Hyperwave Launches eKnowledge Infrastructure -- Collaborative Knowledge Management System.

Business/Technology Editors

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2001

Modular suite includes document management, content management,

information search and retrieval, workflow and e-learning

Hyperwave Information Management Inc., a provider of collaborative knowledge management systems, today launched eKnowledge Infrastructure, a suite of modular collaborative knowledge management systems integrating content and document management, information search and retrieval, workflow, collaboration and e-learning capabilities.

Each module can be used individually or together, providing organizations with a flexible information management environment that can be scaled to their requirements. eKnowledge Infrastructure provides a comprehensive environment for the publication, organization and dissemination of information, to support the entire lifecycle of knowledge within an organization.

According to Jacob Goldstein, chief technology and information officer for Havas Advertising, Diversified Agencies Group, NA. "Our corporate portal will be used by agencies and clients located across many borders and time zones. We needed a turnkey system, which includes documents management, workflow, a group-wide directory and project management capabilities that enables collaboration among them all. Hyperwave was the only supplier that was able to provide such a solution. Its eKnowledge Portal offers superb functionality, an attractive interface, and an open architecture for integration with our digital asset management and financial systems. With the Hyperwave eKnowledge Portal, our non technical account managers can now share information and resources with agencies and vendors across the globe, easily create and administer extranets and collaborative project workspaces, and share schedules and tasks with our clients -- all without utilizing Havas' technical resources."

The eKnowledge Infrastructure leverages much of the advanced functionality of Hyperwave's prior systems, while adding new and enhanced features such as workflow, collaboration and support for AICC industry standard.

Hyperwave's eKnowledge Infrastructure is upgradeable from and replaces the company's Hyperwave Information Server (HIS) and Hyperwave Information Portal (HIP) products. It utilizes the enhanced functionality of industrial-strength databases such as Oracle, Microsoft and Sybase in the areas of transaction security, high availability and data throughput. Open gateway to directories such as x.500 and Active Directory facilitates user and group administration. Furthermore, the new system offers users outstanding search and retrieval capabilities, utilizing technology from Verity and Autonomy.

"Particularly in down economic times, companies require cost-effective ways to increase their efficiency, decrease time to market and reduce costs," said John Prego, Hyperwave's general manager of North American operations. "Hyperwave's eKnowledge Infrastructure enables organizations to do just that. It lets them create and access information anywhere in the extended enterprise and deliver it to employees, customers and partners so they can boost their productivity and competitiveness as well as to facilitate collaboration across the extended enterprise."

eKnowledge Infrastructure consists of three principal products, each available as an individual or combined solution.

The eKnowledge Suite enables users to contribute, modify and access information utilizing a comprehensive range of document and content management functions for the set up and rapid deployment of intranet and extranet sites. To enhance collaboration in the eKnowledge Suite, Hyperwave's optional Team Workspace module enables people in different locations to work together as virtual project teams. Team members can view all information related to a given project, including discussion threads, documents, shared calendars and all other team objects.

The eKnowledge Portal is a customizable interface for the exchange of role-based information throughout the enterprise and provides a forum for collaboration between team members and experts. It provides integration with a host of back-end systems. These include leading ERP systems, messaging, groupware and other applications.

The eKnowledge Portal provides a bi-directional point of exchange for information that the company desires to push to individuals as well as the point where employees can contribute to corporate memory.

The eLearning Suite enables organizations to offer employees both ready-made and tailored Web-based courses using information held in their corporate memory. Personalized profile-based training can be tailored to the requirements of individual employees, whose progress can be monitored through regular assessment. This is guaranteed through Hyperwave's Assured Information Delivery (AID) process, which enables information to be delivered to a predefined group of individuals and ensures that it is acted upon.

The eLearning Suite uses a range of learning support tools such as discussion forums and chat rooms to enable trainees to interact with one another, tutorials, and managed interaction with course directors.

Availability

The Hyperwave eKnowledge Infrastructure is available later this month.

About Hyperwave (www.hyperwave.com)

Founded in 1997, Hyperwave is a global company that provides collaborative knowledge management solutions to organizations so they can create and access information anywhere in the extended enterprise and deliver it to employees, customers and partners. Unlike point solutions, the Hyperwave eKnowledge Infrastructure is a broad, integrated knowledge management/e-learning product suite that includes content and document management, search and retrieval, workflow, collaboration and e-learning applications. The suite's portal provides a single personalized point of access to all information, integration with other systems and enables project collaboration. Applications can be implemented as individual or multiple solutions. Moreover, Hyperwave products are highly cost effective with a proven international customer track record. Hyperwave has its headquarters in Germany with North American headquarters outside of Boston. It also has offices in New York, the UK, France, and an R&D center in Austria. Among its customers are BMW, DaimlerChrysler, McCann-Erickson, MetLife, European Commission, Havas Advertising, Bank Austria/Creditanstalt Group, Universal Music, Siemens, and the US Department of Defense.

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