Beyond.com Updates Proprietary Voice-Assisted Digital Download Technology; New Holiday Voice Guides Users Through the Download Process.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 23, 1999 In keeping with the festive season, Internet software superstore Beyond.com(TM) (Nasdaq:BYND) has added holiday cheer and best wishes in the new Millennium to the latest version of its proprietary digital download  The perspective and/or examples in this article do not represent a world-wide view. Please [ edit] this page to improve its geographical balance. technology.Customers purchasing downloadable software for themselves, or as gifts, will hear a merry voice greet them and guide them through the download process. Beyond.com is the only e-commerce site to offer this voice-assisted feature. As the first online software superstore, Beyond.com is a pioneer and leader in digital download technology. The latest version of the company's proprietary technology -- Digital Download Pro -- includes innovative features that make digital downloading easier and more reliable than ever:
-- VoiceAlert(TM) voice-assisted messages that offer customers
reassurance and guidance through the download process. The latest
version of Digital Download Pro also offers a holiday message.
-- Software icons that appear directly on the user's desktop so that
the downloaded software is easy to find.
-- Recovery features that allow customers to continue their digital
download where they left off, even if their computer has crashed
and/or they have lost their Internet connection.
-- Pause and resume features that allow customers to start and stop
the digital download while in process.
The updated technology also now automatically recognizes proxies. Previously, customers using automatic proxy servers had to read directions on how to reset their computer's proxy settings in order to download software. Now, the technology automatically resolves this issue for most customers using Netscape Explorer 4.0 or greater and 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 or greater. "Over the last several months, we have tested the digital download process in Beyond.com usability labs and found solutions to the most pressing customer concerns," said Mark Breier, president and chief executive officer of Beyond.com. "These enhancements to our digital download technology help guide and reassure customers through the download process. "A growing number of our customers prefer downloading their software because it is a cheaper, faster and more convenient way to buy software," Breier said. "Downloaded products are immediately available for use and with Christmas just around the corner, users can avoid paying exorbitant last minute shipping fees. Procrastinators can send digitally downloadable software gifts to their loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl that can be delivered in minutes." Beyond.com has completed more than 1.2 million digital downloads to its consumer audience alone, making the company the world retail leader in digital download. In the third quarter of 1999, more than half of the company's revenues were derived from digitally downloadable products. "Lots of companies download free browsers, plug-ins and music, but Beyond.com stands out as the world champ World Champ is a boxing game created by Visco for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was first released in Japan under the name Great Boxing: Rush Up, and was later published in the US by Romstar. The gameplay is very similar to Ring King, another NES boxing game. in commercial digital download," Breier said. "Selling downloadable products is far more difficult than downloading them for free due to the challenges of creating a simple customer download interface, real-time credit card processing, fraud screening, license management and technical customer support. Beyond.com has mastered these challenges." To celebrate the announcement, Beyond.com is offering a free copy of a holiday screensaver. Users can hear the holiday download voice and experience the new digital download technology through the free offer at http://www.beyond.com/PKSN105832/prod.htm. It is one of the many downloadable products featured in the Beyond.com Software Download Center at http://www.beyond.com/departments/download.htm. About Beyond.com Beyond.com provides commercial, off-the-shelf software and related products and services to the government, enterprise, corporate and consumer markets. Visitors to the company's online store http://www.beyond.com enjoy an expansive selection of software backed by customer service and competitive pricing. Beyond.com offers more than 1.6 million software and other digital products, including software stock-keeping units (SKUs) for online purchase from such major publishers as Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: /əˈdoʊbiː/) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. Inc., IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Corp., Lotus Development Corp., Microsoft Corp., Network Associates Inc., Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. Inc. and Symantec Corp; hardware; computing devices; and digital images in different file formats, including jpeg, gif and mpf through a strategic marketing alliance with IMSI IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identity IMSI International Microcomputer Software, Inc. IMSI International Mobile Station Identity (now International Mobile Subscriber Identity) IMSI Idaho Maximum Security Institution . The company has established strategic marketing alliances with America Online See AOL. Inc., CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. Inc., Compaq Computer Corp., Excite@Home, Road Runner/ServiceCo, Yahoo! Inc. and ZDNet. Additionally, Beyond.com offers e-commerce solutions such as site design and construction, site operation, including transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. , physical and electronic order fulfillment Order fulfillment (in BE also: order fulfilment) is in the most general sense the complete process from point of sales inquiry to delivery of a product to the customer. Sometimes Order fulfillment , customer support, marketing, and merchandising support and reporting to software publishers, hardware manufacturers and systems OEMs. Customers include Autodesk, Executive Software Inc., McAfee.com Inc., Symantec Corp., Systran Software Inc. Palm Computing, Compaq Computer and HP Shopping Village (a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard). The company has applied for federal registration of the marks BEYOND.COM and BEYOND DOT COM dot com - com . Beyond.com Corporation trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol (BYND). More information on the company can be found in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Statement Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These include statements relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc expectations about Beyond.com's Digital Download Pro 3.5. Such statements are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, the availability of Internet access, competitive response, and a downturn in the software reseller industry. Beyond.com's business is subject to risks including reductions in or cancellations of customer orders, changes in relationships with software suppliers, changes in relationships with strategic partners, changes in the product mix sold by the company, competition from other online software resellers or publishers, inability to raise sufficient capital on satisfactory terms, or at all, and other factors described in the company's filings with the SEC. Beyond.com news and product/service information is available at the company's World Wide Web site located at http://www.beyond.com. |
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