Excalibur and PRC join forces to deliver paperless solution to the U.S. Navy's CINCLANTFLT.MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 1996--Excalibur Technologies Corp. (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 :EXCA EXCA Exchangeable Card Architecture EXCA European Expanded Clay Association (Brussels, Belgium) ) and PRC, a subsidiary of Litton Industries Named after inventor Charles Litton Sr., Litton Industries was a large defense contractor in the United States, bought by the Northrop Grumman Corporation in 2001. Inc, Tuesday announced that they have formed a strategic alliance for advanced search and retrieval over 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). and the World Wide Web. As part of that alliance, PRC has already delivered a large-scale solution based on Excalibur's RetrievalWare(TM) to the Commander in Chief Atlantic Fleet A number of countries currently have or previously had an Atlantic Fleet in their navies.
Major branch of the U.S. military forces, charged with defending the nation at sea and maintaining security on the seas wherever U.S. interests extend. The Continental Navy was established by the Continental Congress in 1775. . The Fleet's Paperless Staff initiative is using RetrievalWare to provide immediate, automated access to Naval messages, instructions, procedures and regulations, intelligence and status reports as well as financial accounting documents. The CINCLANTFLT contract award to Excalibur represents the initial phases of a potential fleet-wide system which will use an internal TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. network, CD-ROM and the world wide Web to store, manage and disseminate hundreds of thousands of key Naval documents. Presently, the system supports over 1,000 users, and has logged 350 concurrent users. The alliance brings together Excalibur Technologies, the leading provider of software solutions for information retrieval and PRC, a leading provider of information technology-based systems and services to government and commercial clients around the world. PRC's Information Technology business unit will optimize the value-added resale (VAR) and systems integration opportunities for Excalibur's RetrievalWare, the first, unified family of software components developed to significantly improve the productivity and lower the costs of information management systems. "This alliance is based upon a proven technical solution and successful business relationship," noted Mike Luby, manager, electronic document management systems group, PRC. "Our partnership with Excalibur has given us the tools to quickly develop a customized, Visual Basic interface for CINCLANTFLT and to provide them access to their system through a Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . In addition, RetrievalWare provides us with unmatched ability to deliver relevant information, integrate retrospective searching and highly efficient real-time information filtering." "Through partners such as PRC, we gain access to many mission- critical applications that require our advanced information retrieval solutions. Our mutual partners and customers benefit from the best-of-class software that we offer and the applications that we can provide in the areas of document management, message handling, information filtering, multimedia, and asset management solutions," said Patrick C. Condo, 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 Excalibur Technologies. PRC has more than 5,600 people in 80 offices nationwide, and is a leading provider of information technology and systems-based solutions for the U.S. government. Litton is a leader in worldwide technology markets for advanced electronic, defense and information systems, and is a major designer and builder of surface combatant ships for the U.S. Navy and allied nations. Excalibur Technologies Corp. has set the standard for excellence in information retrieval since 1980, leading the industry in high- performance search and retrieval solutions to the online, federal and corporate intranet markets. Only Excalibur delivers information retrieval solutions and imaging applications leveraging the underlying patterns of digital information, and the actual meaning of words. Excalibur's RetrievalWare provides the first set of software products optimized for creating retrieval solutions for text, images and other forms of digital media. -0- Contact Excalibur in North America at 703/761-3700, via e-mail at info@excalib.com, in the United Kingdom at 44-1344-893-444, and on the World Wide Web at http://www.excalib.com. Contact PRC at 703/556-2749, and on the World Wide Web at http://www.prc.com. Excalibur Technologies Corp. and the Excalibur logo are registered trademarks of Excalibur Technologies Corp. RetrievalWare are trademarks of Excalibur Technologies Corp. All other products are trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Excalibur Technologies Judith Feder, 914/328-2962 jfeder@excalib.com or ESTN ESTN Electron Spin Transient Nutation Fern Krauss, 301/424-9140 krauss@ix.netcom.com or PRC Chuck Taylor, 703/556-2749 taylor_chuck@prc.com |
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