CoreByte Announces Release of Browser-Based Email and Collaboration Software; With CoreByte Software, ISPs Can Generate Significant Amounts of Recurring Revenue.Business & High Tech Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2000 CoreByte, Inc., (www.corebyte.com) a web-based email Web-based email or webmail is a term referring to an e-mail service intended to be primarily accessed via a web browser, as opposed to through an application such as Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express, Mozilla's Thunderbird or Apple's Mail. and collaboration software See collaborative software. developer, today announced availability of its software. CoreByte's solution has significant value for both end-users and network service providers. For end-users, CoreByte provides a single interface by which all email and collaboration transactions take place from any Internet connection in the world. A business, no matter how large or small, can now streamline data and information management in this easy-to-use software, ultimately leading to a highly productive and efficient work environment. Network service providers, like ISPs, can customize and easily manage CoreByte accounts for its business customers. "In effect, service providers are managing its customers' corporate repositories and can therefore generate a significant increase in their revenue stream beyond simply charging for Internet connectivity," explained John Engstrom, president of CoreByte, Inc. THE PRODUCT CoreByte is browser-based e-mail, groupware Software that supports multiple users working on related tasks in local and remote networks. Also called "collaborative software," groupware is an evolving concept that is more than just multiuser software which allows access to the same data. and online communications software (communications, software) communications software - Application programs, operating system components, and probably firmware, forming part of a communication system. These different software components might be classified according to the functions within the Open Systems that is simple to use and administer. All the fully integrated features of CoreByte include e-mail, instant messenger AOL's instant messaging service. See AIM and instant messaging. , calendar, address book, 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. , links manager, file manager and import/export manager. CoreByte's built-in folder sharing allows users to easily manage and share data and information within work groups, their enterprise and across multiple domains and businesses. THE CUSTOMER CoreByte's communications and data management system is both powerful and inexpensive, thereby meeting the needs of the smallest business to the largest enterprise. The browser is the thinnest client available, thus end-users access their account from any Internet connection in the world. There are no downloads of software to the local PC, so that what is presented to the end user is never obsolete. This allows new features to be delivered to the end-user immediately. CoreByte is fully customizable at any level and the interface can be designed to suit the branding needs of a business and/or can support advertising in a branded online community. THE ARCHITECTURE As for the architecture, CoreByte is compatible with industry standard server, database, email, and directory components in addition to supporting XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. . From a single CoreByte website, an administrator can securely manage over 5,000 domains of over 5,000 users/domain in a highly distributed network. Furthermore, once a control website is up and running, domain activation can take place in less than 5 minutes. Complete automation can be implemented in large user communities. THE VALUE PROPOSITION A CoreByte cluster can be set up in less than a day and the company encourages a resale channel (ISPs, ASPs, OEMs, IT/web services agencies...) to host the cluster for their customers. An outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. host can provide an a-la-carte product/service offering (i.e. connectivity, data backup, data storage, customization, additional security) to their customers and generate a substantial amount of revenue for themselves. CoreByte's reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers. partners have quickly understood that each CoreByte account increases in value as customers add data and information to it. This is a clear value proposition at a time when outsourcers are dealing primarily in commodities. AVAILABILITY CoreByte software is available immediately. To obtain the software, visit the support section of the CoreByte website (www.corebyte.com). There you will receive installation, administration and user help instructions to guide you through the process. ABOUT COREBYTE CoreByte is a software development company that specializes in online email, messaging, groupware and communication software. CoreByte has its headquarters in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , N.Y. and operates as an independent subsidiary of Datapoint Corporation of San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. , Tex. For more information visit www.corebyte.com or contact directly by phone (212) 317-0111. 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