Dataware's NetAnswer customers launch new Internet offerings; Gale Research, Copyright Clearance Center, Exxon Research & Engineering Co., US Air Force, and Rohm & Haas among first to adopt NetAnswer 'Super Server'.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 20, 1996--Dataware Technologies announces the first wave of customers for its recently launched NetAnswer "super server" software for the World Wide Web. These include major Web sites for Gale Research, Inc. (www.gale.com/gale.html); Copyright Clearance Center Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) is a not-for-profit U.S. company based in Danvers, Massachusetts, that provides collective copyright licensing services for corporate and academic users of copyrighted materials. , Inc. (www.copyright.com); HealthGate Data Corp. (www.healthgate.com); and the American Mathematical Society The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, which it does with various publications and conferences as well as annual monetary awards to mathematicians. (www.ams.org); and "Intranet" applications for Exxon Research & Engineering Co.; the US Air Force Legal Information Services See Information Systems. ; and Rohm & Haas (www.rohmhaas.com). Gale Research, an International Thomson Publishing Information/Reference Group company, provides over 480 active databases in print, online, and CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). . Gale recently began delivering several of its key databases, including the Encyclopedia of Associations and the Gale Directory of Databases via the Internet using NetAnswer. This enables major customers to access and use these products with an Internet browser, avoiding the additional hardware expense of CD-ROM drives and towers, while still providing powerful, fast electronic searches. The content comprises over 1.5 gigabytes of data. Copyright Clearance Center (CCC CCC A very speculative grade assigned to a debt obligation by a rating agency. Such a rating indicates default or considerable doubt that interest will be paid or principal repaid. Also called Caa. ) (Danvers, MA), a not-for-profit corporation, facilitates compliance with US copyright law by providing collective licensing systems involving the reproduction and distribution of copyrighted materials worldwide. It currently provides photocopying reproduction licensing rights to over 1.75 million print publications, and to more than 6,200 corporations and their subsidiaries, as well as law firms, document suppliers, libraries, academic institutions, copy shops, and bookstores within the US. CCC Online was implemented using NetAnswer in August 1995 for fast, online searches of high volumes of copyright information. Already CCC has seen new revenues, reduced expenses, and improved customer service from the Internet-based service. HealthGate Data Corp., (Malden, MA) chose NetAnswer for its new information retrieval product, HealthGate. HealthGate's web site provides online access to vast amounts of biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. information, including bibliographic databases, full-text journals, reference books, and continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). programs to libraries, physicians, nurses, researchers, and consumers. "NetAnswer provides HealthGate with high scalability and optimal performance, with fast and reliable access for subscribers to all of our biomedical information," comments Rick Lawson, executive vice president of HealthGate Data Corp. US Air Force Legal Information Services is using NetAnswer to make its FLITE computer-assisted legal research Technology that allows lawyers and judges to bypass the traditional law library and locate statutes, court cases, and other legal references in minutes using a personal computer, research software or the Internet, and an online connection. system accessible to select users over the Internet. The FLITE databases contain 127 reference books, manuals, or documents on topics such as Air Force JAG judge advocate general (J.A.G.) n. a military officer who advises the government on courts-martial and administers the conduct of courts-martial. The officers who are judge advocates and counsel assigned to the accused come from the office of the judge advocate documents, army documents, contract and fiscal law, emergency action, and environmental law. Rohm & Haas (Spring House, PA), a world leading manufacturer of specialty chemicals and plastics, uses NetAnswer to provide internal access via the Internet to full-text databases for its research division employees. All researchers currently have an Internet browser for accessing NetAnswer-based corporate text resources. Staff administering the databases use additional tools to manage the NetAnswer text database. The NetAnswer "super server" is a robust information management, query, and retrieval system for the World Wide Web, and enables large-scale information providers to distribute high volumes of data, text, and multimedia content via the Internet. NetAnswer's rich feature set offers the level of sophistication so·phis·ti·cate v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly. 2. associated with commercial online services and provides a fast, turn-key solution for information providers planning to make content available across the Internet. NetAnswer prices start at $15,000. For customers not yet ready to establish and maintain their own Internet host, Dataware Technologies is also offering comprehensive NetAnswer Hosting Services for a fast "load and go" route to the Internet. NetAnswer is compatible with all standard browser interfaces (Netscape, Microsoft, Spyglass' Extended Mosaic), and with all standard Web servers (CERN CERN or European Organization for Nuclear Research, nuclear and particle physics research center straddling the French-Swiss border W of Geneva, Switzerland. , NCSA (1) (National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Urbana-Champaign, IL, www.ncsa.uiuc.edu) A high-performance computing facility located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. , Netscape's Communications Server, Microsoft's Information Server), through a Common Gateway Interface. NetAnswer is also compatible with secure Web servers such as Netscape's Commerce Server and Open Market's Secure WebServer. Dataware Technologies (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 :DWTI DWTI Dienst voor Wetenschappelijke en Technische Informatie (Belgium) ) is a leading international developer and marketer of software and services for electronic information providers. Dataware's high-performance, multi-platform, and multi-lingual software and services enable customers -- including publishers, corporations, government agencies, law firms, and universities -- to manage and distribute information on CD ROM, online, and the Internet. Today, Dataware's software is used by more than 1,700 organizations worldwide. In May 1995, Dataware Technologies was selected one of Inc. Magazine's 100 Fastest-Growing Small Public Companies for the second consecutive year. -0- Dataware is a registered trademark and NetAnswer is a trademark owned by Dataware Technologies, Inc. Other product or company names mentioned in this press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies and are hereby acknowledged. CONTACT: Ann Hawkins Dataware Technologies, Inc. (617) 621-0820 x1755 ahawkins@dataware.com Home Page: http://www.dataware.com |
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