FileTek Releases StorHouse 3.0

FileTek Inc, a data management systems provider, announced a significant advancement in database technologies with its release of StorHouse 3.0. This new version of its award-winning product contains support for rich media including binary large objects (BLOBS) and character large objects (CLOBS). Now, StorHouse 3.0 will allow cost-effective storage of, and unique relational access to, digital large objects (LOBS) such as video, audio, and photos.

Using StorHouse functionality, end-users can create a set of hierarchical rules that automatically govern the distribution of different types of LOBS to the most appropriate storage media. For example, a law enforcement organization might relegate crime photos to high performance or high capacity tape, suspect fingerprints to optical disk, and traditional scalar data to magnetic disk or RAID. In all cases, information can be accurately and quickly accessed by using standard relational SQL statements. Access across media types is transparent to end-users and their applications, providing a unified view of their data.

"StorHouse/RM 3.0 will empower its users to take control of their huge binary files, store them in an assortment of economical media, and relationally access only the data needed within these files," said Jim Ewing, FileTek's RM Software Development Manager. "There is no extra application coding needed to deploy StorHouse and its technology is compliant with applicable ANSI 99 standards."

"We're very confident that StorHouse 3.0 will solve the problems many organizations face when it comes to storing large objects," said John Burgess, FileTek's Chief Technical Officer. "This release represents a logical extension of StorHouse by enhancing and growing with customers' needs."

StorHouse is comprehensive data management software that allows on-line access to row-level data stored across all storage media (e.g., tape, optical, magnetic disk). It transparently integrates with the most popular databases, such as Oracle, DB-2/UDB, and SQL Server, and supports industry-standard gateways and data access methods. StorHouse 3.0 is immediately available. For a free concepts manual, Email: info@filetek.com or call 301-517-1823.

About FileTek

FileTek Inc is an enterprise data management systems provider that dramatically lowers the total cost of storing and managing an organization's data. Its flagship product, StorHouse, is a complete data management offering that lets organizations effectively use their data assets while addressing the problems of the exploding volumes of information that organizations accumulate each day. The company's Cetera service delivers StorHouse over the Internet as a storage service provider (SSP). FileTek is headquartered at 9400 Key West Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850. Telephone: 301-251-0600 Fax: 301-251-1990. FileTek also has offices located in the United Kingdom, Germany and Belgium. Internet: www.filetek.com.

Contact Peter Abzug FileTek Inc, pabzug@filetek.com 301-517-1823.