SIDEWARE INSTALLS DEMONSTRATION SYSTEM IN SAIC'S E-COMMERCE LABORATORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - DECEMBER 17, 1998
Vancouver, BC - Sideware (VSE symbol: SYD) has installed a demonstration version of Dr. Bean, an e-commerce storefront solution and customer service tool, in Science Applications International Corporation's (SAIC) e-commerce laboratory in McLean, Va. In September 1998, SAIC signed a marketing agreement with Sideware to provide a framework to market Sideware's e-commerce products and solutions to major companies and government agencies.
Sideware is currently testing a demonstration storefront solution showcasing Dr. Bean, a 100 percent Java developed customer service module.
The storefront includes e-commerce components built with IBM middleware.
SAIC engineers are interfacing Dr. Bean with other software systems and demonstrating the product's applicability in an e-commerce environment to potential clients.
"SAIC is using Dr. Bean to enhance the e-commerce and non-e-commerce
Internet services we provide to government and commercial customers," said Tom Cramer, director of Electronic Commerce at SAIC. "Dr. Bean provides real time, online, interactive customer service on the Internet."
SAIC provides high-technology products and services to government and
commercial customers in the areas of information technology, systems
integration, telecommunications, national and international security,
health care systems and services, energy, transportation, and environmental systems and engineering. Employee-owned SAIC and its subsidiaries, have estimated annual revenues of $4 billion and more than 34,000 employees at offices in over 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at www.saic.com.
"One of our core focuses for the next six months is to work with SAIC to bring Dr. Bean's e-commerce solutions to market in the Washington DC area. By combining our revolutionary technology with SAIC's expertise, we're developing solutions to fill an existing e-commerce void," says James Speros, President of Sideware Corporation. "Ultimately, Sideware is combining its innovative customer service products with SAIC's first-class integration systems and the power of IBM's e-commerce technologies to create a winning combination."
Sideware offers a family of software products that use its patented concurrent technology to produce user-friendly, collaborative and e-commerce solutions. Dr. Bean is an e-commerce customer service tool that enables companies to personalize a customer's purchasing experience from their web site. Net Notions is an easy-to-use groupware messaging system that provides instant communication through a "sticky note" interface. Hot Notions? is a free groupware messaging service that offers a unique and exciting means of travelling the Internet. Tagalongsa is an easy-to use personal annotation product that lets users peel off an electronic note, write or record sound on it, and link it to web pages, files and documents.
For further information on Sideware's products or services, please visit the following web sites: www.sideware.com or www.hotnotions.com.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
OWEN JONES
CEO, DIRECTOR
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