Press Release

FileTek Releases StorHouse® 3.0 - Major Upgrade Includes Support for BLOBS and CLOBS

Rockville, MD (May 1, 2001)- FileTek, Inc., a data management systems provider, today announced a significant advancement in database technologies with its release of StorHouse® 3.0. This new version of its award-winning product contains support for rich media including binary large objects (BLOBS) and character large objects (CLOBS). Now, StorHouse 3.0 will allow cost-effective storage of, and unique relational access to, digital large objects (LOBS) such as video, audio, and photos.

Using StorHouse functionality, end-users can create a set of hierarchical rules that automatically govern the distribution of different types of LOBS to the most appropriate storage media. For example, a law enforcement organization might relegate crime photos to high performance or high capacity tape, suspect fingerprints to optical disk, and traditional scalar data to magnetic disk or RAID. In all cases, information can be accurately and quickly accessed by using standard relational SQL statements. Access across media types is transparent to end-users and their applications, providing a unified view of their data.

"StorHouse/RM 3.0 will empower its users to take control of their huge binary files, store them in an assortment of economical media, and relationally access only the data needed within these files," said Jim Ewing, FileTek's RM Software Development Manager.

"There is no extra application coding needed to deploy StorHouse and its technology is compliant with applicable ANSI 99 standards."

"We're very confident that StorHouse 3.0 will solve the problems many organizations face when it comes to storing large objects," said John Burgess, FileTek's Chief Technical Officer. "This release represents a logical extension of StorHouse by enhancing and growing with customers' needs."

StorHouse is comprehensive data management software that allows on-line access to row-level data stored across all storage media (e.g., tape, optical, magnetic disk). It transparently integrates with the most popular databases, such as Oracle, DB-2/UDB, and SQL Server, and supports industry-standard gateways and data access methods.