DENVER, CO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- March 28, 2007 -- NewsGator Technologies, Inc., the leading RSS
company, today announced two new RSS readers for IBM's Lotus messaging and
collaboration environments. The NewsGator Plug-In for Lotus Notes delivers
RSS feed-reading capabilities within Lotus Notes versions 6.5 and higher,
while the NewsGator Plug-in for Lotus Sametime adds this capability to
version 7.5 of the enterprise instant messaging client. The plug-ins are
available as options to the
award-winning NewsGator Enterprise Server (NGES) solution,
which provides centralized management and delivery of RSS feeds to the Web,
desktops, e-mail clients, portals and mobile devices.
NGES is the only Enterprise RSS solution that provides feed-reading
capabilities within the most popular versions of Lotus Notes. These RSS
readers allow organizations to improve the effectiveness of their internal
communications and increase the productivity of more than 75 million
knowledge workers by delivering updates from news sites, blogs, wikis,
content management systems and enterprise applications directly into an
environment that they are already familiar with. Employees can also access
the same information on company intranets and portals, mobile devices or
their desktop without seeing the same information over again.
"Giving people the ability of accessing relevant information where they are
most comfortable has been key to adoption of Enterprise RSS solutions,"
said Dave Keller, general manager, enterprise for NewsGator. "We've always
offered the broadest set of
delivery options and today's announcement demonstrates
continued innovation in that area. With many knowledge workers spending a
significant portion of their time in a Notes-based environment, the ability
to read and interact with valuable content
increases
productivity and improves decision-making."
Business Value of RSS in Lotus Environments
In industries where Lotus Notes has significant market share, such as
financial services, pharmaceutical, chemical and electronics manufacturing
and telecommunications, delivering RSS feeds through Notes and Sametime
clients can help these organizations increase employee efficiency and
improve internal communications processes. In a recent Forrester study of
CIOs, 81% of CIOs at firms with more than 500 employees were adopting RSS
to improve the efficiency of their businesses. Examples of information that
can be delivered include:
-- Company, product, industry, regulatory and industry news and updates
-- Project updates from wikis, portals and collaboration environments
-- Notifications of new marketing documents and sales tools
-- Premium content feeds from providers such as Thomson, Lexis, Factiva
and BNA
-- Reports and key performance indicators from enterprise applications
About NewsGator Enterprise Server
NewsGator Enterprise Server is a revolutionary new product for aggregating,
reading and distributing RSS content within the enterprise. It brings the
power of NewsGator's robust RSS platform behind the firewall, providing
enterprise class security, manageability and deployment. With its powerful
search, collaboration and administrative capabilities, organizations can
ensure that relevant information automatically gets delivered to
employees. In addition, NGES optionally integrates with Microsoft Exchange
LDAP servers, which eases deployment for enterprise IT departments and
provides a user-friendly interface for employees.
About NewsGator Technologies, Inc.
NewsGator Technologies is the world's leading RSS platform company.
Headquartered in Denver, Colo., NewsGator develops and markets RSS
aggregation solutions for individual end users, enterprises, and online
content providers. Using NewsGator products and solutions, businesses and
consumers can subscribe to news, information, podcasts, and other relevant
content more efficiently and effectively than with traditional channels.
With NewsGator, users have access to RSS information via the Web, Microsoft
Outlook, mobile devices, and both Windows- and Mac-based desktop clients.
All NewsGator products synchronize seamlessly, enabling users to read their
RSS feeds anywhere, anytime, with any device. For more information, visit
www.newsgator.com.
Contact Information: Contact Information
Gavin Skillman or Corey Lewis
LaunchSquad
212.861.2595 or 415.625.8555
newsgator(at)launchsquad(dot)com