Native XML Database Developer and Vendor X-Hive Corporation Expands Its Partner Network

Native XML database vendor X-Hive Corporation has signed partnership agreements with 13 new partners since the start of this year. One of the new partners is Isogen, a division of Innodata (NASDAQ:INOD).

ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS -- June 5, 2002 - X-Hive Corporation, leading innovator in XML database technology, announced that it has acquired new partners. The latest additions to the partner network are ISOGEN International (USA, a division of Innodata Corporation, NASDAQ: INOD), Solcara (UK), Total Business Integration (UK) and xoteric (USA).

Charlie ORourke, Sales and Marketing Director of Solcara, says: Our partnership with X-Hive is a key element of Solcaras commitment to provide advanced information management and knowledge sharing solutions to our expanding customer base. Following an extensive look at XML software vendors we selected X-Hive for its capability to store XML documents in their native form, and its focus on high volume XML data storage and advanced search and retrieval capabilities."

Michelle Ingram, CEO of xoteric, noted: "For our content management system, we were looking to integrate a native XML database that used and supported open standards, had the ability to interface with existing relational databases, was easy to integrate, and had the potential to grow with the needs of our clients. Based on all these requirements, we felt that X-Hive was a natural fit. X-Hive/DB is a feature-rich product that went above and beyond our expectations."

Earlier this year, X-Hive Corporation signed partnership agreements with Fivesight Technologies (USA), Comelio (Germany), Wireless in Motion (Ireland), Salience (Netherlands), Daidalos (Netherlands), Electric Dream Factory (Netherlands), Espalier Technologies (Switzerland), Index IT (Finland) and Raqoon (Iceland).

The XML database market is a global market and X-Hive/DB's quality is recognized worldwide. The partners expertise combined with our advanced XML database technology are a winning combination," says Jeroen van Rotterdam, CEO of X-Hive Corporation.

About X-Hive Corporation
X-Hive Corporation is a leading innovator in XML database technology. X-Hive's mission is to provide superior technology and expertise to software developers who require advanced XML data processing and storage functionality.

X-Hive's flagship product, X-Hive/DB, is a native XML database based upon open standards which has the ability to instantly locate and retrieve the smallest element within large quantities of data. This sets X-Hive/DB apart from the competition and makes it the ideal foundation for building mission critical applications and large volume XML data environments.

X-Hive Corporation is an active member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).