Creo Inc.: Six Degrees Software Now Available.Business Editors VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 13, 2002 Creo Inc. (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 :CREO)(TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :CRE CRE Commercial Real Estate CRE Corporate Real Estate CRE Commission for Racial Equality (Scotland) CRE CCD (Charge Coupled Device) and Readout Electronics CRE Camp Response Element ) released a free 30-day evaluation version of Six Degrees(TM) software today at www.creo.com/sixdegrees. This download trial of Six Degrees will give consumers the opportunity to test this new timefreeing technology(TM) before it becomes commercially available at the Macworld show in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. next month. Six Degrees software is an email-driven productivity tool. Email has become the prime business communication method and Six Degrees leverages the power of email and puts it to work for the user. It automatically connects and displays related email messages, files, and people on the desktop so that the user can quickly navigate through projects in a powerful new way. Six Degrees software is designed for anyone who has many files and emails and who wants to work more effectively on his or her desktop computer. This next generation application updates in real time, and users are not required to change the way they work or how they store their files to enjoy the benefits of the application. Creo launched Six Degrees software at Macworld San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden in January 2002, where its pre-beta version won a Best of Show Award. The development team conducted an extensive external beta-testing program that involved a cross-section of today's workforce, from freelancers to people working at large multi-national corporations. These beta-testers represented a variety of industries, working at organizations such as grueTech Studios, Fidelity Investments Fidelity Investments is a group of privately held companies in the financial services industry. It is made up by two independent but closely cooperating companies, Fidelity Management and Research Corporation (FMR Co. , Jackson Design, Chapin School, and Walmart.com. "Our beta-testers were amazing and they helped refine Six Degrees into a great application," said Mark Lemmons, director, Creative Software Group at Creo. "We developed Six Degrees to help people get back to work by spending less time getting organized, and more time being organized. Our beta team helped us determine which tools would keep this application very easy to use yet incredibly powerful." "Six Degrees has quickly become an indispensable part of my daily work-life," said Christopher Murphy
Christopher Philip Yorke Murphy (born 20 April 1947) is a British Conservative Party politician. , president, grueTech Studios. "I find myself constantly in awe of how I was ever able to navigate the 'spew' of information washing over me each day without Six Degrees." Six Degrees software operates on Mac(R) OS X with Microsoft Entourage For other uses, see Entourage. Microsoft Entourage is an e-mail client and personal information manager developed by Microsoft for Mac OS 8.5 and higher. Microsoft first released Entourage in October 2000 as part of the Microsoft Office 2001 office suite; Office 98, the previous (TM) X and on Windows(R) 2000 and XP with Microsoft(R) Outlook(R). It interacts with all desktop applications through an easy-to-use interface and never limits the user. The English version of Six Degrees software will be released at Macworld 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 in July 2002. Six Degrees will be available at www.creo.com/sixdegrees, through mail order, and through online reseller partners. The special introductory price is US$99. French, Italian, German and Spanish versions are scheduled for release later this year. About Creo Creo means "to create" in Latin and "believe" in Spanish. At Creo, we solve complex problems with simple solutions, and Six Degrees is part of this vision. Throughout our 15-year history, Creo has transformed industries and revolutionized the way people work. With 4100 employees worldwide, we deliver breakthrough technologies that challenge conventional thinking and spark new trends, from our roots in the graphics arts and prepress, right up to the computer desktop. Creo, a world leader in solutions for the graphic arts industry, trades under the symbols CREO on NASDAQ and CRE on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. . www.creo.com (C) 2002 Creo Inc. The Creo product names mentioned in this document are trademarks or service marks of Creo Inc. and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Other company and brand, product and service names are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Data is subject to change without notice. This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. These statements are based on management's current expectations and beliefs and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties are described under the caption "Information Regarding Forward-looking Statements" and elsewhere in our Annual Report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2001, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and which are incorporated herein by reference. We do not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release. |
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