KOZ.com Unveils ichat 2000; Upgraded Suite of Community Tools Offers Private Branding, Improved Security and Privacy and New User Interface.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 1999-- KOZ.com, a leading provider of Web-based community building products, services and support, today unveiled ichat(TM) 2000, an integrated suite of community tools for public Web sites and corporate environments. The ichat 2000 market-leading line of real-time chat, message board and instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or products has been upgraded to offer private branding, more sophisticated security and privacy features, and a new user interface. KOZ.com bought the ichat product suite from Acuity Corporation in February 1999. Since the acquisition, KOZ.com has worked to improve, market and support the ichat products and has integrated components of the suite into its flagship Community Publishing System(TM). The company is currently offering a sales promotion that will run for 30 days beginning with the Internet World trade show. "Chat, discussion and instant messaging are the building blocks of communications and community interaction," said John Ayers John Ayers (born April 14, 1953 – October 2, 1995 in Carrizo Springs, Texas) was a National Football League offensive lineman from 1977 through 1987. During that span he appeared in two Super Bowls: Super Bowl XVI and Super Bowl XIX for the San Francisco 49ers. , general manager of the ichat product line for KOZ.com. "When KOZ.com acquired the ichat product line, we bought some of the best community building applications on the market. By improving these products and integrating them with our own community building platform, KOZ.com has strengthened its position in the online community playing field by becoming the only one-stop shop One-Stop Shop A company or a location that offers a multitude of services to a client or a customer. The idea is to provide convenient and efficient service and also to create the opportunity for the company to sell more products to clients and customers. for community building tools." With ichat 2000, the entire product line is now privately brandable. Now ichat customers can enjoy chat, message board and instant messaging functionality while reinforcing their own brands and increasing visitor loyalty. Thousands of ichat customers are likely to take advantage of this new functionality. ichat 2000 components now have improved privacy and security. Not only has KOZ.com increased security, the company has also enhanced end user privacy. For example, if a chat user receives unwanted contact from another user, ichat Rooms now empowers the user to become invisible to unwanted parties. Other privacy features of ichat 2000 include an ignore list, which blocks messages from unwanted parties, and the ability to control who sees messages sent by an individual user. "ichat Pager is simple, easy to use and my clients love it," said Michael Wolloch, a portfolio manager with Westminster Securities. "My more technologically savvy clients send me buy and sell orders using Pager, and it's the most efficient way I've found to communicate with clients. I never have to change applications, or stop my work. I simply click on an icon and the message pops up. It's much more convenient than a phone call or email." ichat 2000 is the most flexible and customizable set of community building applications on the market. Tested and proven to be more robust and powerful than the competition, each component is highly scaleable, which is why the ichat products are used by some of the largest community Web sites on the Internet. As the leading chat product, ichat Rooms is in use on many of the top destination Web sites where the products handle millions of messages each day. A sampling of ichat customers include Sportsline.com, iVillage.com, marthastewart.com, MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. OnLINE, Playboy.com and WebMD. About ichat Boards ichat Boards provides interactive, threaded discussions with no additional client software needed. The browser-based ichat Boards offers a highly configurable interface, NNTP client A Usenet newsreader that connects to a news server via the NNTP protocol. NNTP clients include command-line Unix newsreaders such as rn and trn to GUI-based newsreaders built into Web browsers. See NNTP. support, moderated topics and text searches. ichat Boards allows the emailing of alerts for new posts, enhanced search capabilities, a new, highly-configurable user interface and new administrative control Direction or exercise of authority over subordinate or other organizations in respect to administration and support, including organization of Service forces, control of resources and equipment, personnel management, unit logistics, individual and unit training, readiness, mobilization, screens. About ichat Pager ichat Pager is KOZ.com's instant messaging tool and allows users to send instant, high-priority messages to customers and associates. This highly scalable system supports tens of thousands of simultaneous users, allowing easy communication with individuals or groups of users by sending instant messages, URLs or links to live audio streams. ichat Pager also allows users to enter a private chat room on the fly, and is flexible enough to allow users to subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; interest groups and be alerted of news and events that they care about in real-time. About ichat Rooms ichat Rooms is a massively scalable chat application that allows dynamic, real-time communication and collaboration. ichat Rooms offers several different client options allowing Windows, Macintosh and Unix systems to easily connect and communicate. ichat Rooms can support up to 50,000 simultaneous users and provides easy ad banner See banner ad. integration, private messaging, multimedia support, language filters and collaborative browsing Synchronizing browser access to the same sites. As one user browses the Web, the other users trail along automatically and link to and view the same pages from their own Web browsers. . The upgraded Rooms product offers increased branding abilities, enhanced avatar support, improved logging and reporting, and enhanced event moderation and filtering capabilities to screen out profanity Irreverence towards sacred things; particularly, an irreverent or blasphemous use of the name of God. Vulgar, irreverent, or coarse language. The use of certain profane or obscene language on the radio or television is a federal offense, but in other situations, profanity or unwanted parties. Pricing and Availability Pricing for ichat suite of community tools is as follows: Rooms starts at $495; Boards starts at $800 and Pager starts at $1,793. For the next 30 days, new ichat customers can purchase any of the ichat products for 30 percent off the list price, with a free upgrade to ichat 2000 when it is available in the fourth quarter of this year. About KOZ.com KOZ.com, located in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , is a leading provider of Web-based community building products, services and support. By licensing its Community Publishing System(TM) (CPS) to publishers such as Knight Ridder
Knight Ridder (IPA: /ˈrɪdɚ/) was an American media company, specializing in newspaper and Internet publishing. New Media, MediaNews Group Not to be confused with Media General, an unrelated newspaper and TV group. MediaNews Group, based in Denver, Colorado, is one of the largest newspaper companies in the United States. , Donrey Media Group, Gray Communications Systems Inc., Orlando Sentinel The Orlando Sentinel is the primary newspaper of the Orlando, Florida region. It was founded in 1876 and is currently in its 131st year of publication. The Sentinel is owned by Tribune Company and is overseen by the Chicago Tribune. and The Bergen Record, KOZ.com is building the largest network of local online media affiliates in the United States. KOZ.com also markets the ichat community product suite, which includes ichat Rooms (chat), ichat Boards (message boards), and ichat Pager (instant messaging) tools. Voted one of DigitalSouth's 50 companies to watch in 1999, KOZ.com has received investments from a European family group advised by Barnard & Co., BancBoston Ventures, The Bergen Record, The CIT n. 1. A citizen; an inhabitant of a city; a pert townsman; - used contemptuously. Which past endurance sting the tender cit. - Emerson. Group, CMGI CMGI Commonly Maintained Grounds Infrastructures CMGI College Marketing Group Information (Services) @Ventures, Donrey Media Group, Encompass Ventures, Guy Gannett Communications, Pulitzer Publishing, SG Capital Partners, Southeast Interactive Technology Funds and other private investors. Visit KOZ.com at www.koz.com or learn more about ichat at www.ichat.com. Note to editors: Community Publishing System, CPS and ichat are trademarks of KOZ.com. All other company and product names are the property of their respective owners. |
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