To: Mike Paulin who wrote (3086 ) 6/1/1998 1:07:00 PM From: AGORA Respond to of 6076
MIPA, looks like CSW has an abbreviated version. Here is the full text. Regards, Agora. _____________________________________________________________ SIDEWARE SYSTEMS INC. JOINS IBM SOFTWARE BUSINESS PARTNER PROGRAM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - JUNE 1, 1998 Vancouver, BC - Management announces acceptance to IBM's BESTeam Software Partner program. As a BESTeam member, Sideware Systems Inc. is authorized to offer unique e-business solutions that include IBM middleware products, such as Domino and DB2, in conjunction with one or more Sideware products. Veronica Aimone, IBM Business Partner Manager, B. C. comments, "We are pleased to have attracted a local company who has chosen to supplement their application development with our middleware technologies. Sideware's decision to join the BESTeam program provides us with mutual benefit." Sideware Systems plans to focus its marketing efforts on e-business users. For instance Investor Relations and Distant Learning Web sites are examples of market segments that will directly benefit from Net Notions (Sideware System's business messaging and chat system) integrated with Domino and DB2. Beginning in the fall of '98, the company will introduce Dr. Bean„, our customer service product integrated with Domino, DB2 and Net.Commerce from IBM. Dr. Bean offers suppliers and customers that ability to communicate and navigate interactively via real-time messages associated with e-commerce Web pages. "We've reinvented Sideware as an IBM e-business Software Partner," said President, Owen Jones. "IBM is leading the way by delivering serious business solutions for companies and organizations wishing to migrate their operations to the Web. We can help by providing value-added systems integrated with IBM middleware products. This provides the customer with IBM product stability and scalability and our unique collaborative applications. I think the combination is unbeatable!" Investors are encouraged to direct shareholder questions and/or join an on-line discussion regarding Sideware System's performance at www.techwestmgmt.com. Through this forum offered by TechWest Management Inc., anyone can register as a member and participate directly in web-based conversations with a Sideware Investor Relations Representative. Sideware Systems Inc., develops and markets software that exploits its patented concurrent technology. Sideware Systems Inc. is a publicly traded company on the Vancouver Stock Exchange trading under the symbol: SYD . For further information on Sideware's products or services, please visit the following web sites: www.sideware.com or www.hotnotions.com. INVESTOR CONTACT: Jennifer Burke at jennifer@sideware.com 604-986-6121 ext.249 MEDIA CONTACT: Stacy Imyak at 76756.3477@compuserve.com, 847-291-1616 ext.224 THE VANCOUVER STOCK EXCHANGE HAS NOT REVIEWED AND DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS RELEASE. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe 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 capital expenditures, future funding sources, anticipated sales growth and potential contracts. Such forward-looking information involves important risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect anticipated results 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.