Blue Angel Technologies Introduces MetaDoor; Advanced Information Retrieval Via Internet.NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 1998-- Enables real-time, simultaneous searching of Internet databases from within Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. , Excel, and other desktop applications Imagine being able to access information from the Internet without having to launch a browser browser Software that allows a computer user to find and view information on the Internet. The first text-based browser for the World Wide Web became available in 1991; Web use expanded rapidly after the release in 1993 of a browser called Mosaic, which used , or access a search engine. Imagine being to able search hundreds of online databases worldwide at the same time, getting back only the precise information you've requested, instead of hundreds of unrelated links. Imagine asking for that information from a Microsoft Word document, or Excel spreadsheet spreadsheet Computer software that allows the user to enter columns and rows of numbers in a ledgerlike format. Any cell of the ledger may contain either data or a formula that describes the value that should be inserted therein based on the values in other cells. , and having it imported directly into those documents. Imagine no more. The technology to enable these seemingly seem·ing adj. Apparent; ostensible. n. Outward appearance; semblance. seem  ing·ly adv. impossible tasks is here.Blue Angel Technologies, Inc. announced today the availability of MetaDoor, its Z39.50-compliant OLE DB (OLE DataBase) A programming interface for data access from Microsoft. It is a COM object that functions in a similar manner to ODBC, but for every type of data source, not just SQL databases. provider, which uses Microsoft technology to deliver information directly from Internet servers around the world to local desktop applications. The announcement was made today at the Microsoft Tech Ed show, being held at the Ernest Morial Convention Center in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded . "MetaDoor achieves a true, seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. between desktop and Internet technologies," said Blue Angel president Jim Restivo. "Developers can use MetaDoor to build applications which retrieve information from standards-compliant servers anywhere on the Internet. The information can then be imported directly into a user's desktop applications," Restivo added. MetaDoor incorporates Z39.50, an ANSI/NISO international search and retrieval protocol. This is particularly important for large enterprises with the need to retrieve information in cross-platform environments. The use of the Z39.50 protocol allows them to leverage and extend their investment in legacy hardware. "MetaDoor opens up a world of opportunities," commented Restivo. "For example, developers can write applications that allow people to get information published during the last six months by a particular author, on a specific topic, and add it directly to their open Word document. Or, a marketing manager will be able to request demographic information for a particular region from within an Excel spreadsheet and have the results added to the spreadsheet for analysis," continued Restivo. "Microsoft is excited about Blue Angel's work on MetaDoor," said Stephen Rauch, Microsoft Group Program Manager, Middle-tier Evangelism Evangelism Gantry, Elmer fire and brimstone, fraudulent revivalist. [Am. Lit.: Elmer Gantry] John disciple closest to Jesus. [N.T.: John] Luke early Christian; the “beloved physician.” [N.T. . "Access to mission-critical information is becoming more important by the day. With MetaDoor, developers and users will be able to incorporate data from a wide variety of resources using a standard interface - ADO and OLE DB," Rauch added. Blue Angel will use MetaDoor as a platform for building an upcoming suite of user applications. MetaDoor will be available to developers on June 15, 1998 through the Blue Angel website (www.bluangel.com). About Blue Angel Technologies, Inc. Blue Angel Technologies is a market leader in software solutions for managing information in Internet and Intranet environments. Its products include a variety of solutions for the capture, maintenance, publication, discovery, and use of information including MetaStar Search, MetaStar Repository (1) A database of information about applications software that includes author, data elements, inputs, processes, outputs and interrelationships. A repository is used in a CASE or application development system in order to identify objects and business rules for reuse. , MetaStar Server, MetaStar Data Entry, MetaStar Gateway and MetaStar Harvester harvester, farm machine that mechanically harvests a crop. Small-grain harvesting has been mechanized to a certain extent since early times. In the modern period the first harvester to gain general acceptance was made by Cyrus McCormick in 1831 (see reaper). . For more information, visit Blue Angel's World Wide Web site at www.bluangel.com or call 610/917-9200. MetaStar, MetaStar Search, MetaStar Repository, MetaStar Server, MetaStar Data Entry, MetaStar Gateway, and MetaStar Harvester are trademarks of Blue Angel Technologies, Inc.
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