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                                                        The Florida SunFlash

                   SunSoft Introduces SearchIt

SunFLASH Vol 44 #26					         August 1992 
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           SUNSOFT ANNOUNCES NEW SEARCH-AND-RETRIEVAL
                    Application FOR SOLARIS

        Faster And Easier Access To Critical Information
                  Across The Corporate Network

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- August 25, 1992 -- SunSoft, Inc., today
unveiled new full-text search-and-retrieval application for the Solaris
software environment.   Called SearchIt, the new application acts as a
personal reference librarian that quickly and easily locates on-line
business data such as reports, proposals, and  correspondence stored
anywhere on the corporate network. In addition, SearchIt enables users
to manage and manipulate this information for their specific needs
through its easy-to-use intuitive interface.

SearchIt utilizes the capabilities of  Solaris by seamlessly
interoperating  with the Solaris DeskSet productivity tools.  Users do
not need prior knowledge of the contents or location of documents, just
the English words or phrase for which they are looking to begin a
query. SearchIt returns the results of the query displayed in order of
the relevance of each document to the query. For example, a document
that contains ten instances of a word or phrase for which a user is
searching will be ranked higher in relevance than a document which
contains only five instances.

SearchIt harnesses the networking capabilities of the Solaris
environment, enabling users to search through information on their own
desktop or on any system on the corporate network. Using Solaris'
networking architecture, ONC`/NFS, SearchIt users can easily access
information across multivendor systems. NFS has been licensed by more
than 300 organizations, including IBM, Digital Equipment Corporation,
Apple Computer, Hewlett-Packard and Novell, Inc.

"Imagine, all the electronic information that you have collected over
the years can be valuable once again," said Jim Billmaier, vice
president of product marketing for SunSoft.  "SearchIt's indexing
capabilities can take that mountain of information and make it
immediately accessible."

"SunSoft is the first company to implement content-based retrieval
within the workstation, client-server environment," according to Peter
Addison, vice president of marketing for Fulcrum Technologies, Inc.
"SearchIt sets a new standard for information retrieval for people who
must rely on quick and easy access to information contained within the
corporation."

SearchIt is based on Fulcrum Technologies' Ful/Text search-and-
retrieval engine and is the second product from SunSoft to use the
Ful/Text technology. AnswerBook`, SunSoft's  on-line documentation and
help system introduced last year, is also based on the Ful/Text
technology.

Pricing and Availability

SearchIt 1.0 is available immediately for the Solaris 1.0 product. It
is sold in a shrink-wrapped package with media and documentation and
priced at $295 for a single user license.  SearchIt for  Solaris 2.0 on
SPARC will be available in the first quarter of calendar year 1993.
SearchIt for Solaris 2.0 on the X86 platform will follow. Product
inquiries should be directed to SunSoft at 1-800-227-9227 or to local
SunSoft offices in Europe and Asia.

Press Contact:

	Laura Ramsey	SunSoft, Inc.		415-336-0739
	Emily Wanderer	Hi-Tech Communications	415-904-7000 

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