BOHEMIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 21, 1995--Computer Concepts Corp. (NASDAQ:CCEE), in response to the large number of inquiries received following its announcement regarding its entry into the Internet arena, today released additional information regarding its Internet Directory Assistance (IDA(TM))
As pointed out in a recent Dow Jones article, "experts say the need for an Internet directory for names and locations is badly needed. One problem is that people don't know how to reach other people on-line, especially since E-mail addresses change rapidly." The company believes that users will be quick to register their addresses because of the way in which d.b.Express has solved the Internet directory access problem. The company plans to facilitate the self-registration of on-line users through advertising to the many thousands of user groups, and will use Internet advertising capabilities as well as traditional advertising methods.
Computer Concepts' patented d.b.Express(TM) indexing and graphical user interface will allow for instantaneous direct access by name or subject matter to registered on-line service addresses as opposed to the usage of traditional, time consuming, response/size dependent search methods.
The company believes that its technology is the only viable method of solving the magnitude of the Internet directory problem because of its ability to instantaneously access the huge amounts of data which will be resident in the indexed database. As recently proven to one of the nation's largest long distance carriers, d.b.Express has the ability to access millions of telephone call records with instantaneous response, and will be able to do the same with its Internet Directory Assistance database.
Computer Concepts believes that its patented d.b.Express technology, with bit-mapped indexes and integral graphical user access utilities, separates and distinguishes it from the search engines and other information access methods currently being used. The company believes its technology is the road to the future, and could become the predominant access method for Information Systems, both personal and commercial, found on, and off, the Internet.
Founded in 1989, Computer Concepts Corp., develops and markets, through a family of specialized business units, software tools that help organizations develop and operate business-critical applications. The company itself markets the unique d.b.Express line of information delivery software, the first software to allow instantaneous delivery of data, without the need for programming, to end-users of database applications. The company's Softworks Inc. subsidiary focuses on managers of large systems configurations and provides industry-leading systems and data management software products that enhance the reliability and availability of the data processing environment. The company's MapLinx Corp. subsidiary focuses on PC Geographic Information Systems (GIS) interfaces for end user applications.
CONTACT: Computer Concepts Corp.
Leigh Shanks 516/244-1500
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Mark Kabbash, 212/551-7825