Wacom Licenses CIC's Sign-it Electronic Signature Software for Bundling on Two New Graphire Tablet Offerings.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2000 Communication Intelligence Corporation (CIC CIC circulating immune complexes. CIC Circulating immune complexes. See Immune complexes. ) (Nasdaq:CICI CICI Cochlear Implant Club International ) today announced that Wacom Technology has entered into a licensing agreement with CIC to bundle the Sign-it(TM) Plus version of CIC's handwritten hand·write tr.v. hand·wrote , hand·writ·ten , hand·writ·ing, hand·writes To write by hand. [Back-formation from handwritten.] Adj. 1. electronic signature software on Wacom's new Graphire(TM) Pen and Graphire(TM) Pen &Mouse digitizer tablet A graphics drawing tablet used for sketching new images or tracing old ones. Also called a "graphics tablet," the user contacts the surface of the device with a wired or wireless pen or puck. Often mistakenly called a mouse, the puck is officially the "tablet cursor. offerings. Sign-it is a family of signature products for enabling the capture, binding and verification of handwritten signatures. The version being bundled by Wacom, Sign-it Plus, will provide Graphire users with the ability to capture, bind and digitally encrypt their signatures for secure electronic transmission using Adobe(R) Acrobat Document exchange software from Adobe that allows documents to be displayed and printed the same on every computer. The Acrobat system created the Portable Document Format (PDF), which is widely used in commercial printing and on the Web. See PDF. (R) 4.0 (Nasdaq:ADBE ADBE Adobe Systems, Inc. (stock symbol) ). Scott Rawlings, director of marketing at Wacom commented, &uot;At Wacom, our goal is to provide compelling applications for our business users whether they are using their tablet for graphics applications or to authorize documents. We selected CIC's Sign-it electronic signature software to include with the Graphire because it is highly accurate and is well integrated with Adobe Acrobat which is considered to be the defacto standard for final form electronic documents. Our strategic relationship with CIC will help to ensure a continuous flow of innovative solutions that can enhance our offerings for business, home and industry.&uot; Mike Sullivan, vice president of business development at CIC stated, &uot;The combination of CIC's Sign-it verifiable handwritten electronic signature software and the Graphire will enable a secure means for businesses to accelerate their workflow processes and significantly reduce costs. We look forward to working with Wacom to help drive this conversion to a 100% paperless business environment.&uot; CIC's current signature solutions include Sign-it(TM) for Adobe Acrobat 4.0, Sign-it(TM) for Word '97, and the InkTools(TM) software development kit that enables developers to integrate verifiable electronic signature solutions into their own custom applications. The Sign-it family includes Sign-it Plus, Sign-it Pro and Sign-it Secure. Users of the Graphire who want the additional security of real time signature verification or signatures integrated with a Verisign digital certificate will be able to upgrade to the Pro or Secure versions of Sign-it by contacting CIC at sales@cic.com. About CIC Communication Intelligence Corporation (CIC) is the leading supplier of natural input and electronic signature solutions for wireless Internet and e-Commerce applications. The Company's core software technologies include multilingual mul·ti·lin·gual adj. 1. Of, including, or expressed in several languages: a multilingual dictionary. 2. handwriting recognition Handwriting recognition is the ability of a computer to receive intelligible handwritten input. The image of the written text may be sensed "off line" from a piece of paper by optical scanning (optical character recognition). systems, dynamic signature verification, natural messaging, and operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. extensions that enable pen input. CIC's products are designed to increase the ease of use, functionality, and security of wireless electronic devices ranging from handheld companions to cellular phones. Key licensees of the Company's technologies include Ericsson, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, and National Semiconductor. CIC is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California Redwood Shores is an upscale and desirable [1] waterfront neighborhood on the San Francisco Peninsula in California. It is located on the eastern edge of Belmont, but is actually part of incorporated Redwood City. and has a joint venture, CICC CICC Custom Integrated Circuits Conference CICC Center for the Improvement of Child Caring (Studio City, CA) CICC China International Capital Corp. , in Nanjing, China. For more information, please visit our website at www.cic.com. Certain statements contained in this press release, including without limitation, statements containing the words &uot;believes&uot;, &uot;anticipates&uot;, &uot;hopes&uot;, &uot;intends&uot;, &uot;expects&uot;, and other words of similar import, constitute &uot;forward looking&uot; statements within the meaning of the Private Litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual events to differ materially from expectations. Such factors include the following (1) technological, engineering, quality control or other circumstances which could delay the sale or shipment of the products; (2) economic, business, market and competitive conditions in the software industry and technological innovations which could affect the Company's business; (3) the Company's inability to protect its trade secrets or other proprietary rights, operate without infringing upon the proprietary rights of others or prevent others from infringing on the proprietary rights of the Company; and (4) general economic and business conditions and the availability of sufficient financing. Note to Editors: CIC, and its logo are registered trademarks and InkTools and Sign-it are trademarks of Communication Intelligence Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
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