Bungo.com to Launch World's First Web-Based Corporate Efficiency Portal with an Integrated Suite of Productivity, Communication and Collaboration Tools.Business/Technology Editors PROVIDENCE, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 2000 New system to revolutionize workplace productivity and collaboration; combines Yahoo!-like usability and access with Lotus Notes-type functionality; At one-hundredth the cost of traditional software, use of such tools expected to expand beyond the executive suite onto the factory floor Following yesterday's announcement by Yahoo! (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : YHOO YHOO Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) ) that it is expanding its reach into the corporate portal An internal Web site (intranet) that provides proprietary, enterprise-wide information to company employees as well as access to selected public Web sites and vertical-market Web sites (suppliers, vendors, etc.). market, Bungo.com, a leading developer of Web-based virtual desktops, today made public its plan to offer a Corporate Efficiency Portal based on its virtual desktop technology. Bungo's Corporate Efficiency Portal, BungoPro(TM) revolves around an integrated suite of advanced communication, productivity and collaboration tools that help companies improve workplace efficiency. It will also offer Web content such as news and financial information. In contrast, the Yahoo! corporate portal is based primarily on Yahoo!'s content-focused consumer site. A version of Yahoo! for companies could in fact result in employees spending more non-productive time on the Web, instead of using the Web to improve efficiency and productivity. In contrast, the Bungo Corporate Efficiency Portal was designed specifically with the aim of improving workplace productivity, communication and collaboration. BungoPro(TM) will be officially unveiled next month. However, the product has been in development for two years, and the company has already entered agreements to deploy BungoPro(TM) at several Fortune 500 companies and leading Web sites. It expects BungoPro(TM) to be powering over five million workplace desktops by the end of the year. For a year, Bungo.com has been offering its advanced communication, organization and information sharing See data conferencing. tools to consumers over the Web with great success. In May, Forbes Magazine awarded Bungo its Best of the Web rating within the "Virtual Secretary" category. One-hundredth the cost and one hundred times easier Productivity and collaboration tools available today from giant software companies such as Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) Exchange and IBM's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : 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) ) 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. allow companies to offer their executives tools to communicate, organize and collaborate. However, these solutions, developed in the pre-Internet era, are cumbersome. They require expensive software, hardware, development and upgrades. They are difficult to operate and require many hours of on-going training and special "client" software. These tools are difficult to maintain and companies must have the technical staff and expertise to handle the "server" software. They are also very expensive and can cost up to $1,500 per employee per year. BungoPro(TM) offers similar functionality at a hundredth of the cost and with Web-based ease of use and accessibility. PC's and Internet access for every employee Recently, major companies including Ford Motor (NYSE: F), Delta Airlines (NYSE: DNT DNT Document & Network Technologies DNT Dinitrotoluene DNT Dynamic Network Technologies DNT Do Not Type DNT Dodonu Ni Taukei Party (Fiji political party) DNT Do Not Touch DNT Dialed Number Trigger DNT Do Not Translate ) and Intel (Nasdaq: INTC INTC Intel (NASDAQ symbol) INTC Intercept INTC Interrupt Controller ) announced plans to offer PC's and Internet access to all employees. This is a clear indication that more companies are re-directing technology efforts to focus on using the Internet to improve workplace efficiency and productivity, and not only among executive ranks, but throughout the enterprise. "Our mission is to provide every worker in America with a virtual workspace," said Sam Fahmy, Bungo.com's founder and Chief Executive Officer. "Both independent and internal studies indicate savings of over $1,000 per employee per month. For companies, this is a Web-powered turnaround-in-a-box," he said. About Bungo.com Bungo.com (www.bungo.com) is an Internet technology company that offers the world's leading information management and collaboration environment for individuals and organizations. The company's mission is to make information available to users anytime, anywhere and enable them to share that information and collaborate from any connected device, including wireless phones, PDA's, information appliances and personal computers. For end-users, Bungo.com offers a complete suite of communication, information management and file sharing tools that include e-mail, LiveMail(TM) messaging, file storage, calendar, address book, bookmark A stored location for quick retrieval at a later date. Web browsers provide bookmarks that contain the addresses (URLs) of favorite sites. Most electronic references, large text databases and help systems provide bookmarks that mark a location users want to revisit in the future. organizer and notepad The text editor that comes with Windows. It is a very elementary utility, but gets the job done most of the time. See text editor and WordPad. (text, tool) Notepad - The very basic text editor supplied with Microsoft Windows. . Bungo's advanced Instant Sharing technology lets users share any of their information with anyone on the Internet, and collaborate with others over the Web. For more information, contact Bungo.com at 401-461-8022 or visit the Web site at www.bungo.com. |
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