XYZFind Corp Inks OEM Contract with mindwrap inc

XYZFind Corp, developers of a new search and query engine for XML content, announced an OEM agreement with mindwrap inc, an industry leader in digital content management solutions. Announced at XML World in Boston (Booth ##309), the agreement enables mindwrap to include the XYZFind engine as an integrated component of its Optix application development and deployment platform. By integrating XYZFind into Optix, mindwrap immediately addresses the need for intelligent, context-aware search and query over the rapidly expanding universe of XML data.

"mindwrap is strongly committed to XML and found that the traditional full-text search engines used for unstructured documents didn't exploit the context inherent in XML documents," said Craig Landrum, CTO at mindwrap. "We began a systematic search to find the best XML search and query technology available and found XYZFind. Its ability to search and query heterogeneous XML content without complicated database transformations makes it a powerful addition to Optix."

"We're very pleased that mindwrap chose XYZFind," said Thomas Marvin, CEO of XYZFind Corp. "Without doubt, one of the biggest challenges ahead for everyone in the document and content management arena is enabling intelligent, yet easy-to -deploy access to the coming proliferation of XML content. By indexing not just the XML data values, but also all metadata and hierarchy information, XYZFind enables context-aware search and query."

XML (Extensible Markup Language) is the new Internet standard for marking up data to facilitate exchanges of information between businesses, independent of semantics, O/S and platforms. It is the enabling technology behind the next generation Internet trading systems such as CommerceOne, Ariba, Freemarkets as well as for the leading technology companies such as IBM, Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, Sun Microsystems.

About mindwrap inc

mindwrap inc, launched in 1999, helps companies create and rapidly deploy hybrid applications that harness paper-based, pure digital and legacy information through XML. Optix, mindwrap's industry-leading application development and deployment platform, is among the fastest to deploy. It is available for the Windows, Unix and Linux operating systems and supports Oracle, MS SQL Server, Informix or Sybase relational database management systems. Additional information is available at the mindwrap Website at www.mindwrap.com.

About XYZFind Corp

Founded in 1999 by ex-Microsoft engineers, XYZFind Corp produces a context-aware search and query engine designed for XML data. The first beta versions of the company's flagship product, XYZFind, were delivered in July of 2000 to major corporations, independent software vendors, portals, e-tailers, and B2B sites. The 1.0 release of XYZFind is due November 2000. For more information, visit www.xyzfind.com.

Contact Kelvin Ginn of XYZFind Corp, 206-329-9175, kginn@xyzfind.com.