Captaris Announces Pricing and Availability of Mobile Wireless Product Line.Business Editors/Technology Writers KIRKLAND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 2001 Beta Testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the in 36 Countries Confirms Infinite Mobile Delivery Server Provides Useful Access to Data and Messaging Captaris, Inc., (Nasdaq: CAPA CAPA California Alternate Performance Assessment CAPA Captaris, Inc (stock symbol) CAPA Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants CAPA Creative and Performing Arts (school) ), a leading provider of unified communications The real time redirection of a voice, text or e-mail message to the device closest to the intended recipient at any given time. For example, voice calls to desk phones could be routed to the user's cellphone when required. and mobile business solutions, today announced availability of Infinite Mobile Delivery Server, which provides secure access to business data and applications as well as messaging and calendar functions from a variety of wireless devices. "Our release of the Infinite server is on schedule and has been met by true excitement from industry opinion leaders and beta testers," said David Anastasi, 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. of Captaris. "The enthusiastic reaction confirms user needs identified by our market research." Infinite Mobile Delivery Server, recently awarded "Best of Show" at Networld+Interop in the Network Applications Software category, extends the corporate desktop by making traditional applications and information accessible to mobile professionals via wireless, Internet-enabled mobile phones and devices. The product is available now on a per seat basis. Pricing for the base Infinite server and the Infinite Connector for Microsoft Exchange Messaging and groupware software for Windows from Microsoft. Exchange Server is an Internet-compliant e-mail system that runs under Windows NT/2000 and Windows Server 2003. It can be accessed by Web browsers, the Exchange client, versions of Outlook and the earlier Windows Inbox. is approximately $95 per seat for organizations with 100 users. Infinite Mobile Delivery Server was successfully beta tested in 36 countries on six continents Six Continents is a large retail PLC in UK which split into Six Continents Retail known as Mitchells and Butlers plc. The hotels and soft drinks business of Six Continents PLC is now known as InterContinental Hotels Group PLC. . Dean Maire, vice president of strategy and business development at Imagecom, a Vector ESP (1) (Enhanced Service Provider) An organization that adds value to basic telephone service by offering such features as call-forwarding, call-detailing and protocol conversion. company, said testing of the Infinite server created "a buzz around the office unlike other products we've tested." The company is a top Captaris sales partner. Imagecom implemented mobile access to email and its customer database within one day. "The implications for customer use are enormous," said Maire. "It opens the door for new solutions to meet today's information delivery needs that traditional infrastructures don't provide." Maire pointed to a function available via Infinite as a favorite among his team: specifically, the ability to look-up a contact within the database, obtain the phone number and then simply click the number for automatic dialing. "After seeing the capabilities of Infinite within our organization," Maire commented, "some employees who didn't previously own Internet-enabled phones are looking into purchasing them." Need for remote connectivity is also recognized by David Klein David Klein may refer to:
Computer Telephony - Computer Telephone Integration solutions in Torrance, Calif. "More than ever, customers demand real-time or immediate response from the companies they do business with," he explained. From Instant InfoSystems' beta testing experience, Klein listed ease of configuration as a top feature of the Infinite server. He has already seen anticipation from some of Instant InfoSystems' Fortune 1000 customers. "Infinite offers the type of technology critical to our clients," he commented. "The server can be configured to suit a company's database architecture without requiring C++ or Visual Basic development." Infinite Mobile Delivery Server provides the following functionality: -- Extends the reach of corporate email and groupware systems, allowing users to access email, voicemail, faxes, personal calendars, task lists and contact databases from Internet-enabled mobile phones and wireless PDAs (personal digital assistants). -- Extends the range of valuable databases and productivity tools by wirelessly enabling mission critical applications including CRM (customer relationship management), ERP (enterprise resource planning) and others. -- Incorporates a voice component which, in addition to reading and responding to email messages in text, allows users to listen to email messages using text-to-speech conversion and respond to email messages with a voice message. About Captaris, Inc. Captaris (formerly AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. Corporation) is a leading provider of unified communications and mobile business solutions that allow companies to improve business communications with customers, partners and employees. The company provides access to and control of critical business information from almost any communications device Typically refers to a terminal used to send voice, video or text. Mobile phones, wireless PDAs and personal computers equipped with microphones, speakers and cameras are all considered communications devices. See modem. and enhances communications workflow by improving the way in which company stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. exchange information. Captaris specializes in developing and marketing CallXpress 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. , RightFax fax and communications servers, MediaLinq electronic document delivery services and Infinite Mobile Delivery product lines. Captaris has more than 75,000 systems installed and over one million users worldwide, with 80 percent of Fortune 100 companies using the company's award winning products and services. Founded in 1982, Captaris is publicly traded under the symbol "CAPA" on the Nasdaq National Market. Captaris maintains a site on the World Wide Web at www.captaris.com. |
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