CLEAR METHODS WINS AIR FORCE CONTRACT
FOR WEB-ENABLED INFORMATION SHARING

SBIR Phase I Project to be based on Water language

Cambridge, Mass., April 6, 2005– Clear Methods (www.clearmethods.com), a leader in advanced Web services and XML software, has won a Phase 1 SBIR award for $100,000 from the US Air Force. The project, entitled Web-Enabled Information Sharing and Data Distribution, is for the development of net-centric methods and tools for distributing and sharing integrated time-sensitive information products.

Both military and business analysts have been forced to deal with an enormous amount of information that cannot be processed with traditional, conventional approaches requiring intensive human interaction for analysis and distribution. To address this problem, Clear Methods is developing net-centric methods and tools for rapidly handling information using the Water computer language.

“The Water language was designed for effortlessly processing XML-based information,” said Michael Plusch, CEO of Clear Methods. “Water’s built-in Web services capabilities, as well as its ability to create rapid software prototypes make it the ideal choice for information sharing and data distribution projects like this.”

The purpose of Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is to harness the innovative talents of the nation's small technology companies for U.S. military and economic strength. The program funds early-stage R&D projects, which serve a DoD need and have the potential for commercialization in private sector and military markets. The Phase I SBIR award is intended to establish project feasibility and leads to a Phase II SBIR project for full implementation.

About Clear Methods
Clear Methods provides enterprises and independent software vendors with an advanced Web services platform that dramatically speeds the creation of flexible business software. The Clear Methods Steam XML product is a pure Web services environment that enables the use of XML throughout the software lifecycle. Steam XML provides a compact, uniform, standards-based commercial product set for the open Water language.

Founded in 2001, Clear Methods is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Customers include Teledyne Brown Engineering, General Dynamics, MIT, Pratt and Whitney, Northrop Grumman, MITRE, and USAF ESC. Steam XML applications include simplified XML Web services, system and network modeling and simulation, and rapid prototyping.