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`Digital Press & Analysts News
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`Dec 15, 1995 12:00 AM
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`Digital Equipment Corporation
`Maynard, Massachusetts 01754-2571
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`DIGITAL DEVELOPS INTERNET'S FIRST 'SUPER SPIDER'
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`... Next-Generation Technology Enables Most Comprehensive Index
`of \fW\MJ Text at Unpr$Cedented Speed ...
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`... Millions of Web Users Expected to 'Kick the Tires'
`in Trial Offer ...
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`PALO ALTO, CA --December 15, 1995 --Digital Equipment Corporation
`today introduced the Internet's first "super spider" software, as
`part of the most advanced information search and indexing technology
`available for the World Wide Web. Blazing fast, it conducts the
`most comprehensive search of the entire Web text at speeds up to 1 00
`times faster than spiders used in conventional information search
`services.
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`Under development at Digital's Corporate Research Group here,
`the technology promises to surpass the limitations of current
`information services by delivering the most complete, precise, and
`up-to-date information of the Web's entire text. The technology's
`super spider and super indexer employ next-generation software and
`advanced networking, powered by the highest-performing 64-bit Alpha
`computers.
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`The advanced technology is set to undergo its toughest testing
`starting today (Friday, December 15), as Digital makes a "beta"
`version available to tens of millions of Web users worldwide.
`Users can test the super spider's Web index and provide feedoack
`through Digital's Internet address at:
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`http://www.altavista.digital.com/
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`Thousands of Digital employees worldwide are testing the new
`technology behind the corporation's Internet firewall.
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`Cyber Search
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`"Finding a 'cyber needle' in an ever-growing 'cyber haystack'
`has long been a dream of Web users," said Samuel H. Fuller, vice
`president, Corporate Research. "This technology is a major step in
`that direction. It features the most complete and precise Web
`index. In fact, it's the only one with the potential to keep up
`with the phenomenal growth of the Web," he added.
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`Fuller said the super spider has been crawling the Web at up to
`2.5 million pages per day, and already has found and indexed more
`information than any other spider or crawling service. It is
`en route to finding every page and indexing every word of text on the
`Web. "We believe users will find Web pages they have never seen
`through any other indexing technology," he added.
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`Digital said the technology has implications for market
`research because of its precise search capabilities. For example,
`users for the first time can pinpoint the exact number of
`"hot-links" or references to their home page from other Web sites.
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`What It Does
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`The super spider creates and dispatches a "brood of spiders"
`that crawls the entire Web. Se9ond-generation scalable software
`simultaneously locates and indexes text as it finds Web pages.
`A powerful search engine enables Web users to conduct precise
`searches for specific information by looking for phrases, specifying
`key words, using case-sensitive matches, and restricting searches to
`titles or other parts of a document. Network connectivity is
`provided through Digital's fiber optic and high-speed network
`switching technologies. Ultra-high-speed search and indexing is
`enabled by Digital's Alpha computers, the industry's highest(cid:173)
`performing 64-bit servers. This powerful combination of software,
`networking, and hardware overcomes the limitations of conventional
`spider/indexing technologies. Patents are pending.
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`Fuller said current Internet search and indexing technology is
`much slower due to the constraints of 32-bit technology. "Users do
`not receive all of the information available on the entire Web, and
`frequently miss entire documents. Digital's second-generation
`technology indexes every word of every document," he added.
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`"Businesses will find this powerful indexing and search
`capability will assist them in instantaneously locating information
`on markets, customers, and competitors," said Rose Ann Giordano,
`vice president of Digital's Internet Business Group. "This new
`capability complements Digital's portfolio of industrial-strength
`Internet servers, security, and service offerings."
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`Digital Equipment Corporation is the world's leader in open
`client/server solutions from personal computing to integrated
`worldwide information systems. Digital's scalable Alpha platforms,
`storage, networking, software and services, together with industry(cid:173)
`focused solutions from business partners, help organizations compete
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`and win in today's global marketplace. Specific information on
`Digital's Alpha and Intel platforms, storage, networking, software,
`and services is available on the Internet and can be accessed through
`the Digital home page: http://www.digital.com
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`Note to Editors: Digital and the Digital logo are trademarks of
`Digital Equipment Corporation.
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