Softlink Signs Major Distribution Agreement for the Academic and Government
Markets
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 1999--
Academic Distributing, Inc. to Bring eMail inChorus and eMail
VOICELink to Over 2,000 Resellers Within Vertical Markets
Softlink, Inc. (OTC BB:SFLK), the leader in multimedia email
technology, today announced that eMail inChorus(TM) and eMail
VOICELink(TM) for both Windows and Macintosh platforms will be sold to
the academic and government markets through Academic Distributing,
Inc. (ADI), www.academic-wholesale.com.
ADI specializes in distributing computer products to over 2,000
academic and government resellers in North America. In addition to the
distribution of Softlink products, Academic Distributing will educate
their resellers through extensive marketing programs.
"Our focus at Academic Distributing is to help vendors expand
their product distribution within two vertical markets -- academic and
government," said Garry Rogers, president of Academic Distributing,
Inc. "Softlink's products change the way people communicate and fit
perfectly for these markets. We've brought Softlink products into our
distribution network with full confidence in the value that eMail
inChorus and eMail VOICELink will provide to our customers."
eMail inChorus produces multimedia email messages with visual and
audio enhancements. Messages are composed with an easy-to-use
interface that synchronizes voice, graphics, and animation. File size
is significantly reduced with Softlink's advanced compression
technology so as not to impact mail servers in any environment.
With the same benefits in easy composition tools and compression
technology, Softlink designed eMail VOICELink specifically to bring
voice and image capabilities to email.
Both products have received enthusiastic support from the
academic market, with teachers and students alike realizing the
benefits to their online communications. Over 10,000 sales, marketing
and support professionals within the reseller community affiliated
with ADI will expand market awareness of eMail VOICELink and eMail
inChorus.
"Both inChorus and VOICELink deliver valuable benefits and
solutions to education and government communities," said William Yuan,
CEO of Softlink. "We chose Academic Distributing because of their
broad reach in these markets, and their ability to focus on the
computing needs of these markets."
About Academic Distributing, Inc. (ADI)
Academic Distributing, in business since 1989, supplies computing
products to academia. Representing more than fifty manufacturers, the
company warehouses and ships computer products to college campus
stores and off-campus academic resellers worldwide. As part of its
commitment to increasing access to computing technology, Academic
Distributing provides numerous supplemental services. These include
grants programs for schools, product searches and technical
information for academic resellers, and a referral system that
connects students, teachers, and schools with authorized academic
resellers (800/531-3227, www.academic-distributing.com)
About Softlink, Inc.
Founded in 1996, Softlink, Inc. is an innovator in
multimedia-based Internet communications. Using advanced compression
and composition technology, Softlink's eMail inChorus and eMail
VOICELink products revolutionize conventional text-based email with
voice, graphics, pictures, animation, and live annotation. The company
is publicly traded, OTCBB:SFLK, and maintains headquarters in Santa
Clara. For more information visit the company web site at
www.inChorus.com. For Investor Relations, please contact Gerard Damaro
at 561/367-0363.
eMail inChorus and eMail VOICELink are trademarks of Softlink,
Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners
and are acknowledged.
Information contained in this press release contains
"forward-looking statements" which can be identified by the use of
forward-looking terminology. Various risk factors could cause actual
results to vary materially from the future results covered in such
forward-looking statements, including "competition, the management of
our growth and the ability to deliver new products to market on time."
Such forward-looking statements are subject to other risks and
uncertainties.
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CONTACT: Softlink, Inc., Santa Clara
Lauren deVries, 408/496-6668
ldevries@inChorus.com
KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED EDUCATION
INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET GOVERNMENT PRODUCT
(BSNS WIRE) Softlink Signs Major Distribution Agreement for the Academic
Softlink Signs Major Distribution Agreement for the Academic and Government
Markets
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 1999--
Academic Distributing, Inc. to Bring eMail inChorus and eMail
VOICELink to Over 2,000 Resellers Within Vertical Markets
Softlink, Inc. (OTC BB:SFLK), the leader in multimedia email
technology, today announced that eMail inChorus(TM) and eMail
VOICELink(TM) for both Windows and Macintosh platforms will be sold to
the academic and government markets through Academic Distributing,
Inc. (ADI), www.academic-wholesale.com.
ADI specializes in distributing computer products to over 2,000
academic and government resellers in North America. In addition to the
distribution of Softlink products, Academic Distributing will educate
their resellers through extensive marketing programs.
"Our focus at Academic Distributing is to help vendors expand
their product distribution within two vertical markets -- academic and
government," said Garry Rogers, president of Academic Distributing,
Inc. "Softlink's products change the way people communicate and fit
perfectly for these markets. We've brought Softlink products into our
distribution network with full confidence in the value that eMail
inChorus and eMail VOICELink will provide to our customers."
eMail inChorus produces multimedia email messages with visual and
audio enhancements. Messages are composed with an easy-to-use
interface that synchronizes voice, graphics, and animation. File size
is significantly reduced with Softlink's advanced compression
technology so as not to impact mail servers in any environment.
With the same benefits in easy composition tools and compression
technology, Softlink designed eMail VOICELink specifically to bring
voice and image capabilities to email.
Both products have received enthusiastic support from the
academic market, with teachers and students alike realizing the
benefits to their online communications. Over 10,000 sales, marketing
and support professionals within the reseller community affiliated
with ADI will expand market awareness of eMail VOICELink and eMail
inChorus.
"Both inChorus and VOICELink deliver valuable benefits and
solutions to education and government communities," said William Yuan,
CEO of Softlink. "We chose Academic Distributing because of their
broad reach in these markets, and their ability to focus on the
computing needs of these markets."
About Academic Distributing, Inc. (ADI)
Academic Distributing, in business since 1989, supplies computing
products to academia. Representing more than fifty manufacturers, the
company warehouses and ships computer products to college campus
stores and off-campus academic resellers worldwide. As part of its
commitment to increasing access to computing technology, Academic
Distributing provides numerous supplemental services. These include
grants programs for schools, product searches and technical
information for academic resellers, and a referral system that
connects students, teachers, and schools with authorized academic
resellers (800/531-3227, www.academic-distributing.com)
About Softlink, Inc.
Founded in 1996, Softlink, Inc. is an innovator in
multimedia-based Internet communications. Using advanced compression
and composition technology, Softlink's eMail inChorus and eMail
VOICELink products revolutionize conventional text-based email with
voice, graphics, pictures, animation, and live annotation. The company
is publicly traded, OTCBB:SFLK, and maintains headquarters in Santa
Clara. For more information visit the company web site at
www.inChorus.com. For Investor Relations, please contact Gerard Damaro
at 561/367-0363.
eMail inChorus and eMail VOICELink are trademarks of Softlink,
Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners
and are acknowledged.
Information contained in this press release contains
"forward-looking statements" which can be identified by the use of
forward-looking terminology. Various risk factors could cause actual
results to vary materially from the future results covered in such
forward-looking statements, including "competition, the management of
our growth and the ability to deliver new products to market on time."
Such forward-looking statements are subject to other risks and
uncertainties.
--30--jb/sf* cs
CONTACT: Softlink, Inc., Santa Clara
Lauren deVries, 408/496-6668
ldevries@inChorus.com
KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED EDUCATION
INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET GOVERNMENT PRODUCT
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