ASTAWARE SEARCHDISC THE INDUSTRY LEADERS' CHOICE FOR ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING
Toronto, Ontario, Canada - February 28, 2000 -
ASTAware Technologies INC. ("ASTAware" / the "Company") is pleased to announce that its SearchDisc CD/DVD electronic publishing solution has been selected by both Hewlett Packard and Qualcomm Inc. as their search engine of choice in producing product manuals.
ASTAware SearchDisc is a Java(TM)-based, search engine application for CD/DVD or Desktop. SearchDisc offers full-text indexing and searching for HTML, PDF and Text documents. It operates on any platform and enables end-users to search multiple indexes concurrently or independently. SearchDisc assists users in distributing their knowledge base, whether corporate, archival, technical or marketing, to their client base around the world.
"We wanted to enhance the functionality of our CD-ROM documentation systems by adding a search engine. ASTAware SearchDisc provided us with a very powerful and easy-to-use solution. It worked the first time I tried it! SearchDisc allows us to publish search-enabled CDs that work well on both Windows NT/98 and UNIX platforms." said William R. Bloomberg, Manager, Technical Publications, Qualcomm Inc.
According to Pierre Heinrichs, e-cd project manager, Hewlett-Packard, "we present HP Solutions on a CD-ROM called "e-cd". A good search tool was needed to find the relevant information about our products, including the product briefs in PDF format: we are using ASTAware SearchDisc with success."
ASTAware SearchDisc's multiple index cataloging system and Meta Tag targeted searching offers an additional vehicle for reducing customer support calls by providing end-users with an interactive way to obtain answers to immediate questions. Any information retrieval scenario tailored to suit every customers’ business model can be carried out using ASTAware’s SearchDisc Information Retrieval Service, ensuring that customers receive accurate information from any local device or online Information Server.
ASTAware is a leading developer of index, search and retrieval software with a suite of Java-based API, website, intranet and CD-ROM products. ASTAware’s current licensees include Hewlett Packard, IBM, Lockheed Martin Tactical Systems (UK), Qualcomm, Siemens Telecom Networks, Silicon Graphics, Sun Microsystems and Transport Canada and the Company presently provides Information Management Solutions including database conversion and archiving to Ontario Hydro and Rogers Media, to name but a few. For more information on ASTAware's products and services, contact the company at its websites: http://www.astaware.com, http://www.searchkey.com, or e-mail: ejewell@astaware.com.
