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Idée and Canto receive Seybold Editors' Hot Pick for the integration of Cumulus 5 and Espion™ Visual Search

Idée and Canto receive high–profile industry recognition for the Espion Visual Search Option for Cumulus 5

San Francisco, CA – Today at Seybold San Francisco – the world's largest and most prestigious event for cross–media publishing professionals – the editors of Seybold Publications announced that Canto and Idée received one of only 23 coveted Hot Picks. Nearly 200 products were considered for the award. The Hot Picks, which recognize interesting new products and technologies being shown at Seybold San Francisco, was given to Canto and Idée for the integration of Idée's Espion Visual Search with Canto's Cumulus 5 media asset management program.

Cumulus 5 allows users to manage all types of digital assets. The Espion Visual Search Option is a fully integrated add–on that allows users to perform visual searches within a Cumulus catalogue. Users of the Espion Option will be able to search for images that are visually similar to another, or alternatively for altered originals. Espion uses proprietary image comparison algorithms that allow users to control how specific the search is and which visual attributes are significant in the search. Espion displays pairs of matched images instantly and details the likelihood of the match as well as the degree of difference between the original image and the match.

"Canto Cumulus has long been a leading solution in the asset management market," said Patricia Evans, managing editor for Seybold Publications. "With the integration of Idée's Espion Visual Search into Cumulus 5.0, it adds another compelling component to its product mix." Adds Canto's CEO Jennifer Neumann, "Clearly both Canto and Idée are thrilled to have won this highly coveted award. It affirms that Cumulus 5 continues to be a strong, highly valued product and that Canto always works hard to bring the best technologies and products to our customers." Likewise Idée's CEO Leila Boujnane states, "Idée has been successful at providing a seamless solution for visual search within Cumulus 5. We are excited to be working with Canto as a partner; in addition we are pleased that our innovative approaches and hard work have been recognized by the editors of Seybold Publications."

Price and Availability
The Espion Visual Search Option will be available for both the Workgroup and Enterprise Editions of Cumulus 5. It will be available by year–end for Mac OS X, Solaris, Linux, and Windows platforms, and users will be able to purchase a copy from Idée at http://ideeinc.com. A beta version will be available for download by October 31, 2001 at http://ideeinc.com

For more information on all Idée products and services email info@ideeinc.com.

The Cumulus Workgroup and Enterprise Editions are available for Windows, Linux, Solaris, IRIX, and Mac OS X.

For more information on all Cumulus products and services and to download demo versions go to: http://www.canto.com.

About Idée

Idée Inc. develops advanced image identification and visual search software. Read more...