Inmagic announces first Java word wheel for Internet search engine.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 11, 1996--Fall Internet World-- New DB/Text WebServer Add-On Eliminates Trial-and-Error Searching on the Internet and Corporate Intranets Inmagic, Inc. announced today the availability of a Java applet A Java program that is downloaded from the server and run from the browser. The Java Virtual Machine built into the browser is interpreting the instructions. Contrast with Java application. add-on for DB/Textr WebServer, the company's one-of-a-kind Windows NT-based product that helps businesses organize, publish, retrieve, and manage information on the World Wide Web and corporate intranets. The add-on boasts a Java word wheel that allows users to preview the keyword indexes of all the words in a DB/Text WebServer database located on Web sites or intranets, thus eliminating trial-and-error searching. This feature makes DB/Text WebServer the first and only Web solution that provides word wheel capability for searching on the Internet and corporate intranets. Timothy Emerson, Senior Information Analyst at Pfizer, Inc. in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of said, "This new feature will be an asset to end-users who don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what is in our database, yet want to easily search it over the intranet. By being able to preview the keyword index beforehand, users can tailor their searches and make them more specific or more broad as needed as needed prn. See prn order. ." DB/Text WebServer offers a complete textbase solution for publishing databases on the Web. And now with the Java word wheel, users have an easier way to search for exactly what they want. Visitors to Internet and intranet sites powered by DB/Text WebServer can search and locate information quickly and easily, without navigating through a sea of hyperlinks. With a single keystroke key·stroke n. A stroke of a key, as on a word processor. key  stroke , a list of words or terms (field entries, such as a title of a book) found in a particular field appears, along with the number of records containing each word or term. Then the user simply pastes the information into each search field, and executes the query. "I don't know how many times clients have told me they've been frustrated searching typical databases," said Ken Noble, vice president of Crew-Noble Information Services See Information Systems. , an authorized Inmagic VAR. "DB/Text WebServer's new word wheel feature allows people to see exactly what's in each data field. Browsing, selecting and pasting items eliminates the guesswork and makes searching very easy." For Webmasters, DB/Text WebServer's word wheel eliminates the need to program pick lists. Programming pick lists for content-rich Web sites can become quite a large task, creating more work for the Webmaster and taking more time for end-users to access the Web pages. And when content changes are made, the Webmaster must reprogram re·pro·gram tr.v. re·pro·grammed or re·pro·gramed, re·pro·gram·ming or re·pro·gram·ing, re·pro·grams To program again. re the pick lists. With DB/Text WebServer's Java word wheel, new content is automatically indexed and added to the keyword lists. Pricing and Availability DB/Text WebServer is sold through Inmagic's direct sales force and members of its Channels Partner Program, Inmagic's worldwide network of value-added resellers, systems integrators, and Web content developers. DB/Text WebServer runs on Windows NT 3.51 or 4.0 with any popular HTTP server, and is compatible with any standard Internet browser. The list price of DB/Text WebServer is $5500 per server license, with unlimited client usage. The Java applet add-on containing the word wheel will be distributed at no cost to the DB/Text WebServer installed base, and for a limited time, will be bundled at no cost with DB/Text WebServer product sold to new customers. Only Java-compatible browsers can access this feature. General commercial availability is scheduled for February, 1997. About Inmagic Inmagic, Inc., a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. based in Woburn, Massachusetts, is a leading developer of textbase technology, which enables vast amounts of textual data and images to be managed with ease and speed. The company's line of products is designed for use in Web, 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). , LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. and WAN environments by individuals, workgroups, departments and enterprises. For more information about Inmagic or the Inmagic product line, please call (617) 938-4442, or visit Inmagic's Web site at http HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. ://www.inmagic.com . Inmagic and DB/Text are registered trademarks and DB/TextWorks is a trademark of Inmagic, Inc. All other trademarks or tradenames are property of their respective holders. CONTACT: Inmagic, Inc. Amanda Kucinski, 617/938-4442 ext.238 marketing@inmagic.com http://www.inmagic.com |
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