New Version of Verity HTML Export Enables Dynamic, ''On-the-Fly'' Conversion of Enterprise Documents Into Web-Ready HTML.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 1998-- New Solutions & Features Enable Corporate Web Developers to Deliver Customized Web Content With Zero Client Administration; Enterprises Preserve Investment in Archived Documents With Verity HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. Export 2.0 Verity, Inc. (Nasdaq:VRTY), a leading provider of knowledge retrieval solutions for the enterprise and Internet, today introduced a new version of its innovative Verity HTML Export product. Designed for enterprise-wide use, Verity HTML Export 2.0 is a server-based solution that allows organizations to preserve their investment in archived documents by regenerating files into HTML directly from their native formats, without requiring an HTML editor A low-level Web site authoring tool that is essentially a text editor, specialized for writing HTML code. It assists the HTML author by cataloging all HTML tags and common structures in menus and by being able to catch certain syntax errors. or the original application that created the document. HTML Export 2.0 supports word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and , spreadsheet and presentation files from popular office applications, including Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. , Lotus SmartSuite A suite of applications for Windows from IBM Lotus that includes the 1-2-3 spreadsheet, Word Pro word processor, Freelance Graphics, Approach database and Organizer PIM. Also included is a common toolbar for launching the applications and selecting predefined macros that provide tighter and Corel WordPerfect Suite See WordPerfect Office. . The product then transforms these documents, into customized, cross-platform HTML documents, accessible 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. to anyone in the enterprise or via the Internet. Enhancements in this new version include a COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. programming interface, expanded format support, including soon-to-be released Microsoft Office 2000, and support for Cascading Style Sheets A style sheet format for HTML documents endorsed by the World Wide Web Consortium. CSS1 (Version 1.0) provides hundreds of layout settings that can be applied to all the subsequent HTML pages that are downloaded. CSS2 (Version 2. (CSS (1) See Cascading Style Sheets. (2) (Content Scrambling System) The copy protection system applied to DVDs, which uses a 40-bit key to encrypt the movie. ). Verity HTML Export 2.0 makes it easy for an organization to dynamically convert and view documents from a standard Web browser. A big advantage for desktop and network managers, the product provides zero client administration document conversion and viewing without requiring any alteration to the desktop. Leasing company Forsythe Technology (www.forsythesolutions.com) is writing an order management system that incorporates Verity HTML Export in several ways. Forsythe uses HTML Export to convert order forms into HTML, so that field sales representatives can view order status and configurations from a standard Web browser. It also uses Verity's product to convert proposals into HTML and transfer them, resulting in a 50% reduction in the size of the documents, which subsequently has reduced the company's bandwidth requirements significantly. Next year, the company expects to be able to take all final customer deal documents and use Verity HTML Export to convert them into HTML and store them in an 'electronic deal folder.' The 'deal folder' will then be published over the corporate Intranet and viewed using a standard Web browser. "We chose Verity HTML Export because its architecture is optimized for thin clients, meaning that everyone benefits from the rendering that HTML Export does on the server because it keeps the clients thin," said Mitch Germaine, Vice President, MIS for Forsythe Technology. "Verity HTML Export is easy to install and use, and gives us a way to provide hassle-free document viewing to all employees without requiring additional client software or plug-ins. With this new version of HTML Export, we can also take advantage of additional features, including custom templates, that offer even greater control over how documents generated in HTML appear to our customers." Product Offers Developers New Web Templates, Style Mapping & Programming Interfaces Verity HTML Export 2.0 helps developers control the "look and feel" of generated HTML utilizing easy-to-use custom templates for creating the desired Web content. Whether a document is five or 15 years old, Verity HTML Export preserves its document characteristics such as tables, graphics and font attributes, and segments documents, spreadsheets and presentations into multiple-linked Web pages with navigational links. The product also includes paragraph mapping to corporate mark-up, giving customers control over how information is presented in the generated HTML by treating styles in the original document in various ways. For example, users can remove all of the information that is defined by a custom "continued" style, map a custom "author's remarks" style to an "author's remarks" tag in the HTML or map a custom "product description" style to a reference to a Cascading Style Sheet cascading style sheet Noun computing a file recording style details, such as fonts, colours, etc., that ensures style is consistent over all the pages of a website (CSS) in the output HTML. HTML Export 2.0 also converts embedded graphics to developers' choice of formats, including JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. and Java, and breaks up large documents based on file size for easier download and navigation. Generating HTML output that is fully HTML 3.2 compliant and supported by any Web browser, Verity HTML Export 2.0 includes a COM programming interface for Visual Basic and Java programmers and includes Active Server Page See ASP. (ASP) templates for "out-of-the-box" server-based HTML vending/delivery. "Verity HTML Export 2.0 offers enterprises an opportunity to maintain their investment in archived documents and be able to deliver custom Web content automatically based on corporate style," said Rob Miller, General Manager of Verity's KeyView Business Unit. "With its new features, Verity HTML Export makes it easy for developers to convert documents on-the-fly into HTML while maintaining an organization's Web-based 'look and feel.'" Verity HTML Export is also embedded in leading third-party Web applications such as Lotus FastSite 2.0, Netscape SuiteSpot and Xerox DocuShare. Pricing and Availability Verity HTML Export is now available on Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 95 and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). platforms. For the first time, the product is also being made available on the Macintosh PowerPC. Verity HTML Export is priced per server on a site license basis starting at $10,000. For more information about the product or pricing, please call 408/541-1500 or visit www.verity.com. About Verity Verity is a leading provider of enterprise knowledge retrieval solutions for corporate intranets, online publishers, e-commerce vendors and market-leading OEMs and ISVs. Verity's product suite enables organizations to turn corporate intranets into a powerful knowledge base, making business information accessible and reusable across the enterprise. Verity's leadership has been recognized by numerous organizations, including Delphi Consulting, which gave Verity the Market Recognition Award based on a survey of 600 corporate users. Verity's comprehensive and integrated product family enables enterprise-wide document indexing, classification, search and retrieval, personalized information dissemination, and hybrid online and CD publishing -- all from the same underlying Verity collection. Verity's KeyView products also enable viewing of source documents stored in more than 200 formats. Verity's products are used by more than 1,000 corporations, government agencies, e-commerce sites, on-line service providers, Internet publishers and software developers worldwide. Verity alliances include Adobe Systems, AT&T, CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. , Cisco, Compaq, Dow Jones, Ernst & Young, Financial Times, MD Consult, NewsEdge Corporation, Informix, Lotus, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Netscape Communications, SAP, SCO (The SCO Group, Lindon, UT, www.sco.com) A leading vendor of Unix operating systems for the x86 platform. SCO had also offered Linux, but abandoned the line in the spring of 2003. The SCO Group is the combination of two companies: Utah-based Caldera, Inc. , Siemens Nixdorf, Sybase, Tandem and Time Warner's Pathfinder. This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to Verity and the expected performance of its Verity HTML Export product, as well as support for third party products that have not yet been released. Other risks relating to Verity and its products are as set forth in its Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and Form 10-Qs as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information, contact Verity at info@verity.com or at World Wide Web site http://www.verity.com/ or by calling 408/541-1500. Note to Editors: Verity, the Verity logo and Verity are registered trademarks or trademarks of Verity, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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