AlphaCONNECT Releases BusinessVue Software For Internet Users; Powerful, Business Intelligence Product Released to Internet Market at No Charge to Customers.SANTA ANA Santa Ana, city, El Salvador Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 1998--AlphaCONNECT, a division of Alpha Microsystems Alpha Microsystems is a computer company founded in 1977 by Dick Wilcox and Bob Hitchcock. The first Alpha Micro computer was based upon the WD16 microprocessor chip from Western Digital. (Nasdaq NM: ALMI ALMI Application Level Multicast Infrastructure ALMI Automated Listing and Mapping Instrument (US Census Bureau) ), Wednesday announced that it has released its BusinessVue software product for the Internet business solutions market. The company announced that the award-winning product will be available for free download at www.businessvue.com. The product features business content from leading providers of Internet-based data including PC Quote (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :PQT PQT Paquet PQT Production Qualification Test PQT Product Qualification Test PQT Prototype Qualification Test PQT Product Qualification Team PQT Pre Qualification Tool PQT Preliminary/Professional Qualification Test PQT Petroleum Quality Technology ), Market Guide (Nasdaq: MARG MARG Mediterranean Amphibious Ready Group MARG Marine Amphibious Ready Group MARG Mountaineer Area Rescue Group (Morgantown, West Virginia) ), Zacks Investment Research Zacks Investment Research A firm that compiles earnings estimates and brokerage firm investment recommendations for thousands of publicly traded firms. , Edgar Online, Manning & Napier Information Services See Information Systems. , and others. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the announcement, after conducting extensive research, AlphaCONNECT decided that rather than charge its customers for its BusinessVue software, it would support the product via an advertising revenue model. According to Alpha Microsystems President and Chief Executive Officer Douglas Tullio, "AlphaCONNECT products represent best-of-breed solutions for Web-based business and financial information. BusinessVue continues to receive tremendous market acceptance and media attention. More importantly, however, the underlying technology in the product has garnered significant industry attention, providing the AlphaCONNECT division with additional opportunities within the IT and enterprise markets including our signed technology agreement with General Magic (Nasdaq: GMGC). Per that agreement, General Magic has incorporated AlphaCONNECT technology in GM's highly publicized pub·li·cize tr.v. pub·li·cized, pub·li·ciz·ing, pub·li·ciz·es To give publicity to. Adj. 1. publicized - made known; especially made widely known publicised Serengeti project. With the release of BusinessVue, we expect to gain even greater industry momentum." PC Quote President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Porter said: "We are very excited about the release of BusinessVue. In order to ensure broad distribution and usage of the product, we will be actively promoting BusinessVue to our user base via our Web site at www.pcquote.com. "We also hope to pursue additional possible revenue through PC Quote partners and customers who have expressed interest in the underlying AlphaCONNECT technology. I look forward to a prosperous relationship with the AlphaCONNECT group." About BusinessVue 2.0 BusinessVue is top-notch corporate intelligence software that turns the Internet into a personal research assistant. With its ability to work online, off-line or in the background, BusinessVue automatically delivers to the "connected" professional's desktop up-to-the-minute, online information regarding public and private companies including profiles, news and press announcements, SEC filings, UseNet forum postings, Web site updates, and much more. All content can be automatically exported into popular desktop applications such as Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. and Excel, Symantec's ACT!, as well as e-mail, fax and pager. BusinessVue is an invaluable tool for the busy professional who wants to make efficient and effective use of online information. BusinessVue 2.0 Features Include: -- Corporate profiles from Market Guide -- Ability to query the Manning & Napier Information Services DR-LINK database for access to thousands of news stories -- Link to Dun & Bradstreet for business-to-business credit information on companies worldwide -- Stock quotes and news articles from PC Quote -- Access to analyst recommendations with Zacks Investment Research -- SEC filings from Edgar Online -- Ability to automatically send important information to key contacts via e-mail, fax or pager -- Automatic exporting to leading business applications such as Excel and ACT! -- Automated monitoring of bookmarked Web sites Requirements for BusinessVue 2.0: -- Windows 95 or NT 4.0 and higher -- 486/66 Mhz or faster processor -- 8 MB of RAM (32 MB recommended) -- 10 MB of available hard drive space -- Internet dialer program (such as the one included with Windows 95 and NT) -- Network interface card (NIC (1) (Network Interface Card) See network adapter. See also InterNIC. (2) (New Internet Computer) An earlier Linux-based computer from The New Internet Computer Company (NICC), Palo Alto, CA. ) and direct connection to the Internet or modem connection (14.4 minimum; 28.8 or higher recommended) and dial-up Internet account AlphaCONNECT, a division of Santa Ana-based Alpha Microsystems, offers powerful foundation technologies for business intelligence software serving the Internet, intranet, corporate information technology, and software development markets. Both the company and its independent vendor partners use AlphaCONNECT to create award-winning business-to-business and consumer-based products. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.alphaconnect.com or call 888/785-3370. CONTACT: Alpha Microsystems, Santa Ana Denny Michael, 714/641-6373 dmichael@alphamicro.com |
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