Quarterdeck Announces Licensing Agreement With Verity,
Inc. To Provide Local Search Engine for REALHELP
Product Line
PR Newswire - January 21, 1998 16:02
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PC Diagnostic Software To Feature Technology From Leading
Developer of Search and Retrieval Applications
MARINA DEL REY, Calif., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Quarterdeck Corporation
(Nasdaq: QDEK) announced today that Verity, Inc., a leading provider of search
and retrieval applications for the enterprise and Internet, has licensed its
search engine technology to Quarterdeck for integration into current and
future versions of REALHELP, the Company's product line for the prevention,
monitoring and repair of PC problems and conflicts.
Verity will license its patented search engine to Quarterdeck for use in
REALHELP's Find-A-Fix feature, which saves users time and frustration by
providing a singular mechanism, instead of multiple resources, to quickly
locate solutions to almost any computing problem. Find-A-Fix utilizes a
combination of Quarterdeck's award-winning WebCompass metasearching technology
and advanced searching and indexing techniques from Verity to search the
Internet and a set of local solution databases to find the best solution to
solve the problem. For small and medium-size businesses, Find-A-Fix is an
essential tool for reducing the total cost of PC ownership and empowering
users to quickly find solutions themselves without having to rely on technical
support personnel.
"The information search and retrieval tools from Verity provide REALHELP
with a comprehensive level of functionality in this unique software category,"
said Gary Ulaner, group product manager for REALHELP at Quarterdeck
Corporation. "The ability to easily search for solutions to PC problems with
Verity's search engine is yet another feature of REALHELP which gives users
the tools they need to properly care for and maintain their PCs themselves."
"Verity is pleased to be an integral part of Quarterdeck's REALHELP
software," said Ronald Weissman, vice president of worldwide marketing for
Verity, Inc. "Customer service/help applications are at the forefront of
sophisticated knowledge solutions. Through our partnership with Quarterdeck,
hundreds of thousands of users will use sophisticated search technology to
improve the health, performance and quality of their desktop computing
environment." |
