of the assets by Christies' users.

"MassTransit has a proven track record of delivering strategic
value by helping customers create optimized, global file transfer
business processes," stated Andy Lewis, Senior Vice President of
Sales, Group Logic. "By providing Christie's with an easy, reliable,
fast method of transferring large volumes of files globally, and by
offering tight integration with other workflows, MassTransit opened up
valuable business options previously unavailable to Christie's. We are
very proud to be a part of Christie's successful strategic initiative
to transform its global catalog product process."

About Christie's

Christie's is the world's leading art business with global auction
sales in 2006 that totalled GBP 2.51 billion / $4.67 billion.
Worldwide sales for the first half of 2007 totalled GBP 1.63 billion /
$3.25 billion, an increase of 32% by GBP and 45% by $ from the same
period last year and highest half year sales ever in art market
history.

Founded in 1766 by James Christie, Christie's conducted the
greatest auctions of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, and today
remains a popular showcase for the unique and the beautiful.
Christie's offers over 600 sales annually in over 80 categories,
including all areas of fine and decorative arts, jewellery,
photographs, collectibles, wine and more. Prices range from $200 to
over $80 million.

Christie's has 85 offices in 43 countries and 14 salerooms around
the world including London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Geneva,
Milan, Amsterdam, Tel Aviv, Dubai and Hong Kong. Most recently,
Christie's has led the market with expanded initiatives in emerging
markets such as China, India and the United Arab Emirates, with
successful sales and exhibitions in Beijing, Dubai, Mumbai and Russia.

About Group Logic

Group Logic is the leading provider of network software solutions
that enable customers to gain strategic value, increase productivity
and leverage existing infrastructure investments through enterprise
file transfer and Mac/Windows connectivity solutions. With nearly 20
years of unmatched experience, Group Logic's emphasis on customer
success is the very core of its business. More than 2,000 customers
trust Group Logic every day to move and share their files around the
world.

Group Logic offers two complementary product lines:

-- MassTransit Product Line: Enterprise software solution proven
to transform digital file transfers into strategic business
processes. MassTransit increases productivity and empowers
users to manage all aspects of the file transfer process by
simplifying the exchange of digital files, ensuring
accountability and providing visibility into the entire
process.

-- ExtremeZ-IP Product Line: ExtremeZ-IP File Server is the
proven standard and most trusted solution for file sharing
between Mac desktops and Windows servers, delivering
no-compromise access and providing complete platform and
application compatibility. ExtremeZ-IP Print Server delivers
reliable integration between Mac desktops and Windows servers,
creating a single-point of management for enterprise-wide
printing.

For more information, visit Group Logic on the Web at
www.grouplogic.com. Group Logic can also be reached at 800.476.8781 /
703.528.1555.

Group Logic, Inc.
Kate Bland
Director of Marketing
800-476-8781
katebland@grouplogic.com

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