Hummingbird Delivers Content Cache Solution for Hummingbird Enterprise(TM)New Offering Enables Faster Access to Remote Documents and Optimizes Usage of Valuable Network Bandwidth TORONTO, and LAWNET, BOCA RATON, FL, Aug. 19, 2003 - Hummingbird Ltd. (NASDAQ: HUMC, TSX: HUM), the world-leading developer of enterprise information management systems (EIMS), today announced Hummingbird DM Server Content Cache, a solution designed to address the requirement to have faster access to remote content while conserving wide area network (WAN) bandwidth. "Today's organizations are increasingly interdependent global entities and operate across organizational and geographic boundaries," said Andrew Pery, chief marketing officer and senior vice president, Hummingbird Ltd. "Such an environment dictates a hybrid approach to computing that encompasses both centralization of information, while at the same time facilitating more efficient ways in which information is accessible to remote users." Hummingbird DM Server Content Cache is a direct response to this market need. Specifically, the solution provides the following capabilities: - Automatic Caching of Remote Content: Documents that are accessed from remote repositories are stored on the local server, with subsequent user requests for the same documents serviced from the local content cache. - Automatic Synchronization of Content: Any document updates are automatically synchronized between the source repository and the local content cache; ensuring users access the most recent version of the document regardless of their location. - Reduced Bandwidth Requirements: The solution enables customers to optimize the use of their WAN by significantly reducing document transfers across the network. - No Additional Hardware Investment: The Content Cache is deployable on existing Hummingbird DM Servers and as such does not require additional hardware. Hummingbird's Content Cache solution considerably enhances the user experience for Hummingbird Enterprise by providing an infrastructure that is suitable for consolidating document collections into one or more central repositories, thereby reducing IT resource requirements and lowering overall cost of ownership, while at the same time providing distributed content when and where it's needed. Availability: The Hummingbird DM Server Content Cache is expected to be generally available in September 2003. About Hummingbird Enterprise(TM) Hummingbird Enterprise(TM) offers customers a 360 degrees view of their knowledge assets by bringing together Hummingbird's industry leading portal, connectivity, document management, records management, knowledge management, business intelligence, collaboration, and data integration solutions into an integrated enterprise information management system (EIMS). Hummingbird Enterprise offers everything organizations need to manage the entire lifecycle of their business content. About Hummingbird Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Hummingbird Ltd. is a global enterprise software company employing over 1450 people in nearly 40 offices around the world. The revolutionary Hummingbird Enterprise(TM), an integrated information and knowledge management suite, manages the entire lifecycle of information and knowledge assets. Hummingbird Enterprise creates a 360-degree view of enterprise content with a portfolio of products that are both modular and interoperable. Today, five million users rely on Hummingbird to connect, manage, access, publish and search their enterprise content. For more information, please visit: http://www.hummingbird.com SOURCE Hummingbird Ltd. |