eFax.com CEO Addresses Gartner Group's Dataquest Predicts '99 Conference; CEO of Leading Fax-to-Email Provider Discusses Company's New Internet Strategy at Premier IT Forum
MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 1999--Rudy Prince, CEO and co-founder of eFax.com (Nasdaq:EFAX), yesterday addressed IT investors, analysts, and key media, during the "Technology Implications: Who's Going to Win & Why" session at Gartner Group's Dataquest Predicts '99 Conference.
As one of the IT industry's largest strategic executive forums, the Conference draws thousands of attendees annually, and runs from March 22-24 in San Diego, Calif. Dataquest Predicts '99 is designed to provide IT executives with strategic market intelligence to help anticipate the future of this fast moving industry.
Prince told the IT crowd gathered at the San Diego Hyatt how eFax.com is spearheading today's paper to Web revolution with the company's two flagship Internet products, eFax.com, a free fax-to-email consumer service, and HotSend(TM), free software to read any email attachment. "eFax.com is already easing the frustrations and hassles of trying to receive documents remotely," Prince said. "For example, since our breakthrough service eFax.com was introduced in February, over one hundred thousand customers signed up in less than a month for the new Internet service. eFax.com is well ahead of the curve," he noted. By 2003, Prince estimated that 20 percent of all fax documents will be received by email via the Internet.
In addition to Prince's speech, eFax.com was one of the high-tech companies featured in the Gartner Group's Emerging Technology Pavilion, which offered business leaders a glimpse of the future IT products and services most likely to influence consumer and business lifestyles over the next decade. Inside the Pavilion, eFax.com showcased its two flagship Internet products, HotSend and eFax.com, which were introduced in February and March respectively.
"I am pleased that eFax.com was selected to showcase its Internet products and services at this year's Dataquest Predicts '99 Conference, and I'm honored to have the opportunity to speak at the IT industry's premier event," Prince said. "The IT and Internet community is growing rapidly, and all of us at eFax.com intend to play an key strategic role in that arena--so speaking engagements like this one give me a chance to explain our philosophy and business strategy to potential e-commerce and Internet partners."
About Gartner Group
As the world's leading authority on IT, GartnerGroup provides clients with a wide range of products and services in the areas of IT advisory services, measurement, research, decision support, analysis and consulting. Founded in 1979, with headquarters in Stamford, CT, GartnerGroup serves Fortune 1,000 companies from 80 locations worldwide. GartnerGroup's unique capabilities and resources help bring clarity to the direction of the world's hottest and most volatile industry. Additional information about the company is available on the World Wide Web at www.gartner.com
About eFax.com
eFax.com, Inc. (formerly JetFax, Inc.) is a leading provider of Internet document communication solutions. eFax.com has a range of products that allow users, regardless of technical expertise, to manage and distribute paper and digital documents easily. The company's flagship products are HotSend, free software to read any email attachment, and eFax.com, a free fax-to-email consumer service. The company also sells software and hardware products, and is headquartered in Menlo Park, Calif. For more information, call 1-877-EFAXCOM (650) 324-0600, fax (650) 326-6003, or visit www.eFax.com .
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: With the exception of historical information, the statements set forth above include forward-looking statements that involve risk an uncertainties. The Company wishes to caution readers that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Those factors include the following: the uncertain performance, user adoption, and financial results from products integrating fax technology with the Internet; protection of the Company's intellectual property rights and risk of infringement claims against the Company's intellectual property; the size and timing of and fluctuations in end user demand for the Company's branded products and OEM products incorporating the Company's technology; the fact that the Company's markets are characterized by rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards and frequent introductions of new products and enhancements, and the Company's ability to respond to such changes; difficulties which the Company may experience in completing the development of turnkey designs for OEM customers, its color technology or other products; the highly competitive nature of the markets for the Company's products; the phase-out or early termination of the Company's branded products or OEM products incorporating the Company's technology; the Company's ability to attract and retain skilled personnel; the Company's reliance on third party suppliers for components used in the Company's products; the quarterly variability in the Company's bookings and design wins; and the Company's reliance on a relatively small number of OEM customers for a large percentage of its revenue. These and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are also discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its recent filings on Form 10-K, Form S-8, Form 10-Q, and Form S-1.
CONTACT:
eFax.com
Janice V. Kapner, 650/688-6841
or
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Jane D'Arcy, 650/328-5555 x 116
Amy Beth Arnold, 650/328-5555 x 113
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