Hewlett-Packard Bundles Alchemy Software With New CD Writer

Complete Solution for Archiving, Backup and Data Distribution on CD

September 11, 1995 -- Englewood, CO -- Information Management Research Inc
(IMR) announced today that a special version of its award-winning Alchemy
software is bundled with every HP SureStore CD Writer 4020i HP's new
product is the first writable CD-ROM drive that includes a powerful,
general purpose business application for a street price of around $1,000

Alchemy Personal (sold separately for $495) is a Windows program that
enables a business to easily write and intelligently manage its data on
low-cost, writable CD-ROMs Alchemy indexes PC files by text, keywords and
filename, compresses them, and writes them on the way to the CD Writer A
runtime retrieval program with powerful 32-bit file viewers is included,
so Alchemy CDs can be read in any Windows-compatible CD-ROM drive Alchemy
Personal is compatible with Windows 95

Robert Drucker, President and CEO of IMR, said "Every business that is
willing to invest only $1,000 can now afford to create an unlimited number
of CD-ROMs for archival, backup and distribution An intelligent
indexing/retrieval solution such as Alchemy is absolutely essential,
because the data stored on CD-ROM's is only as useful as one's ability to
quickly, retrieve and re-use it."

He added, "We are very excited to work with the world leader in PC storage
peripherals Shipping Alchemy Personal, our entry-level product, into HP's
distribution channels will greatly increase our installed base The Alchemy
product family includes scalable CD-ROM software solutions for microfilm
service bureaus, COLD, imaging, LANs and CD jukeboxes, giving HP users an
upgrade path as their application needs grow."

The Added Value of Alchemy

Until now, CD writers (aka CD-Recorders) were bundled with low-level
utility software ("premastering") that copied an image of your PC files to
a CD-ROM. The files could only be retrieved using DOS "dir" or some file
manager. Storing thousands of files in hundreds of directories on a CD-ROM
made it difficult at best to retrieve a file or set of files. When CDs
made this way were mounted on LANs, the file retrieval problem was
exaggerated even further. Additionally, the basic utility software
required a dedicated high-speed hard drive to reliably write CDs.

By including Alchemy with its CD Writer, HP offers its customers
extraordinary benefits that are not found in any other drive at this
price.

Availability

The HP surestore CD Writer with Alchemy Personal will be available on
October 1 through leading computer retailers and distributors.

Special Upgrade Offer

HP CD Writer owners can upgrade to the advanced Alchemy Personal Plus
version for only $49. Plus adds powerful features such as writing and
retrieving files across CDs, managing several CD databases at once, and
customization. Upgrade instructions are included in every shipment.

Information Management Research Inc
303-689-0022,  fax 303-689-0055
 
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