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MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2001 --

Information Inside and Outside the Enterprise
is Indexed on DVD-RAM for Multi-User Browsing/Access

Panasonic and eSystems, Inc. announced today that ASaP, eSystems'
revolutionary multi-dimensional database software, is compatible with
Panasonic's 4.7/9.4GB DVD-RAM drive. With ASaP and the rewritable DVD
drive, users have a complete solution for mining information from
distributed information banks located inside and outside the
enterprise which can be quickly browsed and accessed online.

ASaP is unique in that it not only supports more than 200 document
formats, including images, sound, video, Web and office documents, it
allows users to query against a single data bank or across multiple
data banks. As a result, information can be mined from the Web,
corporate Intranets, databases, imaging systems, file servers and
other sources. With ASaP's "on-the-fly" structured search
capabilities, users can modify search fields and indexes at any time
without having to re-index the database.

One of the features that makes the Panasonic DVD-RAM drive so ideal
for the ASaP data mining application is its random access
capabilities. Like a hard drive, it empowers users to move to the
information they need almost instantly.

According to IDC analysts, the demand for quicker access tools for
information collection, retrieval, and analysis as well as the ability
to handle heterogeneous collections of text, images, video, and sound
will lift the document and content technologies (DCT) market to new
heights. IDC projects that the worldwide DCT market will increase at a
compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 32%, from $1.1 billion in 1999
to nearly $4.4 billion in 2004.

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