Cascade Announces Support for Oracle8i in DataFlow and MediaSphere.ANDOVER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 1999-- Cascade Systems 1. (Elec.) A system or method of connecting and operating two induction motors so that the primary circuit of one is connected to the secondary circuit of the other, the primary circuit of the latter being connected to the source of supply; also, a system of electric launches new versions of its successful workflow and media asset management solutions based on Oracle8i, the world's first database for Internet computing computing - computer Cascade Systems Inc., a leading provider of content management and workflow solutions for publishers, announced today that it is extending its product line to include support for Oracle8i as the database underlying its MediaSphere and DataFlow solutions. Both applications involve the storage, management and dynamic retrieval of large volumes of multimedia assets from a secure repository and will benefit from Oracle8i's scalability, reliability and high performance. In its relationship with Oracle, Cascade will leverage Oracle8i as a key core technology on which to deliver scaleable, high performance cross-media publishing solutions to its customers that include traditional publishers such as newspapers and magazines, and now, increasingly, catalogers and retail advertisers. All these users face the need to become progressively more Web-focused in order to remain competitive. This requires them to implement powerful media asset management infrastructures capable of managing and distributing the dynamic content that will be fundamental to the success of their businesses. Bob Angelo, Cascade's new 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. , commented that "Oracle is the acknowledged leader in database technology. We have received many requests to broaden our product line by adding support for Oracle. When we look to the future, Oracle8i and Oracle(R) interMedia Intermedia - A hypertext system developed by a research group at IRIS (Brown University). are ideal frameworks for the advanced solutions we intend to build. It is clear to us that Oracle is serious about the publishing business and is therefore an ideal partner for Cascade. We will continue to expand our product line over the coming months to leverage new developments such as iFS as they are introduced." Oracle8i's internet file system See Oracle Internet File System. (iFS) allows users to drag and drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. any Windows file into the database, thereby providing the reliability, availability, scalability and security of the database to the file system. With iFS and interMedia, Oracle8i becomes a company's 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. data repository See repository. , making it possible to store, access and query heterogeneous data. "Oracle8i with interMedia was designed to support internet-based systems like Cascade's MediaSphere and DataFlow," said Shari Simon, senior vice president of Oracle's Americas Alliances and Marketing. "We are pleased to be working with Cascade to provide these cost-effective, high performance solutions to the publishing industry." DataFlow is the workflow and tracking software on which Cascade has successfully implemented ad-tracking solutions throughout the newspaper industry. Using this solution, the business data such as booking information is linked to the graphical files and tracked throughout the production process thus eliminating errors and the financial penalties resulting from them. DataFlow also forms the basis of other pre-press workflow and data management solutions for commercial printers, retailers and catalogers. MediaSphere is a Web-enabled, multimedia digital library system featuring advanced search and retrieval capabilities. It is typically used by publishers to store their final printed product in a digital, searchable form together with the individual components such as images that went into its make-up. These publishing assets are then readily available to be re-used in other products, most notably Web-sites. About Oracle8i Oracle8i is the latest generation of the world's leading database and the first designed specifically to be an Internet development and deployment platform. Oracle8i enhances Oracle8(TM)'s industry-leading technology with special features that make it easy to create robust and scalable Internet and corporate intranet applications. Oracle8i also extends Oracle's proven technology leadership in the areas of transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. , data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse , and high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. to handle the demanding performance, business intelligence, and continuous needs of Internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f . Oracle8i interMedia is the database solution for integrated multi-media. Oracle8i interMedia enables Oracle8i to manage text, documents, image, audio and video in an integrated fashion with other enterprise information. With Oracle8i interMedia, media-rich applications gain the level of security, administrative controls Direction or exercise of authority over subordinate or other organizations in respect to administration and support, including organization of Service forces, control of resources and equipment, personnel management, unit logistics, individual and unit training, readiness, mobilization, , performance and scalability essential for Ecommerce, media asset management and 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. . About Cascade Systems Founded in 1994, Cascade Systems Inc. designs, develops, markets and supports workflow and content management solutions for newspapers, retailers, catalogers, magazine and book publishers, commercial printers and corporate publishers. Headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, the company has its European operation in London, England. Cascade's vision is to provide the solutions that will be necessary to manage the storage and distribution of dynamic content in order to support cross-media communication in the 21st century. For more information call 978/749 7000, or in the UK call 0171 536 7980, or visit Cascade's Web site at www.cascadenet.com. Oracle is a registered trademark and Oracle8i and Oracle8 are trademarks of Oracle Corp. DataFlow and MediaSphere are trademarks of Cascade Systems. All other trademarks, service marks or trade names mentioned herein are the property of their respective companies. |
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