August 26, 1998 Special Presentation

by Dimitri Rotow

Marketing Manager
Manifold Net, Ltd.

Manifold System 4
High End GIS and Network Analysis for Very Low Cost

SUMMARY

EIIP Tech Arena Online Presentation
Wednesday - August 26, 1998 - 12:00 Noon EDT

"Manifold System 4
High End GIS and Network Analysis
for
Very Low Cost"

Dimitri Rotow
Marketing Manager
Manifold Ltd.

EIIP Tech Arena Moderator: Amy Sebring

The August 28 special presentation in the Technical Arena featured "Manifold System 4: High End GIS and Network Analysis for Very Low Cost." Dimitri Rotow, Marketing Manager for Manifold Ltd. introduced Manifold System, a new type of mapping software. Dimitri used slides to illustrate the progression of four generations of mapping software (listed below) and how Manifold is a fourth generation software system with a myriad of features:

1. Software that uses computers to draw digital maps of a given area on demand.
2. Software that combines map-drawing capability and data base capability to create a Geographic Information System (GIS).
3. GIS software adds analytic capability, the ability to use the computer to "think through" complex relationships or mathematical tasks.
4. GIS software designed from inception to integrate analysis, database, and map drawing; created within modern Windows technology using the latest user interfaces.

DIMITRI ROTOW
(photo)

Marketing Manager
Manifold Net, Ltd.

At 43, Dimitri Rotow has spent over 20 years in the computer industry, focusing on hardware and software company startups. He sold his last company to Intel Corporation and joined Intel as a General Manager as a result. After a few years at Intel, Rotow helped the Manifold Net team create the predecessor products to Manifold System. Rotow now manages Technology Marketing Associates and serves as marketing counsel to Manifold Net Ltd. Originally trained in physics and economics, Rotow graduated from Harvard University and served briefly on the Princeton University faculty before succumbing to the lure of Silicon Valley in 1980. With years of experience in processor and systems architecture, he brings a unique perspective to modern software systems design.

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