Brock International enhances TakeControl Software capabilities to tap the power of the Internet.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 1996--Brock International, Inc., (NASDAQ/NMS:BROC) the worldwide leader in providing enterprise-wide sales, marketing, and customer service automation software, has announced the latest release of its popular TakeControl(TM) software package. The enhancements include a variety of new features to allow customers to take full advantage of the World Wide Web. Customers can now capture sales leads from a web page, validate them to prevent duplicate requests and pass the information through a secure firewall to qualify the lead and automatically create fulfillment packages for individual or group responses. The new software also includes an upgrade to TakeControl Intelligent OpenSync(TM) data synchronization Keeping data in two or more computers up-to-date so that each repository contains the identical information. Data in handheld devices and laptops often require synchronization with the data in a desktop machine or server. capabilities adding Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. (TM) to its current portfolio of communication platforms. This enables customers to take advantage of existing topologies and to incorporate data from other systems into the TakeControl database. Intelligent OpenSync makes it possible for customers to distribute key business information that would not normally be available to remote personnel. For example, a major agricultural products group makes customer order and inventory data available for combination with their sales data. This integration gives Brock's customers a strategic advantage over their competitors who do not have a complete customer profile at their fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. . Other features of the release, planned for general availability in October, include enhancements to the Customer Support module and increased support for international installations. Because of the integration of the Brock brock n. Chiefly British A badger. [Middle English brok, from Old English broc, of Celtic origin.] TakeControl software and alliances with strategic partners, installations are more timely and customers see immediate benefits from the automation. "Those enterprises which incorporate the Internet into their business sooner will have a strategic advantage over those who don't. TakeControl's latest release helps our customers extend their reach through the Internet and supplies the tools they need to be successful globally. We see the Internet as a key component to conducting business in the future," says Richard Brock, 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. . Brock International, headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., is a global supplier of enterprise sales, marketing, and customer service automation software. Brock provides professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. and a fundamental understanding of the business processes that are required for successful customer interaction. Brock's global position includes market presence in 26 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Pacific Rim Pacific Rim, term used to describe the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean and the island countries situated in it. In the post–World War II era, the Pacific Rim has become an increasingly important and interconnected economic region. and Africa. For more information, contact Brock at 800-221-0775 or 770-431-1200 or via their World Wide Web site at http://www.broc.com. CONTACT: Duffey Communications Mary Lee
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