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Company Press Release
Information Architects and ezgov.com Join
Forces To Help Governments Bring Services
To The Internet
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1999--Information Architects Corporation
(NASDAQ: IARC - news), a provider of content aggregation and syndication solutions for the Internet,
and ezgov.com, the leader in building infrastructure and applications that bring local and state government
activities to the Internet, today announced that they have joined forces to jointly market products and
services aimed at helping governments Web-enable their applications.
Under the terms of the agreement, Information Architects will market ezgov.com's suite of Internet
application for state and local governments to their governmental client base. ezgov.com will market
Information Architect's Metaphoria content aggregation and syndication applications to state and local
governments as a solution to web enabling disparate legacy data.
As an example, Information Architects has developed a sophisticated JAVA based, wireless application to
solve the problem of multiple data entry points for motor vehicle infraction information. Under the
Information Architects solution, police officers remotely key in vehicle and violation information on a
wireless laptop and the information is reconciled with numerous state and municipal agencies and courts
databases. Following the issuance of the ticket, individuals would be able to pay or plead the ticket in a
secure, real-time environment, through applications developed by ezgov.com.
''The pervasiveness of the Internet and web-based transactions in the private sector has raised citizens'
expectations of the level of performance, accessibility and openness of government,'' said Robert Gruder,
Chairman and CEO of Information Architects. ''Citizens have come to expect that web enabled
government services will be used for many purposes, ranging from simple fishing license renewals to
procurement activities through sophisticated civic dialogue and alternate dispute resolution in regulatory
settings. We believe that our strategic partnership with ezgov.com will speed up the process of helping
government deliver more effective services to their constituents.''
''By bringing everyday transactions between government and citizens to the Internet, ezgov.com is
positioned to provide value to both governments and their constituents. Governments benefit from
reduced operating expenses, increased revenue, and a more effective, efficient communications channel
with the public, '' said Bryan Mundy, Chairman of ezgov.com. ''The public benefits from the convenience
of online, anytime interaction with the government and access to increasing levels of information about the
government's business. Information Architects ability to help speed the flow of information between
government agencies and local municipalities and our ability to offer an additional delivery channel for
information and transactions, will result in a higher level of service to the taxpayer.''
About ezgov.com
ezgov.com builds the infrastructure and applications that will bring local and state government activities to
the internet. From paying traffic tickets to accessing property tax records to renewing a driver's license,
ezgov.com allows individuals to conduct business with the government online. ezgov.com product offering
includes, ezProperty, ezPermit, ezTicket, ezLicense, ezTags, ez Deeds, and ezContribution. ezgov.com
can deploy these products on the Internet for government customers and integrate them within their
existing Web sites. ezgov.com then manages the applications, processing transactions and dispersing
collected funds back to the individual governments. Governments benefit from reduced operating expenses
and more effective, efficient communications channel with the public. The Public benefits from the
convenience of online, anytime interaction with the government and access to increasing levels of
information about the business of government
About Information Architects
Information Architects (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 is a registered 3Com® (NASDAQ: COMS - news) Partner. More information
about Information Architects Corporation and its services can be found on the World Wide Web at
ia.com . |
