Seattle, WA, August 5, 2004 - LizardTech, Inc., a leader in software solutions that make it significantly easier to manage, distribute and access digital content such as aerial photography, satellite imagery and scanned color documents, today announced that its Express Server image delivery software has successfully completed integration testing with EMC Centera content addressed storage systems using ESRI's ArcGIS software.
The systems integration testing, conducted by ESRI, the leading developer of geographic information system (GIS) software, helps ensure interoperability and enable real-time, easy-to-manage image solutions for aerial and satellite imagery and other GIS applications. As part of the testing, image files were converted from their native format to LizardTech's MrSID® format, the de facto industry standard for managing, accessing and distributing massive geospatial imagery such as aerial photos and satellite images. Each test image file was accessed at full extent and at zoomed-in using ArcMap and ArcIMS from Express Server with Centera. Tests showed that Express Server's response times using Centera were equal to or faster than internal, server-based storage, highlighting that Express Server coupled with Centera, can meet the performance demands of real-time applications. The results for an ArcIMS configuration were similar to the ArcMap configuration. EMC Centera provides customers using ESRI's leading software with industry leading features and functions," said Roy Sanford, Vice President of Content Addressed Storage at EMC. "By working with LizardTech, we're able to bring the benefits of efficient image storage and distribution to corporations, government agencies and organizations that rely on geospatial imagery." "Achieving successful http://www.esri.com/systemsint/pdf/express_server_centera_poc_testing.pdf
About LizardTech, a Celartem Company LizardTech was founded in 1992 to build valuable business solutions from technologies created by the world's leading research organizations including Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and AT&T Labs. LizardTech is a leader in applying state-of-the-art technologies to the real-world challenges of managing, distributing, and accessing large complex digital content such as aerial photographs, satellite imagery, and color scanned documents. LizardTech's software is installed on millions of desktops and integrated into a wide variety of platforms and applications. LizardTech has offices in Seattle, London and Tokyo, and is part of Celartem Technology Inc. (Osaka Securities Exchange, Hercules:4330), a Japan-based technology company focused on storage and distribution technologies for digital images. For more information about LizardTech, visit www.lizardtech.com
