The prestigious Responsa Project goes online with C.D.I. Systems' NetIS™ technology

April 10 2006, JERUSALEM---Bar Ilan University Research & Development Company - the technology transfer company of Bar Ilan University - and C.D.I. Systems, the developer of NetIS™ - an innovative online publishing platform - announced recently the signing of an agreement to deploy the company's technology on the Responsa Project - the Global Jewish Database. This collection of textual resources is the foundation of the Jewish people, its tradition, and religious legacy. The unparalleled database includes the full text of the Bible and its principal commentaries, the Babylonian Talmud and the Jerusalem Talmud the Mishneh Torah of Maimonides, Shulchan Aruch with commentaries, Midrashim, 391 books of responsa, and the Talmudic Encyclopedia, representing a period of over three thousand years of Jewish literary creativity.

The database is a superb tool for scholars, researchers, academic and religious institutes, rabbis, judges, lawyers, teachers, and students.

Mr. Gaby Kenan, Bar Ilan R&D Company CEO says: "The Responsa project is widely recognized as the leading database of its kind. We at the Bar Ilan R&D Company, after a thorough assessment, identified its commercial potential, and decided to embrace it and extend our range of projects. We found C.D.I. Systems the natural partner for this venture, recognizing their superb technology and impressive record in the online publishing business."

The Responsa project's Director says: "We had serious considerations before making the decision to take the Responsa project online. Investing in an Internet product while our loyal customers have been using CD did not make it easy. C.D.I. Systems' solution and experience helped us in removing these fears and make this strategic move."

Mr. Itzhak Levit, CEO: "We are delighted that The Bar Ilan R&D Company decided to put this leading and highly important database on the Internet. We are honored to have this prestigious organization join our customer base, and are confident that a successful completion of the project will have a significant effect on scholars, researchers, institutions, and individuals worldwide."

About the Responsa Project

The Project is one of Bar-Ilan University's most impressive achievements. The Project was initiated when the computer was in its early stages. Today, after four decades of work invested in the development of algorithms and digitizing and editing texts, the Project has become an invaluable treasure, accessible to all, and useful to beginners and experts alike. The Global Jewish Database has become an indispensable tool for every student of Halachah - for lawyers, judges, scholars and laymen.

About C.D.I. Systems

Founded in 1992, C.D.I. Systems is a privately owned software house, headquartered in Israel. The Company's online publishing solutions have been deployed throughout the world as part of interactive legal productions on CD-ROM, dynamic professional databases (on-line and handheld), newspapers, phone directories, electoral registries and encyclopedias. C.D.I. Systems is the leading e-publisher of legal content in Israel and is a principal technology provider to the legal market in Germany, with a multitude of applications and customers, and including high profile applications such as the Dun and Bradstreet - Market analyzer, IDC Israel - Pay per view site, and Globes archive - Israel leading business newspaper.

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