Versit vCard Support Industry Quotes

Apple Computer, Inc. - Newton Systems Group Barney Dewey, Newton
Communications Product Line Manager states, "Our strategy is to support
and encourage open communications standards between different devices and
platforms. vCard is a great proposition we are considering to allow easy
exchange of electronic business cards between Newton products, other PDA
devices, portable computers and desktop phone and computer systems.
Adoption of IrDA connectivity in these devices will make emerging
standards such as Versit's vCard specifications a requirement for portable
computing devices, like Newton PDAs, and stationary peripherals, like
printers. We are very interested in the opportunities that supporting
vCard would bring, particularly as it gains strong public endorsement by
becoming a pervasive standard on the Internet." - Homepage reference:
http://www.apple.com

Apple Computer, Inc. - Communications Products and Technologies "Apple is
committed to delivering easy-to-use, cost effective solutions to its
customers for all their needs in terms of communications and
collaboration. Our future communications solutions will support vCards,
bringing one step closer to reality our vision of a world with true
spontaneous interoperability between any combination of computer and
communication devices" said Robert Hon, Senior Director of Communications
Products and Technologies. - Homepage reference: http://www.apple.com

Atlantic Computing Technology Corporation - Kevin Dowd, President of
Atlantic Computing Technology Corporation states, "We are writing to the
vCard specification, and see it as something unique -- eventually taking
us far beyond its paper cousin, the business card. In addition to contact
information, vCard gives us a method to trade our identity,
qualifications, and common interests with others." - Homepage reference:
http://www.atlantic.com

Business Cards Tomorrow - "Incorporating paper-based information into the
corporate network has always been a challenge. By complimenting the
information found on the face of traditional business cards with an
industry-endorsed electronic format, like vCard, businesses can
immediately encapsulate the information to facilitate a higher fidelity of
integration with the PC user's desktop. The vCard technology has the
potential of revolutionizing the exchange of personal data printed on
business cards," said Scott Koegler, Vice President of IT at Business
Cards Tomorrow, the largest printer of business cards in North America. -
Homepage reference: http://www.bct-net.com

Campbell Services, Inc. - Service: Personal Information Manager - Product:
On-Time PhoneBook - Anik Ganguly, President of Campbell Services Inc., a
subsidiary of FTP Software Inc., states, "With the advent of ubiquitous
connectivity, the importance of standards for exchange of application
level data increases dramatically. The Versit Consortium is doing the
industry a favor by advancing standards for data that is exchanged
commonly by everybody. The vCard standard for electronic exchange of
business cards is going to make the most frequent data exchange highly
efficient. We will support the vCard standard in our On-Time PhoneBook
product. We also look forward to working with Versit on the creation of a
standard specification for exchange of calendar data - that will greatly
enhance the value of all calendaring and scheduling products and
accelerate the growth of the market." - Homepage reference:
http://www.ontime.com

CitiSearch, part of PerfectMarket Corporation - Service: Current,
Comprehensive Online Guide for Local Communities - "Whether its the
Internet, telephone, laptop, PDA - or just a standard business meeting,
Versit's electronic personal information will transform the way people use
and access data," according to Mark Boyce, CitiSearch Vice President of
Business Development. "Versit has defined the user and technical
requirements necessary for personal data exchange and offered it openly to
everyone."

Claris Corporation - "Claris believes the age of the electronic business
card is imminent. We are excited to be a part of this development which
will further enhance our customers' productivity, " says Peter Heller,
Claris Organizer Product Manager, Claris Corporation. - Homepage
reference: http://www.claris.com

Counterpoint Systems Foundry - Service: IrDA Protocol and Application
Software Supplier - "Versit's release of the vCard Version 2.0
specification further swells the wave in standards-based communication on
laptops, PDAs, phones, pagers, and embedded systems of all types. Data
exchange has traditionally been a Tower of Babel, with two huge problems:
inadequate protocols, and product specific data formats. Now protocols
from the Internet, Infrared Data Association (IrDA), and others are
addressing the first problem, while the vCard exemplifies the other key
piece: a universal interchange format for common data objects," according
to Pat Megowan, President of Counterpoint Systems Foundry.

"Future efforts will cover schedule items, financial transactions - even
the proverbial note scribbled on a napkin. The impact of blending richly
formatted communications with automated recognition and processing will be
tremendous. But the vCard is flexible enough even for very resource
constrained systems to use. We are incorporating vCard exchange into our
ObeX technology suite, which includes QuickBeam IR for Windows and the
Mercury and Echo IrDA solutions for PDAs, communicators, peripherals, and
embedded systems." - Homepage reference: http://www.teleport.com/countsys

DigiLand America, Inc. - DigiLand America, Inc. is currently shipping
taskMASTER/PCApro (Version 3.0), a DSP-based CTI/MultiMedia System
(Telephony, Voice, Data/Fax Modem, Media Manager, and Audio) for Windows
95-based PCs. The taskMASTER/PCAPro provides the small office/home office
(SOHO) professional with a user friendly solution which takes only minutes
to learn. "Versit's vCard is supported by the taskMASTER platform," states
Charlie Caldwell, General Manager. "As an example, Ring Zero's telephony
application supporting vCard runs with our solution today."

