BYTE One Phoenix Mill Lane Peterborough, NH 03458-1434 USA Tel 603 924 9281 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hyperwave Software Wins BYTE´s Best of Show Award at CeBIT´97 BYTE Editors Honor Best Products at CeBIT ´97 HANNOVER, Germany, 17 March, 1997 -- Hyperwave, an innovative information server that solves many of the problems associated with electronic publishing on the Internet and intranets, won BYTE`s third annual Best of Show award here at CeBIT´97. Published by Hyperwave (+49 89 99 30 74-0 or http://www.hyperwave.com), the Hyperwave Information Server combines powerful search and navigation tools with remote authoring, full-text indexing, and security while eliminating many link management chores. BYTE`s Best of CeBIT awards recognize new products and technologies that are innovative and will influence the information technology industry. Speech technology from Lernout & Hauspie (+32 57 228 888 or http://www.lhs.com), which provides speech recognition, text-to-speech conversion, translation in 14 different languages, and other services, won the award for Best Technology. A Java-based application from the Berlin Heinrich Hertz Institut of Communications Technology (tel and fax +49 30 310 02 253) that demonstrates how the forthcoming MPEG 4 video standard will turn video into a much more interactive medium, was the Best Technology finalist. The C3 Messenger server, from Com:On (+49 40 30 189 182 or http://www.com-on.de, won Best Communications software for its ability to integrate disparate mail systems with open Internet mail. Finalists were the DirectPC Network Edition satellite Internet service from Hughes Olivetti Telecom (+44 0 1908 319101 or http://www.hoteu.com) and Snapware desktop telephony software from telesnap Gmbh (+49 711 90 66 80). Orckit`s Fast Internet xDSL Broadband Access System (+972 3 696 2121 or http://www.orckit.com) won Best Communications Hardware for its ability to ease the Net bandwidth crunch. Finalists were 3Com`s Fast IP Switch (+49 89 6 27 32 0 or http://www.3com.com) and VICAS, a combination router, encrypter, PBX, and Ethernet card from BinTec Communications GmbH (49 911 9673 0 or http://www.bintec.de). Hyperwave also won in the Best Internet Product category, while the Trusted Web intranet security software from Siemens Nixdorf (+353 1 676 7551 or http://www.trustedweb.com) and Inso`s Dynabase Web Management System (+44 181 947 1122 or http://www.inso.com), were finalists. Black Sun Interactive`s Passport/Community Server (+1 415-273-7000 or http://.blacksun.com), which is for building large online communities, won Best Multimedia Software. Finalists in the category were a multimedia authoring tool from Scitex (+32 2 352 26 17 or http://www.pitango.com) called Clickworks 1.1 and Metatools´ Soap, a video editing tool with an innovative user interface (+353 1 4751727 or http://www.metatools.com). The award for Best Multimedia Hardware went to the Philips Trimedia TM-1000, a media processor that accelerates audio, video, grapahics, and communications (+1 408-991-3838 or http://www.trimedia-philips.com). DV Master, a digital video editing board from Fast Multimedia (+49 89 50206 0 or http://www.fast-multimedia.com), and TerraTec`s AudioSystems EWS64 XL card (+49 2157 8179 0 or http://www.terratec.de), a professional solution for editing digital and analog sound, were finalists. Quicktionary, a nifty pen-sized scanner that performs OCR and language translation from WizCom (+975 2 532 8222), took top honors in the Best Peripheral category. Finalists were the SpeechPad and SpeechMagic software-hardware combination for voice dictation and speech-to-text conversion from Philips (+49 511 89 51095 or http://www.speech.be.philips.com) and Toshiba`s slim PDR-2 Digital Still Camera that fits into and directly interfaces with a PC Card slot (http://www.toshiba.com). Best Portable winner Apple has, with its PowerBook 3400 (+1 408-996-1010) or http://www.apple.com), created what is the world`s fastest notebook (it runs on a 240-MHz 603e PowerPC processor). The Toshiba Libretto 50 (+49 2131 158 01 or http://www.toshiba-teg.com), a 75-MHz Pentium-based PC subnotebook, and the new version of the PalmPilot handheld from U.S. Robotics` Palm Computing Division (+1 415-949-9300 or http://www.usr.com/palm), were finalists. Silux Simulation, a tool that lets you dynamically interact with running simulations and also enables stress and motion analysis, won Best Software Application (+41 52 3660330 or http://www.silux.com). Finalists were the multiple-plattform, distributed enterprise backup system for SAP R/3 from MultiStream (+49 89 890162 14 or http://www.multistream.com) and Applix Anywhere Office, an office application that`s implemented in Java (+49 89 7485890 or http://www.applix.com). The award for Best Development Software went to Softlab`s Visual Enabler (+49 89 993 60 http://www.softlabna.com), a workgroup configuration management and version control toolset. Finalists were the enterprise-level software integration system from Quadratron REGIE (02204-747-222 or http://www.qr-ag.com) called O3sis and Platinum Technology`s Paradigm Plus 3.5 object-oriented repository and design and analysis tool. The award for Best System went to Umax Systems for its high-end Mac OS computer based on a 250-MHz 604e PowerPC proccessor (886 2 517 0055 or http://www.umax.com). System finalists were Data General`s dual server, Pentium Pro-based Cluster-in-a-Box (+44 181 758 6000 or http://www.dg.com) and Vobis´ surprisingly affordable (about $3800 U.S.) 500-MHz, 21164-based Highscreen Alpha 500 system. BYTE provides Information Systems Professionals in multiplatform environments with technology solutions to real-world business problems. BYTE readers are the decision makers who determine the technology direction for their corporations. BYTE is part of the Information Technology & Communications Group within The McGraw- Hill Companies, Inc. Other publications and operations serving this market include LAN Times, Data Communications, tele.com, National Software Testing Labs, Datapro. and Business Week. For more information: Rainer Mauth BYTE Editorial (Frankfurt) Tel: 49-69-5801-123 Fax: 49-69-5801-145 rmauth@mcgraw-hill.com Rich Friedman BYTE Editorial (U.S.) Tel: 603-924-2523 Fax: 603-924-2550 rfriedman@bix.com