Actra Embeds PLS Search Engine in PublishingXpert 2.0.ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 1997-- Integration of PLS See playlist. Search Technology Allows Publishers to Create Full-Scale Online Information Services See Information Systems. Personal Library Software Inc. (PLS) and Actra, a joint venture between Netscape and GE Information Services (networking, company) GE Information Services - One of the leading on-line services, started on 1st October 1985, providing subscribers with hundreds of special interest areas, computer hardware and software support, award-winning multi-player games, the most software files in the announced Tuesday that PublishingXpert Version 2.0 -- the next generation of the Netscape Publishing system -- will ship in September 1997 with the PLS search engine. A flexible, integrated high-end application software solution, PublishingXpert is designed for companies wishing to sell, manage and deliver secure information and services to their customers and partners. PublishingXpert uses PLS search technology to provide a powerful information retrieval information retrieval Recovery of information, especially in a database stored in a computer. Two main approaches are matching words in the query against the database index (keyword searching) and traversing the database using hypertext or hypermedia links. component to the solution. With PublishingXpert, publishers can quickly deploy commercial-grade Web publishing Creating a Web site and placing it on the Web server. A Web site is a collection of HTML pages with the home page typically named INDEX.HTML. Web sites are designed using Web authoring software which provides a graphical layout capability or by hand coding in HTML or both. sites that deliver information within an Internet or Extranet environment. PublishingXpert fills a gap in today's market, allowing publishers to offer secure content management and delivery as well as advanced subscription and payment services -- all with a scalable, open architecture that is highly customizable. PublishingXpert is designed for both consumer media and content publishing as well as business-to-business content management. As the search component powering PublishingXpert, PLS technology eases the workload of site administrators while providing powerful site-navigation for end users. The job of the administrator is simplified through the inherent scalability of the PLS search engine as well as the ability to operate on a "24x7" basis. Administrators can add content and perform maintenance routines without having to take the databases off line. For the end user, PLS search technology provides a set of "best-in-class" tools to quickly locate relevant information on the site. "By embedding search technology from PLS, Actra is offering its customers access to a robust search and retrieval system that is the choice of many large commercial publishers," said Jim Sha, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Actra Corp. "PLS has designed its search engine to meet the needs of both site administrators and the end users. This is extremely important to our publishing customers as they launch and maintain cutting-edge information services." "Commercial publishers and content providers need commercial-grade solutions to shorten the amount of time it takes to bring online services to market," said Andrew Rodnan, president and CEO of PLS. "PublishingXpert meets those demands with a feature-rich solution for quickly managing, publishing and selling information online. This comprehensive solution allows commercial publishers or corporations needing to distribute masses of up-to-the-minute information to controlled groups, to provide a wealth of applications -- from consumer and business content delivery to Internet commerce." PublishingXpert Version featuring integrated PLS search technology will ship at the end of September 1997 on Sun Solaris. Other platforms will follow including NT. For more information on PublishingXpert contact Actra Corp. at 1-888-706-2600 or 408/542-3200 or check out the Actra website at www.actracorp.com . About PLS PLS is a leading developer of information retrieval and intelligent agent technology. PLS software is well known for its power and speed, automatic concept searching, ease of use, robustness, dynamic updating and scalability. The PLS family of products, introduced in 1983, is used by several thousand organizations and several million individuals in electronic publishing An umbrella term for non-paper publishing, which includes publishing online or on media such as CDs and DVDs. as well as in workgroup and enterprise applications. PLS technology is at the core of products and services from leading information companies, including America Online See AOL. , Prodigy, AT&T, Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance , Hewlett-Packard, Netscape Communications Corp., The Washington Post, USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. and eps Bertelsmann. PLS can be reached at its headquarters at 2400 Research Blvd., Rockville, MD 20850, 301/990-1155. PLS can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.pls.com . E-mail can be sent to info@pls.com . About Actra Founded in April 1996, Actra is a joint venture between Netscape Communications Corp. and GE Information Services (GEIS GEIS Generic Environmental Impact Statement GEIS Global Emerging Infections Surveillance (DoD) GEIS Global Emerging Infections System GEIS General Electric Information System GEIS Generic Edited Information Set ). Benefiting from GEIS' market expertise as the world's leading provider of business-to-business Internet commerce services and Netscape's leading position in developing and marketing software for the Internet, Actra provides next-generation Internet commerce application solutions for both business-to-consumer and business-to-business commerce markets. Additionally, Actra is taking an active role in promoting open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced for the Internet (OBI) standard. The OBI standard establishes a generic set of requirements, an architecture and an exact technical specification for business-to-business Internet purchasing and selling solutions. Working with American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses. and SupplyWorks since October 1996, Actra is one of four companies currently compliant with the OBI standard. About Netscape Netscape Communications Corp. is a premier provider of open software for linking people and information over enterprise networks and the Internet. The company offers a full line of clients, servers, development tools and commercial applications to create a complete platform for next-generation, live online applications. Traded on NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on under the symbol "NSCP NSCP National Schistosomiasis Control Program NSCP National Space Communications Program NSCP Native (Mode) Service Control Point (Tandem) ," Netscape Communications Corp. is based in Mountain View, Calif. Additional information on Netscape Communications Corp. is available on the Internet at http://home.netscape.com, by sending email to info@netscape.com . Corporate customers can call 415/937-2555 while consumers can call 415/937-3777 for more information. -0- Netscape is a registered trademarks of Netscape Communications Corp. 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. and other countries. Netscape's logos, Netscape MerchantXpert, Netscape PublishingXpert and Netscape product and service names are also trademarks of Netscape Communications Corp., which may be registered in other countries. CommerceXpert, ECXpert and SellerXpert and BuyerXpert are trademarks of Actra. All other products mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Personal Library Software Inc. Joseph Haley, Director of Marketing, 301/990-2976 joeh@pls.com or For Actra press/analyst inquiries: Suzanne Burnip, Marcom Manager, 408/542-3181 sburnip@actracorp.com or Thomas Associates Mark Heisten, 415/596 2700 mark@thomaspr.com |
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