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Strategies & Market Trends : ZixIt Corporation (ZIXI) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dale Baker who wrote (3908)	9/16/2002 8:04:06 PM
From: Kevin Podsiadlik	Respond to of 4120

I suspect it probably is Promethian after all, and that PrometheUS was just thrown out there to confuse the issue. At this point I say whatever, set me a wake-up call for $2.00 A little quasi-related story: Foresight "No thank you," Prometheus said. "I don't smoke. It leads to lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema, and any number of pregnancy-related health problems." "I didn't offer you a cigarette!" I declared. "You were about to." Prometheus rattled his chains complacently. "I know these things." "Actually, the reason I'm here," I said, "is to—" "—ask me just a few questions for the readership of Mythology Today. I know, I know." He sighed. "Yes. No. Yes, of course. He's my own brother—how did you think I'd feel? Of course. Never. Well, you folks looked so wet and miserable that I couldn't help feeling sorry for you. Yes. I never look back—that's simply not my 'thing,' if I might be forgiven the vernacularism. No, never. I try to maintain a philosophical frame of mind. Also, I'm a vegetarian." "Wait!" I said, scribbling madly. I lost track. Which questions was I about to ask?" "If you can't be bothered to keep track yourself, why should I?" "Well, for the sake of our readers, if nothing else. There's a great deal of sympathy for your plight—chained to this mountain, tormented by an eagle that eats by day your liver which, fiendishly enough, grows back by night. That, and the fire thing. We're all very grateful for fire." "Like heck you are. I employ a clipping service. For every headline reading 'Fire—What a Marvelous Thing!' there are a hundred 'Nuns and Innocent Children Killed by Fire!' and the ilk. You're wasting your time talking to me about gratitude. Come to think of it, you're wasting my time whatever you say." I had to admit, the guy was beginning to get my goat. I glanced about at the bleak, night-clad mountain. "You had something better to do?" I asked sardonically. "Yes. Working on my memoirs, for one. Looking forward. Thinking about the heat-death of the universe. Having my liver eaten. Oh, there are a million things to do!" He turned his gigantic head away from me and stared nobly up at the stars. Then, with a sidelong glance at me, "Any of them preferable to be bothered by a second-rate hack like you." "Damn it, you could at least pretend to be polite!" "I don't see why," Prometheus said coldly. "The article you're going to write will be downright snotty." Then it was dawn, and the eagle came again and began to eat his liver, and of course there was no talking to him then. So I left. Down from the mountain I stamped, fuming with every step. Gods, what an arrogant creature! No wonder he was chained on that cliff! I'd've done it myself. Zeus was probably just waiting for the excuse. Damn right, my article was going to be snotty! © 2002 by Michael Swanwick and SCIFI.COM.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (3908)	9/18/2002 10:14:40 AM
From: Bob Trocchi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4120

Dale... Another customer for the Z! This one for 1000 seats. This still is a LONG way from profitability! Bob T. >>Zix Corporation Inks Deal with QualCare to Provide Support in Moving Towards HIPAA Compliance Largest PPO in New Jersey to Rely on ZixCorp for Secure e-Messaging Tuesday September 17, 9:00 am ET DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2002--Zix Corporation (ZixCorp(TM)), (Nasdaq:ZIXI - News), a global provider of secure e-messaging services, today expanded its presence in New Jersey by adding to its client roster QualCare, Inc., the largest Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) in the state. The deal will provide QualCare with secure e-messaging across its entire customer and partner network including hospitals, physicians, plan sponsors and members, facilitating the company's compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). "Staying ahead of the HIPAA mandates is a primary concern for us, but the management at QualCare also believes that it is simply our responsibility to protect the information of our members," said QualCare president and CEO Annette Catino. "The fact that ZixCorp met all of our requirements, has an extensive knowledge of the challenges facing the healthcare industry and provided a simple, turnkey solution made this an easy choice." QualCare has purchased 1,000 seats of ZixVPM(TM), ZixCorp's networked-based encryption solution, to securely email confidential business and patient information with its external constituents, including more than 16,000 physicians, 82 hospitals and other providers in its network. The insurer has also obtained 200 licenses of ZixMail(TM), ZixCorp's secure desktop email encryption solution, to fully enable employers, subscribers and providers - including Saint Barnabas Health Care System and Hackensack University Medical Center - that routinely communicate confidential data to QualCare. External constituents of QualCare who do not receive ZixMail licenses and who do not already have ZixMail or ZixVPM will communicate with QualCare through the ZixMessage Center, ZixCorp's Web-based message center. "With the deadline for enforcement of the HIPAA regulations imminent, secure e-messaging is becoming top-of-mind with healthcare organizations. We offer these organizations a complete solution," said Daniel Nutkis, vice president, strategy and products at ZixCorp. "We're excited to work with QualCare, and pleased to see our continued progress in the state of New Jersey where we have also recently implemented secure e-messaging for Solaris Health Systems and CentraState Healthcare System." About QualCare, Inc. QualCare, Inc. is the largest full-service, provider-sponsored managed care organization owned and operated in the state of New Jersey. It is majority owned by 15 hospital and physician organizations, and serves 450,000 residents through more than 200 healthcare plans. <<