Mark Logic Introduces MarkLogic Server 3.0 -- Ground-Breaking New Release of Industry's Leading XML Content Server; New Features Include Automatic Conversion to XML, Web Services-Enabled Content Processing Framework, and Enhanced Search Functionality.

SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Mark Logic(R) Corporation today announced the general availability of MarkLogic Server(TM) 3.0, a ground-breaking new version of the industry's leading XML content server. New features in MarkLogic Server 3.0 include the automatic conversion of Microsoft Office, PDF, and HTML documents to XML, a Web services-enabled content processing framework, and enhanced full text and XML search functionality. MarkLogic Server is built on open standards including XML and the XQuery language, and delivers the functionality essential for processing high-value content in one fully integrated product.

MarkLogic Server 3.0 Unlocks the Value of Content

--MarkLogic Server 3.0 eliminates the time-consuming and cost-prohibitive first step most organizations experience when attempting to format and load their content. Because MarkLogic Server loads XML "as is" and now automatically converts Microsoft Office, PDF, and HTML documents to XML without requiring any DTD or XML schema, there is no need for the detailed analysis and costly effort required to "shred" or "chunk" documents into a relational database.

--MarkLogic Server 3.0 allows customers to integrate and repurpose content, implement flexible custom publishing applications, and create valuable new content products from existing content. With the new content processing framework, combined with industry's most complete and scalable XQuery engine, MarkLogic Server lets customers define and execute custom content processing pipelines comprised of XQuery statements (executed natively within the system) and which can incorporate any Web services-enabled external applications into the processing flow without incurring the time and cost of special purpose integrations.

--MarkLogic Server 3.0 delivers millisecond search and query response times against multi-terabyte contentbases. Now with a complete, scalable full text and XML search capability coupled with the powerful XQuery language, customers can rapidly and precisely search, discover, and retrieve specific pieces of information, not just links to documents, otherwise hidden within large contentbases.

"The innovative features in MarkLogic Server 3.0 will further improve Nerac's offerings and enable our information specialists to navigate and aggregate disparate pools of content with greater effectiveness," stated Kevin Bouley, president of Nerac, a leading information resource for scientists, engineers, and intellectual property professionals. "MarkLogic Server is the cornerstone of Nerac's search platform and is critical to our success in providing cutting-edge information services to busy professionals who need to make fast, informed decisions about science, technology, and intellectual property."

"XML is vital to both publishers and information-intensive enterprises because it makes it easier to find, organize and reuse information," says Marc Strohlein, vice president and lead analyst at Outsell, Inc. "Since most content is not created or stored as XML, the ability of MarkLogic Server to automatically convert common document formats to XML significantly drives down the cost and complexity of processing content. Further, organizations increasingly want the flexibility to use specialized tools to analyze their content -- the new Web services interface makes it possible to extend MarkLogic Server to use these tools without expensive, time-consuming integrations."

MarkLogic Server 3.0 Features and Capabilities

--Automatic content conversion - In addition to loading XML "as is", MarkLogic Server 3.0 now automatically converts common document formats including Microsoft Office, PDF, and HTML into well-formed XML without the need to create a DTD or XML schema.

--Fast, scalable full text and XML search - New XML element query, improved XML proximity search, and highlighting give MarkLogic Server 3.0 a complete full text and XML search capability (including word, phrase, Boolean expression, wildcard, proximity, thesauri, spell checking, and highlighting).

--Content processing framework - MarkLogic Server 3.0 enables organizations to create powerful, custom content processing pipelines (trigger-based sequences of content processing steps) comprised of native XQuery statements and Web services-enabled external applications. For example, a content processing pipeline might consist of these steps: A PDF version of a medical journal article is loaded and automatically converted to XML; the XML is sent via a standard Web services interface to an external application that extracts and returns all the medical terms; back in MarkLogic Server, the medical terms are tagged in the XML and an index of the terms is created and appended to the XML document; a searchable Web page is then rendered with the medical terms highlighted and linked to definitions. Similarly, another processing pipeline might combine the same source article with other related documents in a custom published edition with a full table of contents, cross references, and a back of the book index.

--Expanded operating system and platform support - MarkLogic Server 3.0 offers new support for Red Hat Linux ES3 on AMD Opteron (64-bit) and Windows Server 2003 on x86 systems. MarkLogic Server also runs on Sun Solaris 8 and 9 on SPARC systems, Red Hat Linux ES3 on x86 systems and Windows 2000 on x86 systems.

"Organizations as varied as media and content publishers, global enterprises and government agencies are swimming in a deep sea of content, and the tide continues to rise," said David Spenhoff, vice president of marketing at Mark Logic Corporation. "Today's search and database management solutions have proven to be ineffective for large-volume content processing and the release of MarkLogic Server 3.0 represents a life-preserver for those organizations looking to successfully manage their high-valued content."

About Mark Logic Corporation

Mark Logic Corporation is the provider of the industry's leading XML content server. Mark Logic works with providers of information products to accelerate new product creation, deliver products through multiple channels, integrate content from different sources, repurpose content into multiple products, build custom publishing systems, and mine content to find previously undiscovered information. MarkLogic Server does this by enabling companies to convert, query, manipulate, and render XML content using the W3C-standard XQuery language. Designed for high performance and scalability, MarkLogic Server can deliver millisecond response times against multi-terabyte contentbases. Mark Logic is privately held and backed by Sequoia Capital and Lehman Brothers. For more information, please visit www.marklogic.com.

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