Hummingbird Chooses Innotech's Java Search Engine Technology for Integration into its Intranet Document Publishing Solutions

Business Wire, August 25, 1997

NORTH YORK, ONTARIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 1997-- Innotech Multimedia (VSE ITM. ) Innotech Multimedia Corporation (VSE - "ITM") announces today that Hummingbird Communications Ltd. (TSE - "HUM" and NASDAQ - "HUMCF") has licensed Innotech's 100 percent Pure Java (TM) search engine technology, NetResults (TM), to be integrated into Common Ground 4.0, Hummingbird's new Java-powered intranet publishing solutions.

Innotech's NetResults is the only search engine designed for websites and intranets which is written entirely in Java and carries Sun Microsystems, Inc.'s 100 percent Pure Java certification.

"NetResults offers us the platform-independence for searching and indexing documents within our Common Ground product line," said Robert Lalonde, director of sales, Common Ground, at Hummingbird. "NetResults is a natural fit for Common Ground Web Publisher, and together with our Java-powered document viewing technology, offers a state-of-the-art document publishing and retrieval solution for intranets."

Hummingbird Communications Ltd. specializes in the development of enterprise internetworking software products and document distribution solutions that provide high performance access to internetwork-based information and applications. Hummingbird products are sold and supported internationally by authorized resellers in more than 40 countries. The company is headquartered in North York, Ontario, Canada, with offices in Montreal, Quebec in Canada; Mountain View, CA, Raleigh, NC, and Washington, DC, in the United States; Geneva, Switzerland, Munich, Germany, Paris, France and Maidenhead in the United Kingdom in Europe; and an office servicing the Pacific Rim in Sydney, Australia. In fiscal 1996, Hummingbird reported revenue of more than Cdn$102 million. More information on Hummingbird can be found at http://www.hummingbird.com .

Innotech is a leading developer of search and retrieval software with a suite of 100 percent Pure Java website and intranet products. The company has established co-marketing, distribution or licensing agreements with companies such as Sun Microsystems, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, HDS Network Systems, Inc., The Santa Cruz Operations, Inc., VarCity, UniDirect Corporation's online division, Developer Direct, EarthWeb's online distribution arm, Access Graphics and ION Systems, Inc. For more information on Innotech's products and services, contact the company at its website: http://www.netresults-search.com or email: pmugford@netresults-search.com.

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