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NewsGator Launches Innovative On-Demand RSS Solution
New SaaS Offering Delivers Benefits of Centrally Managed RSS Systems Without the Expense or Burden of Managing or Deploying Hardware
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DENVER, CO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- January 22, 2007 -- NewsGator Technologies, the leading RSS company,
today announced the release of NewsGator Enterprise On-Demand, an
enterprise RSS solution delivered via a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model.
The service is targeted at small to mid-sized businesses (SMB) as well as
divisions or groups of larger organizations who want the ability to improve
the way they find and distribute news and information without having to
deploy or manage an on-premise solution.
NewsGator Enterprise On-Demand is the latest addition to NewsGator's
award-winning family of Enterprise RSS solutions. Featured in eWeek's
January 15th cover story, "RSS in the Enterprise,"
the company's server-based product, NewsGator Enterprise Server (NGES), has
been deployed by more than 50 organizations worldwide, including more than
a dozen Fortune 100 companies. NGES helps reduce information overload and
improve internal communications and collaboration. NewsGator Enterprise On-
Demand provides the same benefits, but eliminates the burden of deploying,
hosting and maintaining an on-site solution. The innovative service is
currently in use at 20 organizations ranging from software companies, to
venture capitalists, publishers and professional services firms.
"For companies and groups that need the ability to streamline the
management and distribution of news and information to employees, but don't
have the resources to handle the management of the technology, NewsGator
Enterprise On-Demand is the perfect solution," said Dave Keller, General
Manager, Enterprise Solutions, for NewsGator Technologies. "As the leader
in RSS, this offering is the latest example of how we are able to
continually innovate while being responsive to market demands. Based on the
overwhelming adoption of the service during the beta period, we expect
NewsGator Enterprise On-Demand to significantly increase the overall market
for Enterprise RSS Solutions and open new markets for NewsGator."
Powerful Capabilities Improve Productivity for Administrators and Users
Alike
NewsGator Enterprise On-Demand provides a powerful set of capabilities
designed to make it easy as possible for organizations to improve internal
communications and increase productivity of information workers including:
-- Centralized Administration -- Manage users, groups and subscriptions
-- Discovery -- Customize a taxonomy based on functions, products or
practices
-- Devices and Platforms -- In addition to the Web, use any of NewsGator's
award-winning
e-mail, desktop and mobile readers and keep articles synchronized
-- Collaboration -- Clip articles and distribute to others, forward via
e-mail and IM
-- Branding -- Customize the look and feel to match corporate intranets
-- Annual Subscription Pricing Model -- Avoid vendor lock-in and expensive
software maintenance agreements
"Most of our employees use disparate RSS readers to stay on top of the
news. NewsGator Enterprise On-Demand allows all of our workers to find and
share relevant feeds, which ultimately makes collaboration easier," said
Josh Jacobs, president of X1 Technologies. "Now, we can easily and
efficiently share relevant information with each other, without a big
learning curve. NewsGator Enterprise On-Demand will save us huge amounts of
time company-wide while also improving the flow of information and
knowledge."
"Knowledge is the heart of everything our organization does, and ensuring
that our research staff receive the relevant information they need to do
their jobs is critical to delivering quality products and services," said
Karen Huffman, manager of Knowledge Initiatives for the National Geographic
Society. "Our library team has tested and used a handful of RSS readers to
save time scanning across a wide set of sources. NewsGator On-Demand
provides the opportunity to assist with selection and dissemination of
relevant RSS-based information to our users."
Realize the Benefits Immediately
NewsGator Enterprise On-Demand is available for a free, 30-day trial at: http://www.newsgator.com/on-demand.aspx. After the trial
period, the product's annually renewable subscription is priced at $100 per
user per year.
About NewsGator Technologies, Inc.
NewsGator Technologies is the world's leading RSS company. Headquartered in
Denver, CO, 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.