First Virtual Holdings - "I am delighted to see this new technology using
MIME for its Application Information Object Transfer function. This will
provide a standard Internet-type of tagging of vCard entities and
facilitate their transfer within MIME email messages", said Einar "Stef"
Stefferud, CoFounder of First Virtual Holdings Incorporated, which
operates the first Internet Payment System and an electronic messaging
industry pioneer.

Four11 - Service: Internet white page directory - See related Four11 Press
Release regarding vCard dated March 5, 1996 - "Four11 is pleased to
already offer vCard functionality to our directory users," said Michael
Santullo, President and Co-founder of Four11 Corporation. "With vCard,
Four11 users can now effortlessly drag and drop directory listings into
their vCard compatible digital address books. We will shortly upgrade
Four11 services to incorporate the new vCard Version 2.0."

IBM Corporation - CallPath Products - Steve Bonack, CallPath Product
Manager at IBM, says, "vCard can facilitate your call center operations
with our CallPath products in several ways. On an inbound call scenario, a
"screen pop" can contain the caller's prestored vCard information. On the
outbound side, a great new Internet scenario is for a Web surfer to hit
your site, and then decide to order something by sending an email with a
vCard to your CallPath operator. The operator receives the vCard and
places the outbound call to the customer for the order. Note that most of
the information for the order is already on the vCard. Call time is
drastically reduced while accuracy is quickly and easily insured." -
Homepage reference: http://www.ibm.com

IBM Corporation - DirectTalk Products - "vCard achieves saving in call time
charges regardless of whether the caller is talking to a live operator or
to a voice response system such as IBM's DirectTalk. When combined with
the evolving standards for Simultaneous Voice and Data (SVD), DirectTalk
will allow extremely efficient electronic transfer of information from a
caller as well as allowing voice interaction when required (e.g. to select
options using speech recognition or to interact with voice mail)" explains
Ron Bowater, DirectTalk Product Development, IBM UK Labs, Hursley, England
- Homepage reference: http://www.ibm.com

IBM Corporation - Microelectronics Division (Infrared) - "vCard is the
first major application to leverage the infrared universal connector
already in most PDAs, notebooks, and some desktops. It is also an
important first step towards cross-application data interchange," said
Brian Ingham, Infrared Market Development Manager for IBM's
Microelectronics Division. "Combined with the IrDA infrared connectivity
standard, vCard will save professionals literally billions of keystrokes.
IBM is planning to announce vCard support within its IrDA driver suite
later this year." - Homepage reference: http://www.ibm.com

IBM Corporation - Microelectronics Division (Mwave and DSP Technology
Products) - Homepage reference: http://www.ibm.com

IntelliLink Corporation - "IntelliLink Corporation, the industry leader in
data transfer and translation between mobile devices and PC applications,
plans to provide products to allow data synchronization between the vCard
business card format and many popular PC personal information managers,
contact managers, and more," states Tom Payne, IntelliLink General
Manager. "We are excited to be working with the vCard format. As a
standard business card format, it promises to simplify exchange of
business information and IntelliLink's synchronization technology will
make that seamless across different applications and formats." - Homepage
reference: http://www.ilink-corp.com

IrDA (Infrared Data Association) - Homepage reference: http://www.irda.org

Kalman Technologies, Inc. Kalman Technologies has committed to integrate
vCard technology into its full-featured Ancilla communications software.
The upcoming 32-bit Windows95/WindowsNT version of Kalman's Ancilla will
include full integration of vCard in a number of imaginative ways. "The
addition of the vCard standard to Ancilla's suite of computer and
telephone office automation capabilities will provide users with a new way
of enhancing productivity", said Michael Patterson, Ancilla Product
Manager. "Time you used to spend entering someone's contact information
into your phone book can now be used for more creative tasks. And you
never have to worry about getting the phone number or that long email
address wrong - it will be exactly as your contact gave it to you in his
or her vCard" Ancilla will support sending and receiving vCards during a
phone call using digital simultaneous voice and data and Radish's
VoiceView and will accept vCard information from on-line service and the
Internet, electronic mail and personal information managers. In Ancilla, a
user will be able to create contact entries in the Ancilla Phone Book from
any vCard and then transmit the information to others over the phone, via
email or by fax or export it into any personal information manager
supported by Ancilla. Kalman Technologies Incorporated, of Vancouver,
British Columbia, is a leader in computer telephony software for the small
and home office market. - Homepage reference:
http://www.interfaceweb.com/kalman/index.htm

LinkStar Communications Corporation - "I am pleased to see the vCard format
emerge, and believe that it will truly become the industry standard for
electronic business cards", states Dirk Herr-Hoyman, Vice President of
Technology. "The LinkStar Internet Directory currently uses a similar
concept, the e-Card for each entry, and we intend to fully support the
vCard format. I see the vCard as becoming an important element in the
larger picture of Internet publishing and searchable directories."

