Beyond.com Unveils New Enterprise Download Manager; Version 3.0 Allows Large Enterprises to Deploy and Manage Software Cheaper, Faster and Safer
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 1999--Internet
software superstore Beyond.com(TM) (Nasdaq:BYND) today released
Enterprise Download Manager Version 3.0 which allows Beyond.com
enterprise customers, including DLA (Defense Logistics Agency), IRS
(Internal Revenue Service), NIMA (National Imaging and Mapping Agency)
and PTO (Patent and Trademark Office), to further decrease total cost
of ownership through more efficient software deployment, license
management and tracking.
New features of the Beyond.com Enterprise Download Manager V 3.0
include:
-- Improved security through digital signature security
-- Increased upstream reporting allowing procurement agents to view
software usage throughout an enterprise
-- Remote administration giving system administrators a single point
of administration control
-- Built-in license management
-- Built-in access management
-- A browser-based desktop manager with Intranet installation
capabilities
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"To decrease total cost of software ownership, large enterprises
in the government demand electronic software deployment, license
management and tracking," said Kendall Fargo, vice-president of
enterprise and government sales at Beyond.com. "Beyond.com's
Enterprise Download Manager Version 3.0 reduces the cost of software
ownership through increased efficiency."
"Beyond.com offers enterprises a streamlined, automated system
for distributing and managing the software that they purchase, as well
as more than 1.6 million software and other digital products including
software, hardware, computing devices and digital images," said Fargo.
The May 24 issue of PCWeek magazine named Beyond.com one of 8 "IT
Supersites.com", a ranking of the "best reseller IT procurement"
websites on the Internet.
About Beyond.com
Beyond.com sells commercial, off-the-shelf software to the
government, enterprise, corporate and consumer markets, offering its
customers a better place to buy software. Visitors to the company's
online store beyond.com enjoy a comprehensive selection of
software backed by customer service and competitive pricing.
Beyond.com offers more than 1.6 million software and other digital
products, including software stock-keeping units (SKUs) for online
purchase from such major publishers as Adobe Systems Inc., IBM/Lotus
Corp., Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc. and Symantec Corp;
hardware; computing devices; and digital images in different file
formats, including jpeg, gif and mpf through a strategic marketing
alliance with IMSI. The company has established strategic marketing
alliances with America Online Inc., @Home Network, CNET Inc., Compaq
Computer Corp., Excite Inc., Microsoft Corp., Netscape Communications
Corp., XOOM.com Inc., Yahoo! Inc. and ZDNet. Additionally, Beyond.com
offers software publishers, hardware manufacturers and systems OEMs
e-commerce solutions including publishers transaction processing,
physical and electronic order fulfillment, customer support, site
design consultation, marketing support and reporting. The company has
applied for federal registration of the marks BEYOND.COM and BEYOND
DOT COM. Beyond.com Corporation trades on the Nasdaq National Market
under the symbol ("BYND"). More information on the company can be
found in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC").
CONTACT:
Beyond.com
Lise Olson, Director, Public Relations, 408/616-4256
liseo@beyond.com
Laura Fulda, Director, Investor Relations, 408/616-4328
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