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Amicus Networks to build corporate intranet for Financial Service Corp.; Amicus Community Builder package to provide corporate information site.


AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 1996--Amicus Networks has been engaged by Financial Service Corporation (FSC FSC

See: Foreign Sales Corporation
), one of the nation's leading independent distributors of financial products and services, to design and develop a corporate Intranet.

An Intranet is an enterprise information system that uses the model of the World Wide Web to share internal information. Intranets are accessed by Web browsers The following is a list of web browsers. Historical
Historically important browsers
In order of release:
  • WorldWideWeb, February 26, 1991
  • Erwise, April 1992
  • ViolaWWW, May 1992, see Erwise
, and offer easy access and navigation with the potential for a richly interactive environment.

"FSC believes that investment in technology helps us provide the most efficient, cost-effective services possible," according to according to
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2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

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 Susan Wood Susan Wood was a New Zealand television presenter who hosted TV ONE's nightly news and current affairs show Close Up.

Wood began her career in journalism in 1979 as a print reporter for the Bay of Plenty Times before moving on to
, marketing manager for Business Edge, FSC's value-added services A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions.  unit. "We looked at several alternatives for developing our Web based Coming from a Web server. See Web application.  Intranet system, and determined that Amicus AMICUS Automated Management Information Civil Users System  Community Builder offered the most fully integrated, flexible, and adaptable a·dapt·a·ble  
adj.
Capable of adapting or of being adapted.



a·dapta·bil
 system available."

"We are excited about the opportunity to work with an industry leader like FSC," according to Dennis Passovoy, managing director of Amicus Networks. "Community Builder is ideally suited to building corporate Intranets, as well as other public and private Web-based information systems for a wide variety of organizations."

FSC is a publicly registered corporation, jointly owned by its management, employees, and affiliated professional financial advisors. FSC distributes financial products and services through its two major subsidiaries, FSC Securities Corporation and FSC Agency Inc. Since its founding in 1958, FSC has maintained a reputation for innovation, integrity, and service, supporting a network of financial advisors who meet the financial needs of clients around the world.

About Amicus Networks

Amicus Networks was founded in 1994 to provide World Wide Web-based Intranets and on-line communities. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Amicus is a privately held division of Amicus Communications L.P. Its first set of products, the Community Builder suite of applications, was introduced in 1995. This robust assortment of products, along with Amicus' Web site management and related network services, support the complex on-line needs of large enterprises, including corporations and associations.

The Community Builder suite of applications provides a rich, dynamic environment for open or restricted access and confidential communications CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS, evidence. Whatever is communicated professedly by a client to his counsel, solicitor, or attorney, is considered as a confidential communication.
     2.
. With Community Builder, an enterprise can bring crucial information about the organization and its products and services directly to on-line participants in a uniquely interactive way, building a sense of community both inside and outside the enterprise and allowing the organization to transform its communications with clients, prospects and employees.

Community Builder features several modules, which are available individually or as a comprehensive set of tools to rapidly develop interactive sites:

-- CommunityKEYS is a security system that allows Web screens to be accessible to authorized users authorized user Radiation physics A person who, having satisfied the applicable training and experience requirements, is granted authority to order radioactive material and accepts responsibility for its safe receipt, storage, use, transfer and disposal  only, assuring safe Web-based distribution of confidential information Noun 1. confidential information - an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"
steer, tip, wind, hint, lead
.

-- CommunityACT provides rich on-line communication features including public, private, moderated and listen-only, real-time chat; bulletin boards; email messaging; and member services.

-- TOOL BELT is a client-server publishing tool that enables non-technical personnel to easily create professional Web screens.

-- CommunityDB provides search and database tools for management of community information.

-- CommunitySTATS is a tracking system that provides detailed information about the movement of on-line participants through a Community Builder Web site. It allows an organization to track accesses on a screen-by-screen basis in order to determine which sections of a site are most appealing and most often used. CommunitySTATS also gathers information about participants that can be used to build on-line behavior profiles for individual users or groups of users.

The Community Builder framework can be customized to any organization, company, association or group of individuals seeking to establish an interactive on-line community. -0- Amicus Networks can be reached at: 9390 Research Blvd., Suite 2-110 Austin, TX 78759 512/ 418-8828 1-800-258-6638 Fax: 512/ 418-8829 info@amicus.com http://www.amicus.com

CONTACT: GTT GTT,
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 Communications Inc., Austin

Bill Stotesbery, 512/219-6339

stotesbery@gttcom.com

or

Amicus Networks, Austin

Scot Barenblat, 512/418-8828 ex. 33

scotb@amicus.com
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