Excalibur first to integrate information retrieval solution with Computer Associates' Jasmine.CA-WORLD '96, NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 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) ), a leading provider of software solutions for electronic information retrieval information retrieval Recovery of information, especially in a database stored in a computer. Two main approaches are matching words in the query against the database index (keyword searching) and traversing the database using hypertext or hypermedia links. , Monday announced a development partnership agreement with Computer Associates International Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CA), to integrate RetrievalWare(TM) with Computer Associates new Jasmine jasmine (jăs`mĭn, jăz–) or jessamine (jĕs`əmĭn), any plant of the genus Jasminum of the family Oleaceae (olive family). (TM) product. Jasmine gives customers a powerful object database with the ability to manage the entire universe of data, including video, sound, spatial coordinates and maps, molecular structure, time-series, financial instruments and telecommunications networks. By incorporating RetrievalWare text and visual retrieval capabilities, customers will have fast, easy and accurate access to find the information they need. "Jasmine's object oriented See object technology and object-oriented programming. database, combined with Excalibur's advanced text and image retrieval An image retrieval system is a computer system for browsing, searching and retrieving images from a large database of digital images. Most traditional and common methods of image retrieval utilize some method of adding metadata such as captioning, keywords, or descriptions to the technology, creates a unique and powerful solution that will spur customer demand for both products," said Yogesh Gupta, senior vice president of product strategy for Computer Associates. "Our focus with Jasmine is to create the most comprehensive solution for building and delivering multimedia, Internet/Intranet-enabled applications. "The partnership with Excalibur is a testament of our efforts to develop strategic relationships with the leading providers of best-of-breed technologies." "Managing multiple media assets has become mission critical for organizations worldwide, especially in light of the growth of the Internet and Intranets," said Patrick C. Condo, president and chief executive officer of Excalibur. "Jasmine, combined with RetrievalWare, fills a major void in the market and addresses the need by customers to manage most any type of information asset, across their LANs, WANs and Internet/Intranets. "Excalibur continues to team with leading technology companies like Computer Associates, who share our vision to deliver solutions that streamline people's ability to find useful information enterprise-wide." Computer Associates International Inc. Computer Associates International Inc. (NYSE:CA), with headquarters in Islandia, N.Y., is the world leader in mission-critical business software. The company develops, licenses and supports more than 500 integrated products that include enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. and information management, application development, manufacturing and financial applications. CA has 9,000 people in 130 offices in 40 countries and had revenue of more than $3.5 billion in fiscal year 1996. CA can be reached by visiting http://www.cai.com on the World Wide Web, emailing info@cai.com or calling 516/342-5224. Excalibur Technologies Corp. Excalibur Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ: EXCA) has set the standard for excellence in information retrieval since 1980, leading the industry in delivering high-performance search and retrieval solutions to the online, federal and corporate markets. Only Excalibur delivers semantic toolkits and imaging applications based on both pattern-recognition and semantic network (data) semantic network - A graph consisting of nodes that represent physical or conceptual objects and arcs that describe the relationship between the nodes, resulting in something like a data flow diagram. searching, which leverages the underlying patterns of digital information and the actual meaning of words. RetrievalWare provides the first set of tools optimized for creating retrieval solutions for text, images and other forms of digital media. Contact Excalibur in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. at 800/788-7758, in the United Kingdom at 44-1344-893-444, via e-mail at info@excalib.com or visit our web site at www.excalib.com. -0- Excalibur Technologies Corp. and the Excalibur logo are registered trademarks of Excalibur Technologies Corp. APRP APRP Adaptive Pattern Recognition Processing (Convera) APrP A Priori Probability and RetrievalWare are trademarks of Excalibur Technologies Corp. Jasmine is a registered trademark of Computer Associates International Inc. Other brands or product names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective organizations named above. CONTACT: Excalibur Technologies, Vienna, Va. Mark D. Demers, 703/761-3700 demers@excalib.com or Fleishman-Hillard Cyrus Bamji, 202/659-0330 bamjic@fleishman.com |
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