Groove Networks Offers World Series Promotion To Red Sox Nation.

BEVERLY, Mass. -- It hasn't been documented in the New England Journal of Medicine yet. But anyone who watched the recent Red Sox/New York Yankees playoff series is familiar with the symptoms: employees arriving late to work, dozing in meetings, lack of concentration, missed deadlines, and general irritability from drinking too much coffee.

It's called Playoff Exhaustion Syndrome (PXS), a costly, but welcomed October malady that's affecting members of Red Sox Nation everywhere who have spent late nights watching extra-inning games followed by hours of post-game coverage. The result: reduced productivity among individual proprietors and businesses alike.

The antidote to PXS: Allow employees to work from home so they can use their commuting time to catch up on sleep. With the average Massachusetts commuter spending 27 minutes traveling each way according to a recent study, that's nearly an extra hour of much needed sleep for Red Sox Nation. But for employees to be productive working from home, they must be able to coordinate with colleagues as if they were in the office.

Beginning today, Groove Networks is providing a special World Series promotion that offers businesses a free trial and a significant discount for purchases of Groove Virtual Office software so their employees can stay up late, sleep late, yet still be productive by being as effective working from home as they are in the office.

"Just as the Red Sox have found their groove, many businesses have gone into a slump," said Groove Networks CEO Ray Ozzie. "Morning meetings have become almost as ineffective as the Yankee bullpen. But it doesn't have to be this way for Red Sox Nation. With a high-speed Internet connection and Groove Virtual Office software, fans can coordinate effectively with their co-workers whenever they happen to wake up - and regardless of whether they're at home, or following the team to St. Louis."

Any individual or business can take advantage of this offer by first downloading a free 60-day trial of Groove Virtual Office from the company's web site, http://www.groove.net. Program participants who purchase the Professional Edition online by Oct. 31, 2004 will receive a 19.18 percent discount off the standard list price. To obtain the discount, simply enter the promotion code "P-ReverseTheCurse".

"Red Sox Nation must support their teams, both 'the idiots', as well as the team back at the office," Ozzie added. "Anytime you work, anywhere you please, Groove gives you the consistency of David Ortiz."

About Groove Networks

Founded in October 1997 and headquartered in Beverly, Mass., Groove Networks Inc. delivers the "virtual office" through software that allows teams of people to work together over a network as if they were in the same physical location. Groove software helps organizations, large and small, save money, time and eliminate travel by offering both a desktop application for instant joint work, and a set of customizable, open collaboration capabilities that enhance the utility and value of existing solutions. For more information about Groove Networks, visit http://www.groove.net.

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