Bridgecom Establishes New Service Level Offering to LeasePoint.com; Online Leasing Site Becomes First in Industry to Provide Unified Messaging.Business Editors MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 31, 2000 Bridgecom and LeasePoint.com today announced that Bridgecom is providing its unified messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. services to LeasePoint's online leasing services. This partnership creates a first-of-its-kind application for B-to-B automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. business platforms. LeasePoint provides businesses with multiple leasing options for a wide range of technology equipment, such as computers, servers, peripherals and software. During an applicant's leasing process, Bridgecom's unified messaging platform allows the applicant to attach a voice mail or fax file to the application. The lender and applicant can communicate more efficiently with each other to expedite ex·pe·dite tr.v. ex·pe·dit·ed, ex·pe·dit·ing, ex·pe·dites 1. To speed up the progress of; accelerate. 2. application processing. This integration speaks to Bridgecom and LeasePoint's core technology and opens up innumerable market opportunities for both companies. "We have established a new high-water mark high-water mark n. 1. Abbr. HWM A mark indicating the highest level reached by a body of water. 2. The highest point, as of achievement; the apex. in this e-business economy with the visionary application from LeasePoint," said Marc Keepman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bridgecom. "This will separate them from their competition and accelerate their growth. We're very pleased to be a part of that effort." "Bridgecom's unified messaging contributes to LeasePoint's overall goal of giving our customers a simpler way to lease," said Elen Bahr, Vice President of Marketing for LeasePoint. "Traditional leasing methods were slow and clumsy. Bridgecom's technology enhances our own platform by providing a means of faster communication between lease applicants and lending companies. With this partnership, LeasePoint becomes the only online leasing company to offer unified messaging." Unified messaging combines and simplifies voice, fax and e-mail messages in a single mailbox A simulated mailbox in the computer that holds e-mail messages. Mailboxes are stored on disk as a file of messages, a database of messages or as an individual file for each message. The standard mailboxes are usually In, Out, Trash and Junk (Spam). . Users can access and manage these messages at any time using any available wired or mobile phone, PC or web-enabled device. Based in Minneapolis, LeasePoint.com is rapidly emerging as an industry-leading Internet site for businesses seeking to lease technology equipment. LeasePoint.com matches these businesses with vendors and lenders to give businesses the best lease options available. LeasePoint does this with specially developed technology that removes obstacles of traditional leasing and makes the process fast and easy. The company's website is www.leasepoint.com. Bridgecom develops and markets carrier-grade unified messaging solutions serving the ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. , ASP asp, popular name for several species of viper, one of which, the European asp (Vipera aspis), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra (Naja haja). , CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) An organization offering local telephone service that is not one of the traditional telephone companies. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed competition to the incumbent telcos (ILECs), enabling new companies (CLECs) , wireless and education markets. Plymouth-based Bridgecom is a rapidly growing provider of unified messaging services, an explosive industry estimated to reach $31 billion by 2006. More information is available at www.bridgecom.com |
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