To: TokyoMex who wrote (5746 ) 6/25/1998 8:49:00 AM From: Gator Respond to of 8798
More News on KANA this morning. NetBooks expanding... Thursday June 25, 8:01 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Kanakaris Communications Kanakaris Communications and NISUS Software Inc. Form Strategic Alliance To Enhance NetBooks.Com Web Site Kanakaris Gains Access To NISUS Author Base and Multi-Lingual and GIA (R) Technology MALIBU, Calif., June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- NISUS Software Inc. announced today that it is allowing Kanakaris Communications, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: KANA - news) access to its established user base of authors, as well as its proprietary multi-lingual and GIA (R) technology as part of a strategic alliance. Kanakaris will receive assistance from NISUS in expanding its NetBooks.com web site and related product line. NISUS has an established user base of authors, professors and published professional writers in the U.S., Japan and other countries. NISUS has a leading Macintosh platform word processor for professional writers and many books have been written in NISUS Writer. NISUS will allow Kanakaris access to this user base to foster relationships on the NetBooks.com web site. NISUS has a loyal user group hosted by Dartmouth University made up of approximately 600 active users. NISUS will help introduce the Kanakaris product NetBooks to this user group. NISUS has actively developed the Multilingual capabilities of its word processor. NISUSWriter 5.1 (and the appropriate Apple Language Kit where necessary) allow the processing of text in Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean and Persian. NISUS will help Kanakaris provide Multilingual options for NetBooks. Initially, NISUS will assist with the translation of NetBooks titles into Spanish and Japanese. NISUS product users include Stanford University, MasterCard International, the United Nations NGO Women's Forum and many more universities, schools and institutions. NISUS will assist Kanakaris in presenting the NetBooks product to California schools and, in through its contacts, United Nations member country educational programs. NISUS will license its GIA (R) technology and Sherlock search engine to Kanakaris which will enhance the ability of NetBooks for large data access, catalogs, information navigation and management. GIA technology (US Patent#5,544,360; Japanese patents pending) together with the Sherlock search engine provides support of electronic catalogs through graphic and URL management tools used in preparing web pages. The products run on Windows NT servers. NISUS will grant Kanakaris an exclusive license for on-line books of its THM technology for on-line learning and testing for schools and large business. THM, ''The Homework Machine'', provides an interactive internet experience allowing the generation of homework problems and detailed tutorial solutions. It allows anyone, using a browser and the Internet, to access problems and solutions in areas such as Math, Science, Language, Mechanics, and others. Kanakaris Communications is based in Malibu, California. Its proprietary web sites include www.NetBooks.com, www.3rdM.com, and www.kanakaris.com. It designed the site www.africagems.com. NISUS Software Inc. was founded by Jerzy Lewak, PhD, in 1984 as a software development company. For further information on Kanakaris Communications contact Prima Capital Group, Inc., Corporate Communications, at 800-600-8599. Kanakaris Communications (800-831-2671) is located at 29350 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA 90265. For further information on NISUS call 619-481-1477. SOURCE: Kanakaris Communications