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To: STEAMROLLER who wrote (1640)	8/10/1998 10:29:00 AM
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GeoCities Japan offers Japanese Language Chat Rooms; Fully Internationalized Chat Platform Provided by Volano Business Wire - August 10, 1998 09:11 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 10, 1998--Volano today announced the immediate availability of VolanoChat(TM) and VolanoChatPro(TM) with support for Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Hebrew and all other languages. GeoCities Japan, the second most visited site in Japan, has chosen VolanoChatPro as their chat platform for the Japanese market. "We worked closely with Volano to ensure that their 100% Pure Java chat solution met all of our chat room hosting requirements for the Japanese market," said Yusuke Kobayashi, GeoCities KK (Softbank). "We can now offer our homesteaders the ability to create and personalize their own chat rooms directly on their home pages so they can chat with their family and friends online in Japanese or any other language." Sumitomo Metal Systems Development Co. Ltd. recently signed on as the official sales and marketing representative for Volano chat products in Japan. "After a full competitive analysis, we identified VolanoChat as the best chat solution for the Japanese market," said Masao Tatsuwaki, General Manager, SMIsoft Products Division of Sumitomo Metal Systems. SMIsoft's live demonstration chat server is available at volano.ssd.co.jp. "As the only major chat software company shipping a fully internationalized product, we see a great opportunity to expand our business in Japan and the rest of the world," said Mark Elderkin, president of Volano. "We are actively expanding our international reseller channels in Europe and Asia and seeking OEM partnerships to take full advantage of our lead in this market." Corporations and Internet Service Providers in 33 countries use Volano's open chat platform to create customer help desks, online stores, distance learning centers, and multimedia conference rooms in any language. Volano LLC is the leading supplier of 100% Pure Java chat server solutions. Founded in 1996, Volano is a privately held company based in San Francisco, California. Customers include AT&T WorldNet Service, Hiway Technologies, Price Waterhouse, Sun Microsystems, and the United States Department of Energy. A free evaluation and demonstration of VolanoChat is available on Volano's Web site at volano.com or by calling (415) 587-4297 for more information. Volano is a Sun (NASDAQ:SUNW) Java Developer and Catalyst Developer, an IBM (NYSE: IBM) Solution Developer, and a Netscape (NASDAQ:NSCP) Alliance DevEdge Partner.