Dataware Technologies announces NetAnswer 2.0; First stateful Internet publishing server.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 1997-- Revolutionary 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. Approach Provides a Dynamic Process for Information Commerce Dataware Technologies, Inc. (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) ), a leading provider of software for professional electronic publishing An umbrella term for non-paper publishing, which includes publishing online or on media such as CDs and DVDs. , today announced NetAnswer(tm) 2.0, the industry's first stateful publishing server for the Internet or corporate intranet. A fast and powerful information management, query and retrieval system, NetAnswer 2.0 allows corporate and commercial publishers to make up to 100 gigabytes of highly customized data, text and multimedia content available via the Internet or intranets. NetAnswer is already installed at organizations worldwide including Exxon Research & Engineering Company, Mobil Oil, Boeing, Rohm & Haas and the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). to manage large-scale web publishing activities. "As Internet publishing moves from informational to business-critical status, organizations want enterprise-quality software that can easily and reliably replace existing proprietary applications," said David Schubmehl, NetAnswer product manager. "NetAnswer 2.0 provides the features customers have been asking for. With NetAnswer 2.0, organizations can finally create the precise Internet or intranet applications that they want that have the look and feel of traditional client-server systems Client-server system A computing system that is composed of two logical parts: a server, which provides services, and a client, which requests them. The two parts can run on separate machines on a network, allowing users to access powerful server resources ." Joan Rothman, Dun & Bradstreet's senior vice president of marketing for U.S. operations said: "In order to move our Million Dollar Database to the Web, we needed an electronic publishing solution that could handle an extremely large database and provide flexible search and display capabilities. NetAnswer 2.0 helped expedite ex·pe·dite tr.v. ex·pe·dit·ed, ex·pe·dit·ing, ex·pe·dites 1. To speed up the progress of; accelerate. 2. the development of a Web application that takes full advantage of the information in our database." "The real value of the Internet is fulfilled by serious business applications that can link the Internet or an intranet to a company database or legacy system," remarked Stan Lepeak, program director at the META Group. "Products like NetAnswer 2.0 are crucial as companies attempt to make money on their initial investments in the Internet and intranets." NetAnswer 2.0 delivers the industry's first truly stateful web publishing solution, allowing end users to conduct true search sessions. At the beginning of a search session, NetAnswer 2.0 establishes a connection with the end user that remains for the duration of the session. NetAnswer 2.0 keeps track of successive search queries and results, then uses them to customize a search strategy. This technique ultimately increases the accuracy of results returned to end users and economizes on the server's processing power. Additional NetAnswer 2.0 features include: -- Enhanced security, metering and accounting capabilities by paragraph, document, database or end user help the customer charge for information on a per-document basis -- Relevance ranking highlights documents containing many instances of the query terms; documents with fewer instances of the terms are clustered at the bottom -- Field sorting lets users choose to search by author's name Noun 1. author's name - the name that appears on the by-line to identify the author of a work writer's name name - a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing" , date, document type, etc. -- Token substitution allows the graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to developer to design highly customized search, result and display forms -- Multi-lingual support -- Natural language processing Natural language processing Computer analysis and generation of natural language text. The goal is to enable natural languages, such as English, French, or Japanese, to serve either as the medium through which users interact with computer systems such as allows users to make advanced queries without having to enter technical or hard-to-learn search parameters -- Variable session timer timer, n radiographic timing device that functions as an automatic exposure timer and a switch to control the current to the high-tension transformer and filament transformer. The face of the timer is calibrated in seconds and fractions of seconds. to fit end user requirements Pricing and Availability Pricing for NetAnswer 2.0 begins at U.S. $10,000. Commercial shipment is expected in the first quarter of 1997. About Dataware Technologies, Inc. Dataware Technologies, Inc., is a leading provider of software for professional electronic publishing. Dataware's innovative software products and solutions enable customers to manage and distribute a wide variety of information via the Internet, 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). , enterprise networks, commercial online services, print-on-demand and combinations of these media. Today, Dataware's software is used by more than 2,000 organizations worldwide including commercial publishers, corporations, government agencies, professional firms and educational institutions serving over 800,000 end-users in more than 20 countries. For further information, visit http://www.dataware.com . -0- Dataware and NetAnswer are registered trademarks 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: Dataware Technologies Schwartz Communications Dana Lewis Dana Lewis is a Canadian foreign correspondent for the Fox News Channel. Currently based in Moscow, Russia, Lewis has covered a number of stories for the news channel, including the current war in the Middle East, the hotel suicide bombings in Amman, Jordan, and updates Laura Kempke 617/577-2210 617/684-0770 dana@dataware.com laurak@schwartz-pr.com |
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