A2i Announces Shipment of xCat Version 4.0; Improvements Include Updated Support for QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 2003 A2i, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise-wide product content management and catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. solutions, today announced the immediate availability of the latest release of its revolutionary xCat application suite. xCat 4.0 builds upon the platform's maturity and stability, includes functional and architectural changes that support greater scalability, and delivers significant increases in performance and interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. to expand the product's reach and further meet the needs of A2i's enterprise customers. Among the new functionality and many refinements and improvements to the system, Version 4.0 of xCat includes: (1) updated support for QuarkXPress 5.0 and Adobe adobe (ədō`bē): see rammed earth. adobe Handmade sun-dried bricks formed from a mixture of heavy clay and straw found in arid regions. In Design 2.0, with cross-platform support for both Windows and Macintosh platforms; (2) improved handling and performance of large objects (e.g. images, PDFs, and rich text files) to meet increasing customer requirements for managing larger and more complex objects; (3) full support for automotive-type application-based search and illustrated parts catalogs Noun 1. parts catalog - a list advertising parts for machinery along with prices parts catalogue catalogue, catalog - a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically; "it does not pretend to be a catalog of his achievements" with "hotspot" drill-down search; (4) improved support for product relationships; and (5) significantly improved search performance, maintaining xCat's performance advantage with its ability to perform searches over 1000 times faster than traditional SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. systems. "Version 4.0 of xCat represents a significant advance in our technology," said Paul Weinberg, president of A2i. "We have continued to push the product envelope to meet the detailed requirements of our customers, who represent some of the largest and most respected companies in their industries. While other technology companies have downsized during these difficult economic times, we are proud to have maintained our market leadership." About A2i, Inc. A2i develops and markets the xCat system for enterprise-wide product content management and catalog publishing. xCat efficiently creates and manages catalogs containing from thousands to millions of products in a centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. repository of product content, supports both printed and electronic output from a single data source for Web-based electronic commerce, CD-ROM-based electronic catalogs, and custom paper catalogs, and delivers performance that is 100-1000 times faster than SQL alone. A2i customers include many of the largest industrial distributors in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , large manufacturers such as GE Appliances and NIBCO, as well as a variety of exchanges and other publishers of large printed and electronic catalogs. Founded in 1993, the company has offices in the United States and Israel. For more information about A2i, please visit www.a2i.com. |
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