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Home Team Sports Selects Sideware Corp. And Dr. Bean For Use On Its Live
e-Commerce Web Site
Herndon, VA - Sideware Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sideware Systems
Inc. of North Vancouver, BC (OTC-BB: SDWSF and VSE:SYD.U), today announced
that Home Team Sports (HTS), the regional sports network based in Bethesda,
Maryland, has purchased the Dr. Bean e-Customer Relationship Management
Technology (e-CRMT) for its web site customer service needs. Reaching more
than 4.6 million homes, HTS is now ready to establish online "live" support
for its viewers who contact the network through its web site at
HTSonline.com. Viewers will be able to have questions answered about
programming, contests and upcoming special events. HTS chose the Dr. Bean
solution with both its immediate application and future uses such as
real-time contests and other features, knowing that its versatility and
robust scalability could provide the solutions necessary. In addition to
utilizing Dr.Bean on its web site, HTS will work to creatively promote
Sideware's e-CRMT solution to its current and future partners who could
benefit from the technology of the software.
James Speros, President of Sideware Corp., states "We are very excited
about the installation of our Dr. Bean application at Home Team Sports,
which has been recognized as a leader in sports programming." He went on
to say "The network also has great credibility among high-tech executives
and decision makers in this region. HTS will give Sideware and Dr. Bean
great exposure and is happy to meet the challenge of communicating our
corporate vision."
"Our mission at HTS is to produce and deliver the best sports programming
to our viewers, so it is important for us to maintain strong customer
relations," said HTS general manager Jody Shapiro. "The Dr. Bean
application will allow us to maintain one-to-one communications with
visitors to HTSonline.com, so we are looking forward to integrating this
unique feature onto our web site."
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About Home Team Sports
Home Team Sports, a service of CBS Cable based in Bethesda, Maryland is the
regional sports network serving more than 4.6 million households in
Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
and Washington DC. HTS is delivered by more than 275 cable systems in this
mid-Atlantic region and major satellite services. Each year the
network broadcasts more than 1000 main events of regional and national
interest - including Baltimore Orioles, Washington Wizards, Mystics, and
Capitals games plus Atlantic Coast Conference and other college men's
basketball, various ACC championships, many Colonial Athletic Association
championships, Carolina Hurricanes, Live Formula One Auto Racing, PGA Tour
Golf, ATP Tennis and more.
About Sideware
Sideware is an e-Business company providing products, solutions and
integration services. The company has coupled Dr. Bean e-Customer
Relationship Management Technology ("e-CRMT") with IBM, Oracle and SUN
e-Commerce products providing a flexible e-Business "backbone" for small
companies to large corporations. The company is a Sun Microsystems
Strategic Java developer and has exclusively built Dr. Bean using Java and
Enterprise Java technologies. For further information on Sideware's total
solution or turnkey products and services, please visit
www.sideware.com. For investment information visit
www.techwestmgmt.com/sideware. Sideware Corp., headquartered in Herndon,
VA is the center for the sales and service operations of its parent company
- Sideware Systems Inc publicly trades on both the OTC Bulletin Board,
"SDWSF," and the Vancouver Stock Exchange, "SYD.U."
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
OWEN JONES
CEO, DIRECTOR
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harbor" for forward-looking statements. Certain information included in
this communication (as well as information included in oral statements or
other written statements made or to be made by Sideware Systems Inc.)
contains statements that are forward-looking, such as statements relating
to the future anticipated direction of the high technology industry, plans
for future expansion, various business development activities, planned
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potential contracts. Such forward-looking information involves important
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in the future and, accordingly, such results may differ from those
expressed in any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of
Sideware Systems Inc. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not
limited to, those relating to development and expansion activities,
dependence on existing management, financial activities, domestic and
global economic conditions, changes in federal or state income tax laws,
and market competition factors.
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