| June 28, 2004
AP to use Convera software
in remaking its news technology
VIENNA, Va. – The Associated Press will
use software from Convera Corp. to categorize, search and
distribute its multimedia news content as part of a major
technology initiative, the companies announced Monday.
AP and Convera also will work to tailor the
software, called RetrievalWare, to address broader needs of
the publishing industry, and will cooperate on marketing and
distributing products that are tailored for the publishing
industry.
Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
AP, the world's oldest and largest news agency,
said its initiative, called "electronic AP" or "eAP,"
is expected to produce a new generation of content management
and distribution systems for newspaper publishers and other
subscribers.
Convera specializes in products that enable
the search and categorization of information across text,
video, image and audio formats. Its software will make it
easier for AP's thousands of daily newspaper, radio, television
and online customers to specify the news
they want to receive and obtain it using a Web-based delivery
network, the companies said in a news release.
We're excited to be working closely with
Convera to realize our vision of eAP as we continue to make
the AP the essential global news company," said John
Reid, AP's senior vice president of services and technology.
Pat Condo, CEO of Convera, said: "The
breadth and diversity of the AP's news offerings represent
an excellent application for RetrievalWare's ability to organize
and categorize large volumes of multimedia, multilingual content."
AP, founded in 1848 and headquartered in New
York, is a source of print news, photos, graphics, audio and
video for more than a billion people a day. Its president
and chief executive, Tom Curley, took over a year ago with
a pledge to remake AP's technology.
Convera, based in Vienna, Va., was created
in 2000 in a merger of Excalibur Technologies Inc. and Intel
Corp.'s interactive media services division. It has 900 customers
in 33 countries.
contact: Jack Stokes at 212-621-1720
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