Astound Integrates NetManage's SupportNow SDK Collaboration Technology Into Conferencing Products.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 29, 2000 NetManage Inc. (Nasdaq:NETM), a leading supplier of eBusiness access and application integration solutions, today announced that Astound a·stound tr.v. a·stound·ed, a·stound·ing, a·stounds To astonish and bewilder. See Synonyms at surprise. [From Middle English astoned, past participle of astonen, Incorporated (www.astound.com), the leading provider of online conferencing communication solutions, has chosen NetManage's SupportNow(TM) SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). , as their collaboration foundation for their online conferencing products. Astound will use SupportNow(TM) SDK to allow its customers to collaborate on documents in real-time over the web. A completely integrated conferencing and collaboration service, Astound Conference Center (ACC See adaptive cruise control. ) combines live conferencing, group collaboration See collaborative software. , and on-demand information access in one easy-to-use service. Requiring only a Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. , ACC is the ideal way for businesses to conduct live interactive meetings, collaborate on documents, and deliver high impact presentations, demonstrations and training via the web to audiences of one to five thousand. In building its conferencing products, Astound required technology that would seamlessly integrate into their existing solutions, while giving Astound's customers another powerful tool to increase productivity, and discovered the NetManage's SupportNow SDK solution. "It dramatically reduced our time to market" said Don Hellyer, Astound's Director of Product Development "We looked at other support tools, but were sold by SupportNow's scalable architecture, performance, and the fact NetManage offered a Java-based client" he added. "Astound is revolutionizing the way conferences are being conducted, and we are pleased that SupportNow SDK is the collaboration technology that is helping them do that," said Zvi Alon, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of NetManage. "Since SupportNow SDK is integrated into the Astound products, users are able to take advantage of SupportNow(TM) SDK's collaboration tools A collaboration tool is something that helps people collaborate. The term is often used to mean collaborative software, but collaboration tools were being used before computers existed, a piece of paper can for example can be used as collaboration tool. seamlessly." Pricing for SupportNow SDK is based on a revenue-share model. About NetManage Inc. Founded in 1990, NetManage, Inc. (Nasdaq:NETM), provides enterprise organizations with practical and easy solutions for enabling their eBusiness initiatives while leveraging their existing information infrastructure. Award-winning NetManage products and service offerings include a comprehensive portfolio of applications integration software, host access software, centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. management, and real-time support solutions that transform corporate information assets into powerful eBusiness solutions. NetManage sells and services products worldwide through its direct sales force, international subsidiaries and authorized channel partners. For more information, visit www.netmanage.com or send e-mail to et-sales@netmanage.com, or call 408/342-7765 (Pacific Time). NetManage, the NetManage logo, the lizard-in-the-box logo, eN2000, ViewNow, SupportNow and Simware are either trademarks or registered trademarks of NetManage, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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