New Connectors Added for Thunderstone Search Appliances

Push Updated Data Into Appliances, Enable Real-Time Searching

CLEVELAND, OH - April 21, 2008 - Thunderstone Software LLC (http://www.thunderstone.com), a long-time industry R&D leader in providing extremely robust search solutions for businesses, NGOs, governments and educational institutions, has announced the availability of new Thunderstone Search Appliance Connectors.

Developed in partnership with Persistent Systems (http://www.persistentsys.com/con_ptp.html,) the Connectors make it easy for Thunderstone's Search Appliance customers to create search-based applications across a broad array of enterprise content.

Connectors are now available for the following repositories:

Microsoft SharePoint 2003, 2007
EMC Documentum Content Server
EMC Documentum eRoom
IBM Lotus Notes/Domino 5.x, 6.x, 7.x
IBM Websphere Portal 6.0 WCM
IBM Websphere Portal 6.0 DM
BEA Weblogic Portal 10.0
Hummingbird Document Manager 5.1
SAP KM Portal
Interwoven WorkSite

The Thunderstone Search Appliance provides a “plug-and-play” search solution that can handle more than 1,000 queries per minute. It delivers tremendous value without adding costly administrative overhead. Whether configured as the Small Business Edition or the Enterprise Edition, a Thunderstone Search Appliance offers an attractive choice of perpetual licensing options and underlying functionality simply unmatched by any competitor in the marketplace.

About Persistent Systems
Persistent Systems (http://www.persistentsys.com/,) is a leader in Outsourced Product Development (OPD) and product integration services. Over 17 years Persistent has established an impeccable delivery track record with more than 170 global software companies. Persistent's Enterprise Content Search-enabling (ECSC) framework enables Enterprise Search, eDiscovery and other Enterprise 2.0 content collaboration tools to integrate with a variety of Enterprise Content Systems.

About Thunderstone
Thunderstone Software LLC (http://www.thunderstone.com) pioneered simultaneous searching of both structured and unstructured data with the Texis relational database optimized for full-text search. Since 1981 Thunderstone has continued to develop its global reputation as provider of the world's most powerful, scalable and flexible enterprise search solutions.

Sales contact: Fred Harmon

+1 216 820 2200 ext.105

Media contact: Peter Thusat

+1 216 820 2200 ext.118