Pitney Bowes Showcases Internet Messaging Solutions

Business Wire, Oct 7, 1998

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 1998--

"D3, iSend, DirectNET and Clickstamp Help Businesses of All

Sizes Manage Document Production, Routing and Delivery"

Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI), is showcasing a bevy of Internet messaging solutions during the 1998 Fall Internet World, October 7-9, at the Jacob Javitz Center in New York and internet:press, a media reception on October 7th.

These Internet solutions are designed to help all market segments -- small to large -- manage the secure production, routing, delivery and tracking of documents:

o (D3), the Digital Document Delivery Solution - an Internet

statement delivery and bill application

o iSend(TM) - an Internet message delivery service

o DirectNET - an on-line mailing service

o Click Stamp - a computer-based metering application that

downloads postage via the Internet.

"These advanced solutions are in response to today's business needs," according to Marc Breslawsky, President and Chief Operating Officer of Pitney Bowes, Inc. "Managing the exchange of information and messages has never been more critical to the success of businesses large and small in today's global marketplace. With products, software and services in over 2 million customer sites worldwide, Pitney Bowes has an unparalleled perspective on the interplay between communications methods -- digital and paper -- and the need to integrate those methods into business processes. These new Internet messaging solutions reflect Pitney Bowes' tradition of applying technology to increase user convenience, reduce costs, ensure delivery reliability and security and enhance end-to-end messaging effectiveness."

Pitney Bowes' Internet Messaging Solutions include:

o (D3), the Digital Document Delivery Solution: an Internet

application that allows customers to send high volumes of billing

statements with payment posting options via the World Wide Web,

e-mail, fax, pager or postal mail

o iSend(TM): a platform-independent, Internet message delivery

service allowing users to securely send and track electronic

documents via message encryption, authentication and password

protection

o Click Stamp: a computer-based postage metering application that

allows low volume mailers to download postage via the Internet or

a private network and to use a laser printer to print encrypted

"stamps" on envelopes

o DirectNET: an on-line mailing and printing service allowing small

companies to create and distribute marketing materials directly

from a PC

You can see D3 and iSend at Pitney Bowes Booth No. 3302 at Internet World and see the whole line of solutions at the internet:press media reception (call 503-226-0624 for info on the reception.) Pitney Bowes is a $4.1 billion premier provider of informed mail and messaging management. For more information about the company, please visit our web site at: http://www.pitneybowes.com.