Informative Graphics Corp. Introduces Brava! ASP License Program — Web Collaboration for Application Portals

Business Wire, Jan 11, 2000

Business Editors/Computer Writers

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 11, 2000

Informative Graphics Corp., a leading developer of collaboration software for engineering and manufacturing, Tuesday announced the formation of a new ASP License Program for Brava!(TM), the award winning Web-centric visualization suite.

The licensing program is designed to offer the flexibility and affordability required by Application Service Providers (ASP), Project Web Site portals and similar Web-based offerings with a better fit to their unique business models.

Informative Graphics(R) has enjoyed significant ASP wins with several portal sites for construction, engineering and supply chain collaboration. This licensing program is a formalization and commitment on the part of IGC for this business model.

Brava! allows a variety of collaborators - from contractors to suppliers - to share information and exchange ideas without requiring the same hardware platform, native software application or browser. With Brava!'s power and flexibility, users can now view and share ideas using drawings and image documents over intranets and the Internet.

Brava! is equipped with a unique on-board licensing mechanism that is well positioned for extranet ASP applications. In addition, the Brava! server can track usage by user and by document. With Brava! V2.1 a full Java Bean API interface is provided to allow the technology to be customized - and either application or Web page embedded - and fully integrated.

The business goal of many of the ASPs is to put as much value as possible into their service as quickly as possible to attract a user or project volume. Because Brava! can be integrated so quickly and provides a significant visualization value, it offers a very attractive solution when drawings and documents are involved.

Existing licensees have been able to integrate 2D viewing and redlining using Brava! into their portal sites within days. Once integrated with the HTTP server, the client-side view and redline application (a Java Applet or Bean) is delivered (served) to the browser when a file is requested for viewing and/or redline collaboration.

Since Brava! executes on the Java Virtual Machine that already comes with either Netscape 4.x or IE 4.x, there is no need for the ASP customers to upload and install any other software at all to take advantage of the value.

An example of Brava! in action is provided at www.drawingroom.net, a free Web portal operated by Informative Graphics that allows users to upload up to 10 drawings for sharing and redline collaborating over the Web.

Web delivery of information has rapidly become the de facto methodology for business-to-business collaboration. Informative Graphics is committed to the development of graphical viewing technologies over the World Wide Web, with Java-based Brava!, browser plug-ins for MYRIAD(R) and the Active X application inViso(TM).

For an interactive demonstration, visit: www.infograph.com/brava/

About Informative Graphics

Informative Graphics Corp., based in Phoenix, is the leading manufacturer of commercial software products for the information viewing process. The company has been developing software for national and international end-users, OEMs and systems integrators since 1986. Informative Graphics maintains a home page on the World Wide Web at www.infograph.com.

Note to Editors: Informative Graphics and MYRIAD are registered trademarks, and Brava! and inViso are trademarks, of Informative Graphics Corp. All other names are property of their respective owners.