ISLANDIA, N.Y., and NIEUWEGEIN, The Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- May 14, 1998--Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) today announced that Arfo Color Technics B.V., a Dutch company that specializes in digital image and photo processing, has selected Jasmine, CA's pure object database and multimedia development environment, to create Internet-based electronic catalogues and manage their content.
Arfo Color Technics specializes in digital image processing and lithography. The company digitizes all kinds of information, like photographs, negatives and slides. Arfo is using Jasmine to expand its services by creating and managing customer's online catalogs.
"We chose Jasmine because it is the only object database on the market that can provide us with the rich object management capabilities and complex data type support needed to deploy sophisticated, multimedia Web applications, such as the ones we are developing for our customers," said Arend Loerts, managing director of Arfo Color Technics. The first site -- Technische Goorthandel Lasaulec (a technical wholesale company)-- will be active in weeks, with an online catalog that includes 60,000 products and will grow to 100,000 later this year. "We looked at other alternatives and no other solution comes close to Jasmine for efficiently managing and delivering our digital content," said Loerts.
Arfo Color Technics also plans to use Jasmine to develop an image database for various organizations. The images will be viewed using a Web browser or on CD ROM. If needed, the images can be downloaded or orders can be placed for items such as prints or film.
"The Jasmine database enables us to store many different information formats for the catalogues we are deploying on the Web or on CD," added Loerts. "Text and images, animations and other multimedia data types are easily stored, managed and interwoven in Jasmine applications, speeding the development time for our clients."
Jasmine, a pure object database, is a comprehensive solution to build and deploy multimedia applications over client/server and networked computing environments. Jasmine provides extensive support for all types of information beyond text and numbers, such as video, sound and images. It also delivers universal data integration over an enterprise network, from desktop to mainframe, regardless of data source.
"We are delighted that Jasmine will allow Arfo Color Technics to extend its offerings to wired enterprises," said Soren Truelsen, CA Holland Country Manager.
Arfo Color Technics was established in 1986 and has offices in various cities throughout the Netherlands. The company has its customers all over the country. Arfo Color Technics is specialized in digital image processing and at the same time a photo lab and lithographic company. Furthermore, the company digitizes all kinds of information, like photographs, negatives and slides through the Photo-CD system and high-end drum scanners. These extensive service offerings makes the company unique within the Netherlands.
Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), with headquarters in Islandia, N.Y., is the world leader in mission-critical business software. The company develops, licenses and supports more than 500 integrated products that include enterprise computing and information management, application development, manufacturing and financial applications. CA has over 11,000 people in 160 offices in 43 countries and had revenue of $4.5 billion in calendar year 1997. CA can be reached by visiting http://www.cai.com on the World Wide Web, emailing info@cai.com, or calling 1-516-342-5224. -0- All referenced product names are trademarks of their respective companies.
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