Barcelona, 25th April 2003 – Visual Century has announced that it will sponsor the First XML Business Solutions World Conference, a forum which will take place at the Madrid Palace of Congresses on May 20th, alongside companies such as Hewlett-Packard, PricewaterhouseCoopers or Sun Microsystems.

The aim of the event, organized by Software AG, is to present the characteristics of this new business standard, currently consolidated as the most flexible and adequate to exchange, publish and store structured data. It will be a unique opportunity to obtain first-hand information on XML from the hand of such experts as Dale Waldt of OASIS or David Metcalfe of Forrester.

Within the frame of the event, Visual Century will lead a business session that will analyze the role of XML in the Media & Publishing sector. Amongst other topics, the session will discuss return on investment of XML-based solutions and new business scenarios in the wake of the XXIst century. For more information about the Conference: www.softwareag.com/Spain

About Visual Century

Visual Century is a technology company created in 2001 by a group of entrepreneurs with audiovisual and multimedia research backgrounds. Visual Century develops software products to index, analyze, store and access digital video, audio and images in asset management applications that include archiving, production, retrieval, browsing and navigation of rich media content. The Visual Century team is made up of highly qualified professionals that the quality, technology and innovation objectives of the company, and includes a fully dedicated research division. Visual Century products stand out because of their innovative vision of rich media content, and they are designed to facilitate the use, management and exploitation of video, audio and image content.