FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HANNOVER, Germany, 17 March, 1997 -- Hyperwave, an innovative
information server that solves many of the problems associated
with electronic publishing on the Internet and intranets, won
BYTE`s third annual Best of Show award here at CeBIT’97.
Published by Hyperwave (+49 89 99 30 74-0 or
http://www.hyperwave.com), the Hyperwave Information Server
combines powerful search and navigation tools with remote
authoring, full-text indexing, and security while eliminating
many link management chores. BYTE`s Best of CeBIT awards
recognize new products and technologies that are innovative and
will influence the information technology industry.
Speech technology from Lernout & Hauspie (+32 57 228 888 or
http://www.lhs.com), which provides speech recognition,
text-to-speech conversion, translation in 14 different languages,
and other services, won the award for Best Technology. A
Java-based application from the Berlin Heinrich Hertz Institut of
Communications Technology (tel and fax +49 30 310 02 253) that
demonstrates how the forthcoming MPEG 4 video standard will turn
video into a much more interactive medium, was the Best
Technology finalist.
The C3 Messenger server, from Com:On (+49 40 30 189 182 or
http://www.com-on.de), won Best Communications software for its
ability to integrate disparate mail systems with open Internet
mail. Finalists were the DirectPC Network Edition satellite
Internet service from Hughes Olivetti Telecom (+44 0 1908 319101
or http://www.hoteu.com) and Snapware desktop telephony software
from telesnap Gmbh (+49 711 90 66 80). Orckit`s Fast Internet
xDSL Broadband Access System (+972 3 696 2121 or
http://www.orckit.com) won Best Communications Hardware for its
ability to ease the Net bandwidth crunch. Finalists were 3Com`s
Fast IP Switch (+49 89 6 27 32 0 or http://www.3com.com) and
VICAS, a combination router, encrypter, PBX, and Ethernet card
from BinTec Communications GmbH (49 911 9673 0 or
http://www.bintec.de).
Hyperwave also won in the Best Internet Product category, while
the Trusted Web intranet security software from Siemens Nixdorf
(+353 1 676 7551 or http://www.trustedweb.com) and Inso`s
Dynabase Web Management System (+44 181 947 1122 or
http://www.inso.com), were finalists. Black Sun Interactive`s
Passport/Community Server (+1 415-273-7000 or
http://.blacksun.com), which is for building large online
communities, won Best Multimedia Software. Finalists in the
category were a multimedia authoring tool from Scitex (+32 2 352
26 17 or http://www.pitango.com) called Clickworks 1.1 and
Metatools' Soap, a video editing tool with an innovative user
interface (+353 1 4751727 or http://www.metatools.com).
The award for Best Multimedia Hardware went to the Philips
Trimedia TM-1000, a media processor that accelerates audio,
video, graphics, and communications (+1 408-991-3838 or
http://www.trimedia-philips.com). DV Master, a digital video
editing board from Fast Multimedia (+49 89 50206 0 or
http://www.fast-multimedia.com), and TerraTec`s AudioSystems EWS64
XL card (+49 2157 8179 0 or http://www.terratec.de), a
professional solution for editing digital and analog sound, were
finalists.
Quicktionary, a nifty pen-sized scanner that performs OCR and
language translation from WizCom (+975 2 532 8222), took top
honors in the Best Peripheral category. Finalists were the
SpeechPad and SpeechMagic software-hardware combination for voice
dictation and speech-to-text conversion from Philips (+49 511 89
51095 or http://www.speech.be.philips.com) and Toshiba`s slim
PDR-2 Digital Still Camera that fits into and directly interfaces
with a PC Card slot (http://www.toshiba.com).
Best Portable winner Apple has, with its PowerBook 3400 (+1
408-996-1010) or http://www.apple.com), created what is the
world`s fastest notebook (it runs on a 240-MHz 603e PowerPC
processor). The Toshiba Libretto 50 (+49 2131 158 01 or
http://www.toshiba-teg.com), a 75-MHz Pentium-based PC
subnotebook, and the new version of the PalmPilot handheld from U.S.
Robotics` Palm Computing Division (+1 415-949-9300 or
http://www.usr.com/palm), were finalists.
Silux Simulation, a tool that lets you dynamically interact
with running simulations and also enables stress and motion
analysis, won Best Software Application (+41 52 3660330 or
http://www.silux.com). Finalists were the multiple-plattform,
distributed enterprise backup system for SAP R/3 from MultiStream
(+49 89 890162 14 or http://www.multistream.com) and Applix
Anywhere Office, an office application that`s implemented in Java
(+49 89 7485890 or http://www.applix.com). The award for Best
Development Software went to Softlab`s Visual Enabler (+49 89
993 60 http://www.softlabna.com), a workgroup configuration
management and version control toolset. Finalists were the
enterprise-level software integration system from Quadratron
REGIE (02204-747-222 or http://www.qr-ag.com) called O3sis and
Platinum Technology`s Paradigm Plus 3.5 object-oriented
repository and design and analysis tool.
The award for Best System went to Umax Systems for its
high-end Mac OS computer based on a 250-MHz 604e PowerPC
processor (886 2 517 0055 or http://www.umax.com). System
finalists were Data General`s dual server, Pentium Pro-based
Cluster-in-a-Box (+44 181 758 6000 or http://www.dg.com) and
Vobis' surprisingly affordable (about $3800 U.S.) 500-MHz,
21164-based Highscreen Alpha 500 system.
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