For the record.
Information Architects and Thoughtmill Partner to Offer Content Aggregation
and Syndication Solutions for the Internet
Business Wire - September 20, 1999 09:37
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 1999--
Patented Metaphoria Virtual Web Server Technology
Added to Growing List of Leading Edge Thoughtmill Solutions
Information Architects Corporation (NASDAQ: IARC), a provider of content aggregation and syndication solutions for the Internet, and
Thoughtmill Corporation, a market leader in delivering strategic technology solutions to commercial software vendors and companies
engaging in e-business today announced they have entered a partnership to deploy iA's Metaphoria Virtual Web Server technology to
Thoughmill's clients and partners.
Thoughtmill's customer base include industry leaders and Internet category killers like Attachmate, ClickandMove.com, CMGi,
DoubleClick, Internet Security Systems, Lotus, Panasonic, Travelscape.com and Yusave.com.
Thoughtmill specializes in developing both commercial software products and scalable, user-centric Internet applications for its customers.
The breadth of the company's expertise includes Strategy Consulting, Software Engineering and Technology Integration services designed to
facilitate e-business transformation.
"The World-Wide Web is becoming a platform of choice for the next generation of business applications," said Heath Thompson, President
and CEO of Thoughtmill. "We believe Metaphoria to be an important step in changing the approach to building content aggregation and
syndication applications for the Web environment."
"Thoughmill's value proposition lies in navigating the path from conceiving raw ideas to producing tangible, revenue-enhancing solutions,"
said Robert F. Gruder, Chairman and CEO of Information Architects. "I believe Information Architects' patented Metaphoria content,
aggregation and syndication applications are an effective compliment to that value proposition."
About Information Architects
Information Architects Corporation (iA) provides Web based content aggregation and syndication solutions enabling real-time access and
updates of information from any source platform or system via a standard Internet Web Browser. iA's solutions help businesses make
immediate business and purchasing decisions, broaden business opportunities, and improve information exchange and collaboration among
co-workers, customers, suppliers and partners.
iA's flagship offering, the Metaphoria Virtual Web Server, is an open, patented, JAVA based Internet technology that provides powerful
aggregation and syndication of any digital information from anywhere it resides, including from multiple sources. The Metaphoria Virtual
Web Server enables data residing in mainframes, client server systems, web servers, Internets and Extranets to be combined and viewed
from any internet accessible devise such as a PC, PDA, WebTV, Palm VII or WinCE device. The core components of the Metaphoria
Virtual Web Server provides content management, syndication, publishing, e-commerce, and bi-directional Legacy and Client Server
systems integration via the Web.
iA's Metaphoria team was actively involved in developing the Resource Description Framework (RDF) standard, along with IBM,
Netscape, Nokia and other contributors. RDF serves as a basis for a wide variety of iA virtual applications, and is at the core of iA's
Metaphoria Syndication Server. RDF provides a robust, flexible, and efficient platform for content syndication that is much superior to other
approaches. RDF is an official recommendation of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) - a worldwide organization that includes over
300 companies and academic institutions.
Information Architects Corporation is a registered 3Com (NASDAQ: COMS) Partner. More information about Information Architects
Corporation and its services can be found on the World Wide Web at ia.com.
About ThoughtMill
Thoughtmill Corporation provides Strategy Consulting, Software
Engineering and Technology Integration services to technology-centric
organizations that are moving toward e-business transformation.
Thoughtmill's strategic client engagements enable companies to meet
customer and marketplace demands through scalable, innovative and
user-centered technology solutions. Customers include industry leaders
like Attachmate, ClickandMove.com, CMGI, DoubleClick, ISS, Lotus,
Panasonic, Travelscape.com, and Yusave.com. For additional
information, call (770) 418-0541, e-mail at info@thoughtmill.com, or
visit the Web site at thoughtmill.com .
Forward Looking Statements
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the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, both as amended, which can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may", "will",
anticipates", "expects", "projects", "estimates", "believes" or "continue", the negative thereof, other variations or comparable terminology.
Important factors, including certain risks and uncertainties with respect to such forward-looking statements that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those reflected in such forward looking statements include, but are not limited to, the impact of competitive products
and services, our ability to manage growth and acquisitions of technology or people, diversification of our business, the effect of economic
and business conditions, including risks inherent in international operations, the ability to attract and retain technical personnel and other risks
detailed from time to time in our SEC reports. We assume no obligation to update the information in this release.
CONTACT: Information Architects Corporation
Thomas J. Dudchik, 704/365-2324
thomas.dudchik@ia.com |
