Internet database technology usable on CD-ROM.

Now you can publish interactive catalogues on the Web and on CD-ROM using one Web publishing solution

If you have already created an interactive catalog or information base for online customers using HexBase Publishing System, Intranet CD will save you the trouble of redevelopment when you later decide to provide CD-ROM versions of the catalog to customers. Intranet CD transfers the entire online creation to a CD-ROM simply and easily.

Once the CD-ROM is mailed out, all that your customers need to use it is a Web browser.

If customers decide to order something from the CD-ROM, they can connect to the Web (or to the corporate intranet, as the case may be) while remaining in the slick, speedy environment of the CD-ROM. Large amounts of data - for example, complex drawings or 3D animations - can be stored locally on the CD-ROM, while current figures (such as prices) can be downloaded from a central Web server as your customer browses the CD. Intranet CD is available for Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0.

BOSCH Automotive Aftermarket Division published their CD-ROM catalog in two languages using Intranet CD. The solution provides a dynamic search interface and allows users to find the right product with just a couple of clicks in their browser. Users of CD-ROMs created with Intranet CD can search a product catalog using diverse strategies. For example, in an automotive catalog, search parameters might include nominal speed, nominal voltage, and continuous torque.

Because all data is held in a database, the analysis of a suitable product is performed dynamically, and the resulting list is generated on the fly - presenting only the products matching the criteria. (It is also possible, of course, to search directly by product name or number.) The only software customers need to browse a CD-ROM created with Intranet CD is a web browser.

Publishers have dreamed of a system providing multiple "outputs" from one solution. When combined with Intranet CD, HexBase Publishing System conquers (and connects) the two most important outputs in electronic publishing: the online medium and the CD-ROM medium. The integration of Web publishing with CD-ROM publishing has clear advantages for authors: shorter design and development cycles; cross-platform compatibility; and integration of multimedia elements such as Java, Shockwave, and VRML. The result: quickly realized cost and time savings.

HexBase Publishing System with Intranet CD should be considered a model for a multi-use web database of the future. The obvious features and benefits have already convinced several large German industrial companies to begin publishing their electronic catalogs using the HexBase Intranet CD solution.