BackWeb Launches First Client for Microsoft Outlook, Upgrades Client for Internet Explorer 4.0; New Clients Merge Infocenter Content into Central Knowledge Reservoirs.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 14, 1998--BackWeb Technologies, the leader in knowledge distribution solutions, today announced two new client interfaces that empower the company's enterprise customers to distribute content and view BackWeb channels in Microsoft Outlook For the e-mail and news client bundled with certain versions of Microsoft Windows, see . Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook or Internet Explorer Microsoft's Web browser, which comes with Windows starting with Windows 98. Commonly called "IE," versions for Mac and Unix are also available. Internet Explorer is the most widely used Web browser on the market. It has also been the browser engine in AOL's Internet access software. 4.0 browser. Enterprises using the new BackWeb Infocenter for Microsoft Outlook or the new BackWeb for Microsoft Internet Explorer See Internet Explorer. can leverage their existing infrastructure and their employees' familiarity with these Microsoft products to immediately begin seeing the benefits of BackWeb's knowledge distribution. "These new clients achieve two key goals for BackWeb," said Eli Barkat, BackWeb's chief executive officer. "First, we're providing our enterprise customers with added flexibility to design knowledge distribution systems that best achieve their unique enterprise objectives and second, we're providing our enterprise customers a roadmap to converging con·verge v. con·verged, con·verg·ing, con·verg·es v.intr. 1. a. To tend toward or approach an intersecting point: lines that converge. b. their enterprise knowledge into a single interface." "Organizations want the ability to combine their enterprise knowledge into virtual knowledge centers/maps. Since employees today 'live' in their Email and browser, BackWeb is providing a logical first step toward that convergence," said Stan Lepeak, vice president AIMS, META Group. The two new clients further BackWeb's multifaceted mul·ti·fac·et·ed adj. Having many facets or aspects. See Synonyms at versatile. Adj. 1. multifaceted - having many aspects; "a many-sided subject"; "a multifaceted undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the multifarious relationship with Microsoft, leveraging the familiar functionality and commands of Outlook and Internet Explorer and taking advantage of established employee work patterns to speed enterprise adoption and employee comfort with BackWeb. "By integrating BackWeb content directly into Outlook, users can view and manage channel content that is delivered to them by the BackWeb server alongside their Outlook e-mail, schedule, contacts and task information," said Judy Lew, Product Manager at Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, . "Enterprise users can truly benefit from the addition of BackWeb's knowledge management capabilities to the comprehensive messaging and collaboration functionality of Outlook." The latest version of BackWeb for Internet Explorer 4.0 gives enterprise customers the added functionality of the BackWeb Infocenter. Enterprises using BackWeb for Microsoft Internet Explorer or the BackWeb Infocenter for Microsoft Outlook can reduce the number of active applications on the desktop and make it easy to access BackWeb information while checking email, or browsing the Internet. Enterprise employees and business partners can subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; channels using simple drag and drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. methods and receive BackWeb information in the same content views as the traditional BackWeb Infocenter Client, including flashes, tickers, newstitles and screensavers. Also consistent with the functionality of the traditional BackWeb Infocenter Client, users can effortlessly ef·fort·less adj. Calling for, requiring, or showing little or no effort. See Synonyms at easy. ef  fort·less·ly adv. receive alerts, filter, and search BackWeb
information while in Outlook or Internet Explorer.Pricing and Availability BackWeb for Microsoft Internet Explorer and the BackWeb Infocenter for Microsoft Outlook are available now in beta from BackWeb Technologies. Enterprises purchasing the BackWeb Infocenter will receive these new clients at no extra charge. About BackWeb Technologies BackWeb Technologies is the leading provider of comprehensive, automated Knowledge Distribution solutions for intranets, extranets and the Internet. BackWeb focuses on empowering enterprises by delivering knowledge enabling information in ways that will capture your attention. The results are increased speed of innovation, fully informed decision-making, and enhanced competitiveness. Corporations are currently using BackWeb's Knowledge Distribution solutions for critical areas such as sales and reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers. communications, human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , process management, software distribution, electronic commerce, business and competitive intelligence, customer service and retention. For more information visit BackWeb's web site at www.backweb.com or call 800/863-0100. Note to Editors: BackWeb and Polite Agent are trademarks of BackWeb Technologies. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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