Centra Announces Major New Customers
Live eBusiness Collaboration Solutions Now Used by Over 175 Organizations;
Blue-Chip Companies Use Centra 99 to Support Highly Interactive Collaboration,
Communication and Learning on the Web; Partnerships Strengthen Customer
Adoption
LEXINGTON, MA, January 12, 2000 - Centra, a provider of software infrastructure
solutions for live eBusiness collaboration, today announced a select list of new
Centra 99? customers, boosting the number of organizations using the
comprehensive, Web-based enterprise application to over 175 worldwide. Unlike
other ways that business professionals collaborate, Centra 99 enables large
groups of people to assemble, interact, collaborate, share content, and work
together in real-time over intranets, extranets and the Internet - dramatically
reducing travel, facilities, and telecommunications costs.
Instead of simply automating information flow, Centra augments human
interaction and provides capabilities aimed at generating revenue, getting closer
to customers, and improving productivity. Customers across all industries are
using Centra 99 today to support critical business processes, such as virtual
teamwork, online services, collaborative selling, and corporate learning with
business collaboration over the Web.
On the strength of its award-winning products, services, and worldwide
partnerships, Centra has acquired the following new customers including:
Dominos Pizza, Marsh USA, Warner Lambert, Level 3, Ascolta, the Chicago
Tribune, Guy Carpenter & Company, PSINet, Omni Logic, Allegiance Telecom,
Computer Curriculum Corporation, Manulife, Renaissance, PMC Sierra, ADP,
Avid Sports, Ameritech Cellular, Exabyte, and Outlook Software. In addition, UNC
Charlotte, North Carolina AT&T and the University of Alberta join the growing list
of academic institutions that are delivering live distance learning curricula using
Centra 99.
Centra 99 Integrates with Microsoft's BackOffice and Digital Dashboard In
addition, Centra has strengthened its relationship with Microsoft with the
announcement of Centra 99 for Microsoft BackOffice. Centra 99 for Microsoft
BackOffice integrates Centra's live eBusiness collaboration applications with
popular Microsoft desktop and server platforms, and provides users with a single
view of their learning and collaboration activities as well as email, calendar, and
other activities through a unifying interface of the digital dashboard.
"The rapid adoption of Centra's solutions for live eBusiness collaboration is further
validation that organizations are seeking new ways to leverage the Internet for
strategic business advantage," said Leon Navickas, CEO and founder of Centra.
"By gaining the support of blue-chip customers and by forming strategic
partnerships with companies like Microsoft and PricewaterhouseCoopers, we will
continue to offer our customers the tools they need to succeed."
Centra 99 supports three, consistent and application-specific user interfaces.
These include Centra Conference?, which is designed for one-to-one interaction
and large-scale Web presentations; Centra Symposium?, which is appropriate
for highly interactive events such as hands-on learning, workshops, coaching and
teamwork; and CentraNow?, a convenient Web service designed for
spontaneous meetings, that can be easily accessed at www.centra.com or
through a user's personal Centra 99 homepage.
Centra 99's integrated voice-over IP capabilities, shared workspace environment,
and collaboration tools enable live conversation and human interaction over the
Internet. Centra 99 provides significant advantages over other methods of
real-time exchange, such as text chat, instant messaging, and screen sharing.
With Centra 99, knowledge is transferred in a structured, synchronized, and fully
collaborative, real-time environment with the functionality, performance, and
universal connectivity required to support globally dispersed business
professionals.
Through integration with popular Microsoft platforms, Centra 99 customers can
schedule online events and meetings using Outlook, generate event notifications
and threaded discussions using Exchange, and manage users, courses and
content through SQL Server.
About Centra
Centra is a provider of software infrastructure solutions for live eBusiness
collaboration. Products include Centra 99, an enterprise-class, Internet software
application for sales, marketing, services and training, and the innovative
CentraNow Web collaboration service - the Web destination for live, voice-enabled
business meetings and events featuring the Centra Business Collaboration
Network (CentraBCN). Centra's customers include Fortune 1000 companies such
as Armstrong, Kraft, Nationwide, Compaq, and Viacom. Centra has business and
software partnerships with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Microsoft, Oracle, Ariba,
and Global Knowledge Network. Headquartered in Boston's technology corridor,
Centra has sales offices in North America and Europe.
Contact:
Centra Software, Inc.
617-861-7000
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