To: Stock Watcher who wrote (16212 ) 10/5/1999 9:45:00 AM From: Francois Goelo Respond to of 52051
Softlink Unveils inChorus Pro, Software That Produces the Next Class of Email NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 1999-- Multimedia Email Created With inChorus Pro Delivers Messages With Impact... Softlink, Inc. (OTC BB:SFLK), the leader in multimedia email technology, today announced the debut of inChorus(TM) Pro, software that takes business communication via email out of the text-only paradigm, straight into high-impact multimedia. Softlink will demonstrate inChorus Pro at Fall Internet World '99, booth 3302. Designed for use in the corporate environment, inChorus Pro is a tool to promote sales, marketing and business-to-consumer communications. "The power of email to reach large numbers of diverse people directly creates a great medium for sales, media publishing and marketing campaigns," said William Yuan, CEO of Softlink. "We're taking that mechanism and raising it to a higher level, allowing people to create and send email rich in voice, sound, graphics, and animation through their chosen email client." Messages created with inChorus Pro can be viewed by any recipient on any platform with no plugins or players required. inChorus Pro's output files combine HTML, Java, and XML technology to create a cross-platform message file format. All Internet browsers that support JavaScript will be able to render this new file format. Softlink's compression software is the enabling technology for the transmission of multimedia-rich content via email, dramatically reducing file sizes to minimize impact on mail servers. With inChorus Pro, Softlink continues to focus on building easy-to-use tools for creating multimedia messages. The user interface is intuitive and provides point-and-click methods for creating animation and synchronizing graphics with sound and voice. Pricing and Availability inChorus Pro will be generally available in the 4th quarter 1999. The price for single purchases starts at $299.00. About Softlink, Inc. Founded in 1996, Softlink, Inc. is an innovator in multimedia-based Internet communications. Using advanced compression and composition technology, Softlink's eMail inChorus and eMail VOICELink products revolutionize conventional text-based email with voice, graphics, pictures, animation, and live annotation. The company is publicly traded, OTC BB:SFLK, and maintains headquarters in Santa Clara, CA. For more information visit the company web site at www.inChorus.com. For Investor Relations, please contact Gerard Damaro at 561/367-0363. Information contained in this press release contains "forward-looking statements" which can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology. Various risk factors could cause actual results to vary materially from the future results covered in such forward-looking statements, including "competition, the management of our growth and the ability to deliver new products to market on time." Such forward-looking statements are subject to other risks and uncertainties. Note to Editors: eMail inChorus and eMail VOICELink are trademarks of Softlink, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are acknowledged. --30--kc/sf* dc/sf CONTACTS: Softlink, Inc., Santa Clara Lauren deVries, 408/496-6668 ldevries@inChorus.com