Huntsville, Alabama-November 3, 2003-Sirsi Corporation, the leader in new-name aales of library technology around the world*, announced today an Alliance Partnership with Moreover Technologies, a provider of real-time information management solutions, to enhance Sirsi Rooms(tm) Context Management Solutions. Sirsi Rooms is powerful technology that assists libraries in managing and presenting valuable knowledge and resources - regardless of format or source - in contexts that meet people's needs. "Content from Moreover Technologies will provide real-time news on numerous topics to enhance various Rooms Blueprints," said Mark Moorehead, Sirsi's director of product management. "Currently, Sirsi is continuing to develop Rooms Blueprints, which are ready-made virtual 'rooms,' or collections, of quality content available on subscription with the Sirsi Rooms solution. Once this partnership is complete and back-end functionality confirmed, libraries will be able to provide their end-users with dynamic 'information in action' from Moreover, enabling Sirsi Rooms to deliver context-relevant real-time news content."
"We are delighted to partner with Sirsi by providing focused news and information, delivered to the appropriate Sirsi Room from every online resource that matters," said Buck Smith, Moreover's director of channel development. "Moreover's robust technology continuously scours the Web capturing the best and most relevant online content sources ensuring that end-users receive the most up-to-date, accurate information available."
"Sirsi Rooms will enable libraries to provide their end-users with Moreover's outstanding content," said Moorehead. "And because Sirsi Rooms will deliver this news content into the context of specific 'rooms,' it will be easier than ever before for library users to access the timely, accurate information they seek. It is one more component that asserts Sirsi Rooms as the most flexible, dynamic, and engrossing product in the library industry today - it is the only product of its kind."
About Moreover Technologies
Moreover Technologies is a provider of real-time information management solutions to Global 2000 companies, delivering essential online information in time to impact business decisions. Unlike traditional news services that resell archived information, Moreover's technology continuously scours the Web to capture the most actionable information from thousands of qualified, hand-picked sources - including news sites, company websites, industry sources, and message boards. Moreover's Connected Intelligence(tm) solutions, benefiting from a combination of sophisticated technology and over 30 person-years of domain expertise are customized to provide business users with continuous function-specific information.
Moreover has offices in San Francisco and London, and is backed by prominent venture firms including Reuters Venture Capital and Atlas Ventures
About Sirsi
Sirsi (www.sirsi.com) recognizes that today's librarians are on a mission to break down walls - barriers that limit the knowledge and resources accessible to library users. A partner with leading libraries around the globe since 1979, Sirsi provides software and services that assist libraries in breaking down walls, thereby promoting learning, empowerment, and opportunity for diverse user communities. Sirsi's portfolio of products and services includes the iBistro and iLink e-Library solutions, the Unicorn Library Management System, the Hyperion Digital Media Archive, Sirsi Rooms Context Management Solutions, and a full slate of services.