ThoughtShare Launches bZone, a Powerful Web-based Knowledge Management Solution for the Mid-Market
Booth No. 2412 (South Hall)
INTERNET WORLD SPRING 2001, LOS ANGELES, March 12 /CNW/ - ThoughtShare
Communications Inc., a leading provider of Knowledge Management solutions for
the mid-market, today announced the release of its powerful new Web-based
solution - bZone(TM). ThoughtShare will demonstrate bZone in the South Hall
Booth No. 2412 during Internet World Spring at the Los Angeles Convention
Center.
bZone is a powerful server-based Knowledge Management solution that
creates an online library designed to catalog, search and circulate essential
corporate knowledge. bZone provides a framework to convert employee experience
and expertise into a library of corporate intelligence for mid-market
enterprises or departments within large organizations.
In a functional assessment of bZone conducted by Doculabs, an independent
analyst firm specializing in e-business technologies, it was concluded that,
"ThoughtShare provides one of the most unique approaches for helping
organizations manage their knowledge and share their expertise....One of
bZone's major advantages is its intuitive user interface. Users can readily
see the complete picture of the information and the experience. The product
will bring value to many kinds of organizations that want to use technology to
leverage the knowledge and experience of its employees...."
bZone incorporates ThoughtShare's buzPAK(TM) file format, which is a
visual package of Web pages, attached files and personal notes. This package
is a new medium for knowledge exchange allowing you to share your research and
analysis with others in an easily understood way.
"I have been able to easily package my Web research, notes and other
documents into buzPAKs. The buzPAKs can be used by brokers and other analysts
in our firm to get up to speed quickly on topics of particular interest," said
Glen Tracey, Technology Analyst for Pacific International Securities. "We are
looking forward to implementing bZone to enhance the ease of creation,
management, and use of knowledge for the purpose of sharing investment related
information internally and with our clients."
bZone can be applied across every industry, including high tech,
education, financial services, medical, travel/tourism and more.
"The most valuable asset of any company is the experience and expertise
of its employees," said Fred Fabro, President of ThoughtShare. "Developing
efficiencies in the creation and management of internal knowledge is critical
to a company's overall success. bZone allows companies to manage and leverage
their corporate intelligence using buzPAKs as the building blocks to a
powerful shared corporate Knowledge Management system."
bZone's secure corporate knowledge library can be accessed anywhere, via
any standard Web browser. bZone's components include:
- Collaboration platform for group work and document sharing
- Search engine for both internal and external keyword searches
- Report generator for quick snapshots of important content
- Viewer for sharing read-only content
- Complete version control, audit history and ability to screen unwanted
content
Unlike existing Knowledge Management solutions that are costly, bZone is
priced competitively at $7995 for the server and $149 per user with volume
discounts available. Mid-market organizations can enjoy all the benefits of a
high-end Knowledge Management solution without the high-end price tag.
System Requirements
CPU: Intel x86 Architecture, PIII 800 or faster
OS: Linux (Red Hat 6.2 or equivalent)
Server: Apache HTTP Server 1.3.9 or higher, Netscape Directory Server,
Tomcat 3.2 Application Server
About ThoughtShare Communications Inc.
Established in 1999, ThoughtShare Communications Inc. is a leading
provider of innovative mid-market Knowledge Management solutions, empowering
people and organizations to understand, extract value and profit from today's
wealth of information. ThoughtShare's award-winning application PlanBee has
been ranked a "5 star" download by ZDNet and was recently honored with the
"Best Application Designed for the Internet" award at the eWorld 2000
Conference. Download PlanBee at www.thoughtshare.com or
www.zdnet.com/downloads/lpad/planbee.html.
To find out more about ThoughtShare and its products, call toll free
1.877.832.7789 or visit www.thoughtshare.com.
ThoughtShare Communications, PlanBee, bZone and buzPAKs are trademarks of
ThoughtShare Communications Inc. All trademarks or registered trademarks
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