ecBuilder Pro(R) E-commerce Software Named PC Computing 1999 MVP Award Finalist ecBuilder Pro Recognized as a Tool That Helps Business People Work Smarter, Better, and Faster VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 28 /CNW/ -- Multiactive Software Inc. (Toronto: E), a leading provider of innovative e-business front office solutions designed to attract and retain customers, announced that its ecBuilder Pro e-commerce software has been named a finalist in the Storefront Design Tool category for the prestigious PC Computing 1999 Most Valuable Product (MVP) Awards. ecBuilder Pro is a complete software package for the small-business owner that helps create a complete commerce-capable Web site in under an hour. ecBuilder Pro is only one of three products honored by PC Computing in the Storefront Design Tool category.
The MVP Awards honor technology tools, including Internet products and services, digital products, and software and hardware products, that help businesses prosper in today's age of "digital Darwinism." ecBuilder Pro and other MVP Award finalists will be honored at PC Computing's 11th annual MVP Awards ceremony in Las Vegas on Sunday, November 14, 1999. Winners will be announced at this gala ceremony, long considered the unofficial kick-off for the COMDEX/Fall technology industry trade show, the technology industry's largest annual gathering. Multiactive Software will be showcasing ecBuilder Pro as well as its acclaimed Entice!(TM) e-business solution for mid-sized companies at COMDEX/Fall '99 (November 15 to November 19) at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Booth #L3051.
"We are pleased and proud that ecBuilder Pro has been honored as a Finalist in the Storefront Design Tool category for the prestigious 1999 PC Computing MVP Award," said Brent Halverson, President, Multiactive Software. "PC Computing is a business technology publication that gives hands-on advice to business professionals on how to use technology products to gain business advantage. So our MVP Award Finalist nomination signals to the world that ecBuilder Pro is an invaluable tool for business professionals who use technology to move their businesses ahead."
"ecBuilder Pro is a great technology weapon for companies, because it delivers a real, tangible business benefit," notes PC Computing editor Wendy Taylor. "ecBuilder Pro offers the right combination of performance, usability and productivity features, so it should be in every business person's technology arsenal."
In June of this past year, PC Computing awarded ecBuilder Pro a four-star rating for delivering a product that "really pays attention to the details of your business. Editors have also described the software as having "a back-end prowess that is one of a kind," and as a business productivity tool that helps business professionals thrive in this age of "digital Darwinism".
ecBuilder Pro has also been recognized as the "Best Internet Commerce Software" of 1999 by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) when it won a prestigious CODIE award.
Details on ecBuilder Pro's MVP Finalist designation can be found online, at www.pccmvp.com. About PC Computing PC Computing, a Ziff-Davis (NYSE: ZD) business technology publication, is the only magazine that provides business leaders with a technology roadmap to prosper in this age of digital Darwinism. As businesses everywhere scramble to re-invent themselves to survive in the Internet age, only PC Computing delivers digital and Internet solutions to help business leaders stay ahead of the curve, and crush their competitors. The award-winning editorial provides hands-on, lab-tested, practical, technology-based business strategies to help companies work faster, smarter, better. A 1999 National Magazine Award Winner, PC Computing is the preferred information source for more than 1,050,000 (paid circulation) readers. About Multiactive Software Multiactive Software Inc. is a leading developer of innovative e-business, sales, marketing, and customer management software, including Entice!, ecBuilder(R), ecBuilder Pro, Maximizer(TM), and Maximizer Enterprise(TM). Designed to attract and retain customers, these award-winning applications are used by more than a million people worldwide. Earlier this year, Multiactive Software won the prestigious Codie Award for having the "Best Internet Commerce Software" of 1999 as presented by the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA).
The company has offices located throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia Pacific and a customer base that includes such leading companies and institutions as Siemens, BankBoston, Travelers Insurance, Virgin Records, and Pennzoil. To find out more about Multiactive Software and its products, call 800-804-6299 or visit www.multiactive.com.
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For further information: Brenda Christensen, VP, Corporate Communications, 818-884-5391, or blc@multiactive.com, or Brent Halverson, President, 604-601-8048, or brenth@multiactive.com, both of Multiactive Software Inc. /Web site: pccmvp.com /Web site: multiactive.com |