Dow Jones And U.S. Robotics Announce Distribution Agreement For Personal Journal.PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 1, 1996-- U.S. Robotics (U.S. Robotics, Inc., Schaumburg, IL, www.usr.com) A modem manufacturer highly regarded for its quality products. The company manufactures its own chipsets (data pumps) and often leads with innovations. Its HST protocol was a high-speed, reliable protocol before V. to Distribute Software for Online, Customizable Edition of The Wall Street Journal(R) With New Sportster Sportster may refer to several things, such as:
Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance Business Information Services See Information Systems. (BIS) and the Personal Communications Division of U.S. Robotics (USRX) today announced that Dow Jones' Personal Journal(R) software is now included on U.S. Robotics' Connections CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). provided with all Sportster fax modems. The Connections CD-ROM will provide customers who purchase Sportster modems with easy access to Personal Journal software. Personal Journal is a continuously updated, personalized electronic newspaper that provides a quick, concise read of the business news that matters most to busy professionals. Published in a familiar, newspaper-like format, Personal Journal provides access to articles and news briefs published in The Wall Street Journal(R) each day, plus wire stories, stock quotes, worldwide weather and sports. Subscribers can customize their personal news profile to track news on up to 25 companies or columns from The Wall Street Journal. Additionally the personal portfolio tracks quotes on up to 25 stocks and mutual funds. "Busy professionals need to stay in touch with business news and financial markets but have little time to spare," said James White James White is a name shared by a number of notable men: In the military
"The addition of the Personal Journal software to our Connections CD-ROM is another example of our commitment to provide Sportster owners with an easy-to-use, feature-rich tool to access the wealth of information available in the online world," noted Michael Seedman, vice president and general manager of the Personal Communications Division. This latest agreement with U.S. Robotics follows recent Personal Journal distribution agreements with leaders in the computer industry - Digital, 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) , AST (AST Computer, Irvine, CA) A PC manufacturer founded in 1980 by Albert Wong, Safi Quershey and Tom Yuen (A, S and T). It offered a complete line of PCs that sold through its dealer channel. , Compaq, CompUSA, and Sharp. Personal Journal has been installed on more than one million PCs to date. About U.S. Robotics U.S. Robotics is one of the world's leading suppliers of products and systems that provide access to information. The company designs, manufactures, markets and supports remote access servers, enterprise communications systems, desktop/mobile client products, telephony products and modems that connect computers and other equipment over analog, digital and switched cellular networks, enabling users to gain access to, manage and share data, fax and voice information. Its customers include Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , regional Bell operating companies The Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOC) are the result of the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust suit against American Telephone & Telegraph. History and a wide range of other large corporations, businesses, institutions and individuals. The company's 1995 sales were $889.3 million. Information on the company and its products is available at http://usr.com. About Dow Jones Dow Jones Business Information Services, the electronic publishing An umbrella term for non-paper publishing, which includes publishing online or on media such as CDs and DVDs. arm of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. provides business and financial news and information products including The Wall Street Journal(R) Interactive Edition on the World Wide Web and Dow Jones News/Retrieval(R) to corporations, consumers and private investors through a variety of electronic media: computer, telephone, facsimile and radio. Dow Jones also publishes The Wall Street Journal(R) and its international editions, Barron's(R) magazine and other periodicals, electronic information services, including those of Dow Jones Telerate and Dow Jones Financial News Services, and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones also produces business television programming internationally and video news delivered to desktop computers. More information on Dow Jones and its products can be found at http://bis.dowjones.com. Those interested in subscribing to Personal Journal can call 1-800-291-9382 for more information. Those with Internet access See how to access the Internet. can get a tour of Personal Journal and download software at: http://bis.dowjones.com/pj.html. -0- Personal Journal, The Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition, Dow Jones News/Retrieval, Barron's, Dow Jones Telerate and Dow Jones New Service are marks of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All other products mentioned are the marks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Dow Jones & Co., Princeton Kris LeBoutillier, 609/520-4638 kris.leboutillier@cor.dowjones.com (e-mail) |
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