3Path Launches Beta Test of 3Path Priority Communication Network At Upside Events' Showcase 2001; Announces Support for Lotus' Sametime Instant Messaging Software.Business/Technology Editors LA QUINTA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2001 At Upside Events' Showcase 2001 conference today, 3Path, Inc. announced it has begun beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the its 3Path priority communication network. 3Path also announced its support for Lotus' Sametime instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or software. The company will be demonstrating 3Path at Showcase, Jan. 22-24, in La Quinta, Calif. near Palm Springs, at demonstrator station #20. The 3Path Internet service enables business users to deliver any size document or content to their customers' desktops in a branded folder. Supplementing investments in email and extranets, 3Path provides business users a "third path" to their most important customers, partners or friends. "3Path lets companies establish a private, branded priority channel for critical message delivery, right to users' desktops," said Robert Mahowald, research director, collaborative computing, IDC. "Its product appears to be a natural partner to CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. , knowledge management, groupware, sales automation Sales Automation - Sales Force Automation , and IT delivery." The company is now beta testing with twenty "charter" customers in the professional and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. sector. With its non-intrusive, patent pending delivery technology, 3Path tracks and automatically organizes all delivered documents and files on the recipients' desktop, important benefits for these professional service sectors. "The commencement of our beta pilot program for premier research and financial advisory firms is an exciting milestone for 3Path," said Scott Moody, vice president of business development. "We look forward to providing customers with the most robust and hands-free priority file exchange solution available in the market." Interested users within those markets are invited to visit 3Path's web site, www.3path.com, to register to participate in the beta test A test of new or revised hardware or software that is performed by users at their facilities under normal operating conditions. Beta testing follows alpha testing. Vendors of packaged software often offer their customers the opportunity of beta testing new releases or versions, and the . The company will begin broader commercially available test marketing in second quarter 2001. Separately, the company announced its support for Lotus Development Corp.'s Sametime instant messaging software designed for business use. 3Path will incorporate Sametime technology in order to enable customers to move from documents into real-time conversations. For example, with permission, a customer might move from an analyst report to a live chat with the analyst. "Integration with Sametime, the leader in real-time collaboration for business, not only meets a strong demand from our customers, but also is a key first step in establishing 3Path as a platform." said Arthur Gehring, director of product and online marketing for 3Path. The company demonstrated to professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. and Lotus Business Partners last week during the Lotusphere trade show and conference in Orlando, Fla. About 3Path www.3Path.com 3Path was founded in 1999 by the BRM BRM biologic response modifier. BRM Biological response modifier, see there Group. The founders envisioned a priority, permission-based, straightforward, and fully outsourced peer-to-peer content delivery service for all digital content. This service, aimed at individuals and businesses, will enable time-sensitive exchange of information resulting in cycle time reduction. Global trends, such as larger digital content (presentations, graphics, video, photography, music), uneven bandwidth availability, security needs, and pervasive communications, indicate a large market opportunity for the 3Path service. Lotus and Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. are registered trademarks and Sametime is a trademark of Lotus Development Corporation (company) Lotus Development Corporation - A software company who produced Lotus 1-2-3, the Symphony spreadsheet and Lotus Notes for the IBM PC. Disliked by the League for Programming Freedom on account of their lawsuits. Quarterly sales $224M, profits $10M (Aug 1994). . All other trademarks are owned by their respective companies. |
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