HUNTER ENGINEERING SELECTS ASTAWARE'S SEARCHDISC TOGETHER WITH ASTAWARE'S
CUSTOMIZED SECURITY SOLUTION
Toronto, Ontario, Canada - July 12, 2000 -
ASTAware Technologies INC. ("ASTAware" / the
"Company") is pleased to announce that the Hunter Engineering
Company has selected ASTAware's SearchDisc to power the navigation
and secure the content of their product information published
on CD and distributed worldwide to their sales representatives.
Hunter Engineering Company is a world leader in automotive service
equipment. Hunter Engineering Company, with headquarters in St.
Louis, Missouri, offers state-of-the-art wheel alignment systems,
wheel balancers, brake lathes, tire changers, lift racks and brake
testers. Hunter equipment is approved and used by vehicle manufacturers,
automobile and truck dealers, tire dealers and automotive service
facilities around the world.
Since 1946, when Automotive Hall of Fame inductee Lee Hunter
founded Hunter Engineering, the company has built a reputation
for innovation and visionary leadership in the application of
the newest technologies to automotive undercar service. Hunter's
award-winning research and development team of mechanical, electrical
and software engineers is responsible for hundreds of patented
and exclusive features that make Hunter products the most productive
undercar service equipment available.
Hunter is a primary supplier in major car and truck manufacturer
dealership equipment programs and is the recipient of many OEM
supplier awards. It has been chosen for use at OEM production,
research, testing and training facilities including: DaimlerChrysler's
Chelsea Proving Grounds; Ford's Experimental Vehicles Building;
General Motors' Milford Proving Grounds; and VW/Audi's Auburn
Hills headquarters. Hunter heavy-duty brake testing equipment
is the choice of the U.S. Army Logistics Command.
"When we made the decision to update our confidential product
information, we identified the need for a solution that ensured
highly sophisticated navigation of the content, combined with
bulletproof security. We immediately thought of ASTAware as we've
been pleased with the performance of their technology and their
service throughout our relationship over the past two years. The
project is now underway and we're looking forward to its completion
before the end of the summer" said Tim Larson, Project
Manager, Hunter Engineering Company.
Together with Hunter's engineers, ASTAware defined the parameters
of and will deliver a solution that offers: encryption and decryption
of content; software protection using password access; and an
integrated user authentication methodology based upon the HASP
(Hardware Against Software Piracy) security system.
ASTAware is a leading provider of B2B solutions including E-CAT,
a solution that combines ASTAware's cutting edge index, search
and retrieval software with e-commerce technology to produce an
electronic catalog with product searching and ordering functionality
integrated within a CD-ROM/DVD and/or online. The Company's information retrieval solutions include: SearchKey API, SearchKey PRO and SearchDisc. ASTAware's current licensees include Hewlett Packard, IBM, Lockheed Martin Tactical Systems (UK), Qualcomm, Siemens Telecom Networks, Silicon Graphics, Sun Microsystems, Transport Canada and Veritas 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.
