Inovie Software Introduces First Real-Time Collaborative Team Management System; TeamCenter Provides Internet-Based Team Management for the Enterprise

Business Wire, Sept 8, 1998

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 1998--Inovie Software Inc. today introduced TeamCenter(TM), the first real-time collaborative team management system designed for the Internet-enabled enterprise.

TeamCenter's unique solution brings distributed teams together, allowing them to coordinate project activities efficiently and interactively. As a result, team members can make better decisions faster, dramatically improving the performance and productivity of their project teams.

Early users have been no less than enthusiastic about the benefits that TeamCenter brings to the table. According to Tunde Turner, development manager at CSC Solutions of Chicago, "My company has been waiting for a product like TeamCenter for a long time. It provides the coordination, improved efficiency, and project support tools to better manage our distributed development activities. The real-time behavior of the system keeps everyone up-to-date with the latest developments and milestones, and the Collaborative Notebooks are an incredibly flexible way for us to capture and track project knowledge."

TeamCenter is a 100% Pure Java(TM) system that integrates project management, collaboration, and reporting tools into a real-time shared resource that dramatically improves team performance, regardless of member location. It gives team members and project managers a dynamic and unified view of schedules, tasks, notes, reports and goals.

Unlike other shared project systems which limit access to shared files, TeamCenter is built on an enhanced 3-tier SQL database model that permits distributed users to freely work within the same project at the same time. Changes are updated instantly across the entire teamy, with everyone receiving instantaneous feedback. Team members are not locked out by others who "got there first" -- they share a real-time application space where each by teams themselves and can be easily deployedid Scott McMullan, chief executive officer and president of Inovie Software. "Our unique JDOT architecture provides the ultimate platform for real-time collaboration. It scheduling facilitates task manipulation and project

visualization. Supports distributed and interactive project

management for the entire teamnd much more.

-- Reporting Engine: Flematically extract and filter the latest project TeamCenter is platform independent and can run either as a

Netscape or Microsoft browser application, or as a

standalone Java desktop application.

-- Simple Administration and Setup: TeamCenter sets up fnter can also be configured to use any

everything needed to be up and running immediaser. The server is priced separately and begins at $675 for a workgroup system.

About Inovie Software, Inc.

Founded in 1997, Inovie Software is committed to dra(TM) developer. For additional information and Windows(A) 95, Windows 98, IBM AIX(A), Sun Solaris, HP-UX(A), and Apple(A) Macintosh(A).

Inovie, TeamCenter, JDOT, Up-to-the-Second, and The Team Management Company are trademarks of Inovie Software, Inc. Sun, Java, Solaris, and 10e Software, Inc.

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