CQL and Wolverine Worldwide Choose TrueSpectra; Large Footwear Manufacturer Implements Image Server Across Website Properties.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 2002 TrueSpectra, Inc. (www.truespectra.com) the leading provider of high-performance server-based imaging solutions, today announced that Wolverine wolverine or glutton, largest member of the weasel family, Gulo gulo, found in the northern parts of North America and Eurasia, usually in high mountains near the timberline or in tundra. Worldwide (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : WWW; www.wolverineworldwide.com), the distributor of Merrell Boots, Cat Footwear, and Hush Puppies, has implemented TrueSpectra Image Server on its portfolio of brand Web sites. Michigan-based CQL CQL Continuous Query Language (Stream systems) CQL Canonical Query Language Corporation, a custom application development firm that creates and maintains Wolverine's Web sites, handled the implementation. "We evaluated a number of technologies before choosing TrueSpectra for Wolverine's business," stated Mark Carpenter, President of CQL. "Our client needed a product that would allow their consumers to quickly see product images and zoom in on them for more detail. In selecting a technology, we looked for a product that we could easily work with as well as customize to meet the needs of our client. TrueSpectra was the only one that met these criteria." TrueSpectra recently released Image Server v4, which enables faster Web application development and simplifies integration with leading products and platforms including Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, Flash MX, ColdFusion MX, JAVA applications, and servers such as BEA WebLogic, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Websphere, Apache Web server See Apache. , and Microsoft IIS Web server. The second-generation TrueSpectra Dynamic Zoom, with an enhanced user interface, is one of the most widely used features in Web site development. An easy-to-use Generator interface allows developers to create it quickly, enabling fast Web site development without requiring plug-ins or lengthy downloads. For Wolverine, CQL wrote additional code that allows the image source file to be located easily in the database by identifying the image path. In addition, they customized the Zoom user interface to give each of Wolverine's branded sites a unique look and feel that enables it to stand apart from competition. "We created v4 of our product to be simple and easy for developers to use," said V. David Watkins, President and 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 TrueSpectra. "We recognize that each customer has different needs and business objectives, and we built the Image Server to be a simple plug in to existing Web servers to facilitate this requirement. Image serving does not have to be expensive or complicated. TrueSpectra makes it simple." According to Wolverine Worldwide, "It is critical for our on line customers to quickly and clearly see our product images and for them to be able to zoom in and see the amount of detail they need. The joint solution of TrueSpectra and CQL enables us to quickly and easily publish images to our Web sites and give our consumers a great shopping experience." Version 4 of TrueSpectra's Image Server software is available for Windows NT 4, 2000, and XP, and Solaris 7 and 8 and is priced at $8500 per dual CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. license. A trial version of the TrueSpectra Image Server is available for download at TrueSpectra's Web site and leading developer portals including CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. and ZDNet. About TrueSpectra TrueSpectra, Inc. is the leading provider of high-performance, server-based imaging solutions. TrueSpectra Image Server is proven to streamline the image publishing and maintenance processes, saving customers time and money with technology based on industry standard HTTP HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. . It easily integrates into existing infrastructures with minimal training. Customers include Lowe's, Kinko's, Northwestern University, and Macy's, among others. TrueSpectra's partners include Macromedia, Oracle, and Blue Martini Software Blue Martini Software (Blue Martini Software, Inc.) was a privately held software manufacturer and professional services provider based in San Mateo, California that sells and supports an eponymous e-commerce enterprise application that supports sales online, by phone, and at the . For additional information, please visit http://www.truespectra.com. |
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