Intraware, Inc. and grapeVINE Technologies Announce Software Distribution and Management Partnership
Business Wire - November 10, 1998 11:18
ORINDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 1998--
Intraware Adds grapeVINE to Intraware.shop and SubscribNet Services
Intraware Inc, the full-service web-based software management services company, and grapeVINE Technologies, a leader in corporate knowledge management and collaboration,
today announced that Intraware will sell and support grapeVINE software products, including grapeVINE for Notes/Domino and grapeVINE for Compass Server. With this
agreement, Intraware expands its reach into the knowledge management category, broadening the range of enterprise Internet applications available to Intraware's customers. For
grapeVINE, the partnership marks another step in the company's global product distribution strategy.
Through this partnership, Intraware is also creating another key vertical portal that provides IT professionals with a centralized resource for knowledge management solutions.
With today's announcement, grapeVINE and Intraware are partnering to deliver knowledge management services and solutions that will improve customer service, shorten time to
market, and provide interoperability in a multi-vendor environment.
"grapeVINE is a leading provider of intranet software for knowledge management, and we are very pleased to enter into this agreement," said Peter Jackson, president & CEO of
Intraware. "By combining Intraware's full software lifecycle approach to software analysis, distribution, and management with grapeVINE's unique, award-winning approach to
knowledge management, we will be able to provide our customers the ability to fully leverage their intranets to make better and faster business decisions."
grapeVINE's products are built around patented technology that allows users to collaboratively assess and filter information. This enables organizations to fight information
overload while identifying key issues, documents, and people necessary to solve business problems.
"Intraware has created a very innovative approach to Internet software and services," said Tom Trimmer, president of grapeVINE Technologies. "With Intraware's
industry-recognized expertise in the Internet space, their unique electronic software distribution solutions, and their purchasing, and software management systems --
intraware.shop and SubscribNet -- our customers will receive the highest level of support for fast, cost-effective deployment of grapeVINE products. When combined with
grapeVINE, Intraware provides truly best-of-class enterprise knowledge management solutions to customers worldwide."
Intraware.shop is the industry's first electronic software purchase and delivery service targeted at enterprise applications and IT professionals. It offers corporate customers on-line
self-service quotations, try-and-buy evaluations, live interactive software demonstrations, on-line purchasing, and electronic software delivery for new purchases, additional
licenses, add-on products and renewals, as well as a number of different financing options.
SubscribNet is a web-based, multi-vendor software update service that provides end-users with proactive, customized email notification of software updates and on-demand access
to software downloads. SubscribNet enables enterprise customers to simplify and add intelligence to the software maintenance process. To date, SubscribNet has proven to
significantly relieve the burden of tracking and retrieving software release entitlements.
About grapeVINE Technologies
Founded in 1994, grapeVINE Technologies is a leading provider of comprehensive solutions for corporate information management and collaboration. grapeVINE's unique
approach to knowledge management combines human intelligence and advanced technology to increase enterprise productivity by facilitating the sharing, access, and
management of relevant information on corporate intranets. grapeVINE works with strategic partners like Microsoft, Netscape, Lotus, IBM, and Fortune 1000 customers like Dow
Chemical, National Semiconductor, Amoco, and Chrysler Corporation. grapeVINE has created patented technology solutions that help shape the way people manage and share
information, turning "information overload" into a competitive advantage.
About Intraware
Founded in 1996, Intraware, Inc. is the premier provider of software lifecycle management services for corporations and enterprise software vendors worldwide. Intraware meets the
growing needs of corporate IT for interactive knowledge-based and software delivery services across the evaluation, purchase and maintenance continuum with Intraware IT
Knowledge Center, intraware.shop, and Intraware SubscribNet. These powerful services also enable Intraware's partners, including Netscape Communications (NASDAQ: NSCP),
Informix (NASDAQ: IFMX), NetDynamics (NASDAQ: SUNW), Marimba, Intershop, Oblix, SunTest, Open Text (NASDAQ: OTEXF), and RealNetworks (NASDAQ: RNWK), to
more effectively and efficiently sell and maintain their products. Intraware is funded by private investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Attractor Investment
Management, Canaan Partners, WI Harper, and Technology Crossover Ventures. Based in Orinda, California, Intraware has sales/engineering offices in New York, Los Angeles,
Chicago, Washington, D.C., Cleveland, Boston, Dallas, and Seattle. Intraware's main address is 25 Orinda Way, Orinda, Calif. 94563; 925/253-4500; FAX 925/253-4599.
intraware.com
Note to Editors: Compariscope, intraware.shop, SubscribNews, Radarscope, IT Knowledge Center, "Ask James", and SubscribNet are among the service marks and trademarks of
Intraware, Inc.
grapeVINE Technologies, grapeVINE, grapeVINE for Notes/Domino, and grapeVINE for Compass Server are trademarks of greaVINE Technologies. All other product names,
service marks, and trademarks mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners.
CONTACT: Dave & Bairey Communications For Intraware
Fiona Hughes, 925/672-9547
fiona@dbcomm.com
or
Eiler Communications For grapeVINE
Larry Eiler, 313/761-3399
larry@eilerpr.com
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