To: paul gambuto who wrote (1293 ) 3/16/1999 7:44:00 AM From: Grupo Brad Read Replies (4) | Respond to of 1781
Paul, "Grupo" to the rescue. <gg> Brad (BSNS WIRE) Heartsoft Continues International Expansion to Asia, New Zea Heartsoft Continues International Expansion to Asia, New Zealand, and South Africa Business Editors/High-Tech Writers TULSA, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 1999--Heartsoft, Inc. (OTC BB:HTSF), publisher of educational software products for early-learning children, announced today an expanded agreement with its exclusive Australian sales agent, Wooldridges, to distribute the company's products to South East Asia, New Zealand, and South Africa. "Since our involvement with Heartsoft in early January we have been overwhelmed with the quality of Heartsoft's products; the product is excellent," said Tim Majors, manager and director of Wooldridges Educational Software. "Our initial introduction of Heartsoft's products to our top educational accounts resulted in immediate success through sales and inquiries. Our first large order of the product is expected into our warehouse in the next couple of days, and we are anticipating the stock moving extremely quickly." Wooldridges is the largest reseller of educational software in Australia and has a sales staff of 120 representatives who are active during the "Back-to-School" period. The company has recently expanded its services to nearly 4,000 schools which have a total enrollment of several million students. Wooldridges also acts as an international distributor for resellers in other surrounding countries as well. Majors further commented, "We have indicated to Heartsoft that by mid-year we will be actively distributing their full range of products, which we believe will become a major curriculum solution, not only in Australia but also in New Zealand, South East Asia, and South Africa as well." In other recent news, Heartsoft announced the release of new versions of its educational software for Microsoft Windows 98(R) (Nasdaq:MSFT) and the Apple iMac(R) (Nasdaq:AAPL). Heartsoft's support of Windows 98 and the iMac significantly expands the company's ability to support hardware manufacturers such as Apple Computer, Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq:DELL), Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE:CPQ), and Gateway, Inc. (NYSE:GTW) which represent the most widely used platforms in schools and by parents. Heartsoft, Inc. publishes and distributes a line of multimedia educational software products for schools and homes nationwide. Headquartered in Tulsa, Heartsoft is acknowledged among educators as the price-vs.-performance leader, delivering such product classics as the Heartsoft Bestsellers and its latest release, Thinkology, with unsurpassed customer satisfaction and loyalty. Heartsoft's web pages may be viewed at heartsoft.com and thinkology.com . --30--pw/sf* mr/sf CONTACT: Heartsoft, Inc., Tulsa Benjamin P. Shell, 918/251-1066 or Wooldridges Tim Majors, 011 61 89 4433900 KEYWORD: OKLAHOMA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED EDUCATION INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET PRODUCT Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: businesswire.com *** end of story ***