Warp 10 adds Macromedia Flash(TM) to its adsGallery.com rich media showcase
PR Newswire - May 25, 1999 11:46
Creative and Business Communities Welcome Central Resource Where They Can Showcase and Review the Best in Rich Media Creative
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, May 25 /CNW-PRN/ - Warp 10 Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: WARP, CDN: WARP), publisher of adsGallery.com and Portfolios.com, the leading web sites for ad agencies, brand managers, and the creative community, announced today that it has expanded adsGallery.com's advertising showcase to include Macromedia's Flash(TM) technology, along with IBM's HotMedia(TM). In addition, adsGallery.com has increased its search capabilities to include ''media type'', making it easy to find those agencies and designers who use rich media tools in their advertising and online creative.
The adsGallery.com site provides a searchable directory of thousands of major advertising agencies and independent designers, and showcases hundreds of portfolios of creative campaigns. Members exhibit their creative work on adsGallery.com by uploading directly from their computers, and are able to modify their portfolios and company information in a secure, password protected environment. The site is free for both exhibitors and visitors.
Marvin Igelman, President & CEO of Warp 10 Technologies Inc. said, ''The business community recognizes that tools like Flash and IBM's HotMedia greatly enhance online advertising and merchandising efforts. Marketers are now demanding that these applications be incorporated into their ad campaigns and e-commerce catalogs. By showcasing ads using rich media and by providing a search capability ''by media type'' to find them, adsGallery.com becomes an indispensable destination for both the business and creative communities''.
For the thousands of Flash and HotMedia enthusiasts who will be at the Macromedia Users Conference this week, adsGallery.com is offering the opportunity to come by Booth No. 6 and upload their rich media creative on the spot. In keeping with adsGallery.com's continued commitment to support rich media, further expansion of the advertising showcase will soon include other formats such as Macromedia's Shockwave(TM).
About Warp 10 Technologies
Warp 10 Technologies Inc. owns and operates www.adsGallery.com and www.portfolios.com, the world's leading showcases of great advertising, marketing, and creative professionals. By incorporating the company's industry-leading digital asset management technology, Warp 10 is creating a comprehensive, business-to-business online community and e-commerce destination for advertising professionals, interactive marketers and brand managers. The site will provide unique features and services such as online collaborative tools and outsourced digital asset management. Warp 10 expects to generate revenue through advertising sales, site sponsorship, special services, and e-commerce transactions.
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