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CenterBeam Adds Punch WebGroups to Its Small Business Service Offerings; Service to Debut in Project Management Category of CenterBeam MarketPlace.


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SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 2000

Punch Networks, a leading provider of outsourced file storage and collaboration services, announced that CenterBeam will offer a co-branded version of Punch's Web-based file storage and collaboration service, Punch WebGroups, to its small and mid-sized business customers.

The service is available as CenterBeam WebGroups in the Project Management category of MarketPlace on www.centerbeam.com.

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"Punch Networks' Web file storage and collaboration service provides a terrific addition to our MarketPlace(TM) program by allowing our customers to share files and resources to work more efficiently," said Jeremy Kmet, strategic relations partner program manager at CenterBeam. "By providing an architected environment to our customers to make the Internet work for them, we are enabling Punch to focus on making the Internet perform optimally for their customers."

Punch WebGroups is a secure file storage and collaboration service, which includes version tracking, audit trails, access controls and change notification. The service gives users anytime, anywhere access to their personal and shared files. Importantly, WebGroups' patented technology automatically notifies users when files change or are updated, then sends only the changes between file versions, rather than the whole file, ensuring the fastest possible uploads and downloads. Small and medium sized businesses currently use WebGroups as a virtual private network for file collaboration with employees, partners and customers, as well as for backup and offsite data storage needs.

"CenterBeam is fulfilling an area of the market that has long been under-served by technology and service firms," said Dan Campi Campi may refer to: People
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, 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 Punch. "Their corporate philosophy matches ours -- to deliver software and services to companies that need big company IT functionality but don't have the internal resources or the budget. Our partnership with CenterBeam will help us extend our reach to small and medium-sized companies."

About Punch Networks Corporation

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 in 1995, Punch Networks develops software and services that help people effectively manage changing digital information. The company's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Punch WebGroups, lets anyone securely store, share and automatically update their files with just a Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . Punch Networks offers the Punch WebGroups service from its own site as well as co-branded versions of the service from more than a dozen vertical portal A Web site that provides news, articles and services to a particular industry such as IT, finance and retail. It is the industry-specific equivalent of the general-purpose portal on the Web. Also called a "vortal." See portal, corporate portal, business intelligence portal and Web hub.  sites, including, building and construction (e-architect.com, plandepot.com), education (powerstudents.com, pureadvice.com), legal (casecentral.com, e-attorney, justicelink.com, serengetUS.com), business research (intellifact.com), small business services (workz.com), and mechanical engineering (alibre.com).It also offers the service direct to companies as a hosted service or as a product for intranet and extranet use. More information is available from www.punchnetworks.com, via email info@punchnetworks.com, or phone 206/343-7661.

About CenterBeam, Inc.

CenterBeam, Inc. is building the Business Internet Infrastructure for small and medium-sized businesses. CenterBeam provides a total managed IT infrastructure that includes superior technology and services. By removing the burden of managing and supporting information technology, CenterBeam enables its customers to focus on growing their businesses. The privately held company's investors include Dell, Intel, Microsoft, CrossPoint Venture Partners, Accel Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Impact Venture Partners, Tangent tangent, in mathematics.

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, Calif., CenterBeam can be reached at 408/844-0900. Information on the company is available at www.CenterBeam.com.
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