By providing users with a single product that simultaneously searches and organizes all data types (such as text, video, image and audio files) in multiple languages from a single user interface, customers do not have to buy and piece together several disparate systems to manage multiple data types and languages. RetrievalWare also provides greater ease of use by delivering a higher level of interoperability with enterprise applications using XML and by providing easy integration into the Microsoft® .NET environment.

Some of the features in RetrievalWare 7.0 are the following:

• Cross-Lingual Concept-Based Search
• Pattern search
• Boolean search
• Index and query pipelines or index & query processing for accuracy
• Enhanced Semantic Network-Based Categorization
• Multimedia Search
• Enhanced Security Features
• XML API support
• COM support

The release of RetrievalWare 7.0 extends Convera's strategy of providing a fully modular version of its technologies, enabling customers to choose only the specific search and retrieval components they need to support or enhance their information management systems. RetrievalWare users today can build a unique search environment by adding individually priced modules, such as profiling, multilingual search, mono- and cross-lingual search, categorization, multimedia web crawling, specialized dictionaries and thesauri for vertical applications and plug-ins to 3rd party vendors.

RetrievalWare 7.0 supports a broad range of server platforms, including Microsoft Windows NT and 2000, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, Compaq Tru64 Unix (formerly Digital Unix), Linux and IBM AIX, and can effectively access Oracle, Sybase and Microsoft SQL Server database management systems.