Blueridge Adds Hyperlinks to the Leading Document Imaging System for the Macintosh

FLINT HILL, Va. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - January 29, 1996 - Blueridge Technologies, "The Internet Document Management Company(TM)," announces OPTIX Hot Links(TM), a new hyperlinking technology for the OPTIX® Document Imaging System, the most widely installed document imaging system for the Macintosh (OPTIX also supports Windows).

OPTIX Hot Links allows you to link any document in your OPTIX database with any other document. You can even link OPTIX documents to sites on the World Wide Web. You can then navigate from one document to another simply by clicking on the hyperlinks.

OPTIX Hot Links let you relate documents to one another; by retrieving one document, you make it easy to retrieve all of the other documents you've linked to it. For example, suppose you receive a letter pertaining to three recent orders that one of your best customers has placed with you. When you enter that letter into your OPTIX database, you can link it to each of the three orders it refers to. Later, if the customer calls you about the letter, when you retrieve it from OPTIX, you can instantly retrieve the three orders that are referenced in the letter, instead of having to do separate searches for each of them.

OPTIX Hot Links supports "drag and drop" technology, so that all you have to do to link one document to another is to drag it on top of the other. All types of computer files can be stored on an OPTIX system, including document images, word processing files, spreadsheets, databases, etc., and OPTIX Hot Links work with any of these file types. You can link a spreadsheet to an image, a database to a graphic, or a wordprocessing file to a site on the World Wide Web.

Founded in 1988, Blueridge Technologies is one of the industry's oldest and most respected providers of electronic document management systems (EDMS). Long the leading industrial-strength document imaging and workflow system for Apple Macintosh computers, in 1994 OPTIX became the first electronic document management system to offer workflow, document imaging, document control, COLD (Computer Output to Laser Disk), and natural language text retrieval for both Windows and Macintosh workstations. Via the new OPTIX WEB interface, OPTIX also supports popular Web browsers, including Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer from Microsoft, Mosaic, and all the client platforms these products support, including Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX workstations. An online demo of OPTIX WEB is available at http://www.optixweb.com. Blueridge Technologies is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Metters Industries.

OPTIX systems begin in the range of $40,000 and include server software, client software for both Macintosh and Windows, installation, training, and support.