ESFT news.... Wednesday May 26, 8:01 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: eSoft Inc. eSoft's Team Internet Captures Support From European Press; German Publication Taps Product for Its Editor's Choice Award BROOMFIELD, Colo., May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- eSoft Inc. (Nasdaq: ESFT - news), the company that provides an Internet presence for small businesses through its family of TEAM Internet® appliances, announced today its TEAM Internet product won a major magazine award in Europe. The May 1999 issue of the German publication, Internet Professionell, named TEAM Internet as its pick for an Editor's Choice Award in the ''microserver for Internet access'' category.
''It is gratifying to win recognition in the European market because it shows that our international sales and public relations efforts are making inroads successfully,'' said Jeff Finn, president and CEO of eSoft. ''These kudos will continue to bolster our European business.''
According to Internet Professionell, products for the Editor's Choice Award were judged in the areas of quality of e-mail server, Internet connectivity and performance. The magazine commented that the TEAM Internet product had the most versatility of all the units it reviewed and that it was impressed by the TEAM Internet software interface.
Internet Professionell chose TEAM Internet for this award over the German-made products Ben Hur and Easymail.
Internet Professionell, owned by Ziff Davis and based in Munich, Germany, maintains a monthly circulation of 33,000. It provides information concerning the Internet and data communications systems.
About eSoft Inc.
eSoft Inc. was founded in 1984 with headquarters in Broomfield, Colo. eSoft provides a family of Internet appliances and services that enable small to medium-sized business to harness the full power of the Internet. The TEAM Internet family of products is designed for businesses with up to 200 workstations and provides low-cost, LAN-to-Internet connectivity and includes a range of features, including e-mail, Web browsing, firewall security, a Web server, remote access and a virtual private network (VPN). Contact eSoft at 295 Interlocken Blvd., #500, Broomfield, Colo., 80021, USA; 303-444-1600 phone; 303-444-1640 fax; www.esoft.com. TEAM Internet is a registered trademark of eSoft Inc.
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