Lotus Development Corporation - Product: Lotus Notes, cc:Mail, and
Organizer - "Lotus is pleased to support vCard and the vCalendar
development efforts," said Nina McIntyre, Lotus General Manager,
Calendaring and Scheduling. "Lotus embraces open, cross-platform
standards. We believe Versit has interesting technology which we want to
leverage in various ways across Lotus communications products -- Notes,
cc:Mail, and Organizer, because of the value that these emerging Internet
standards offer our customers." - Homepage reference:
http://www.lotus.com

Lucent Technologies - "The Versit vCard specification is a powerful, common
way for communicating business crucial information," said Jerry
Prestinario, Vice President of Lucent Technologies' Computer Telephony
Applications and Software Group. "We're looking to include vCard in future
releases of our products and to continue to work closely with our Versit
partners to advance interoperability in the computer telephony integration
industry." - Homepage reference: http://www.lucent.com (homepage on-line
May, 1996)

Microware Systems Corporation - "As a leading vendor of embedded operating
systems and application enabling software for the consumer systems
marketplace, Microware Systems Corporation continually seeks to identify
significant new standards which will bring increasing value to our
partners and their products. vCard is an ideal example of such a standard,
and will compliment many designs where Microware's OS-9 Real-Time
Operating System is being adopted. Information exchange is a critical
component of future devices ranging from office products to interactive
television and wireless communications," said Ron Ambrosio, Microware's
Director of Systems Software and a member of the Salutation Consortium
Board of Directors. "Initiatives such as Versit's vCard fit perfectly with
Microware's Salutation efforts, and allow us to provide solid groundwork
for our development partners as they design next generation products." -
Homepage reference: http://www.microware.com

NetManage - "The Versit vCard Version 2.0 Specification is a very important
announcement for the industry and NetManage is pleased to have played a
role in its definition," said Ravi Pandya, Director of Engineering,
NetManage, Inc. "An interoperability format for electronic business card
data will be a plus for users of Personal Information Managers, such as
the NetManage ECCO Pro, that plan support for this new format. We also
look forward to working with Versit in the definition of other personal
data interchange formats, such as the one for calendaring and scheduling
data." - Homepage reference:
http://www.netmanage.com:80/netmanage/products/ecco3/index.html

Netscape Communications Corporation - "Netscape's products will also
include support for attributes in the Versit Consortium's "vCard"
specification for electronic business cards. vCards make it easy for
individuals or corporations to exchange contact and directory information
in a universally-recognized format" (Excerpt from Netscape's 4/96 Press
Release announcing the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP, RFC
1777) and its support by more than 40 companies. - Homepage reference:
http://home.netscape.com/newsref/pr/newsrelease126.html

Now Software - Service: Personal Information Manager/Contact Manager
Products - Product: Now Up-to-Date for Windows and MacOS - See related Now
Software Press Releases regarding vCard dated February 21 and March 5,
1996 - "Now Software is pleased to support the Versit standard throughout
our Now Up-to-Date product line," says Duane Schultz, President and CEO of
Now Software, Inc. "Creating products that support a single, open standard
reaffirms our commitment to revolutionary time and contact management
products. Now's customers will benefit from the support of open, standard
personal information exchange, whether they grab information from the
World Wide Web or from their company intranet." - Homepage reference:
http://www.nowsoft.com

Pro CD, Inc. - Homepage reference: http://procd.com

Puma Technology, Inc. - "As an active participant and enthusiastic
supporter of the Versit initiative, we are pleased to be part of the
announcement of Version 2.0 of the vCard Specification," said Brad Rowe,
President, Puma Technology, Inc. "Being an industry leader in the areas of
infrared connectivity and mobile data exchange, we believe that vCard
Version 2.0 is a major step towards providing standards-based,
interoperable data exchange solutions. This is a goal we at Puma strive
for in all of our products, and we heartily applaud the efforts of the
entire Versit vCard team." - Homepage reference: http://www.pumatech.com

Ring Zero Systems, Inc. - See related Ring Zero Press Release regarding
vCard dated March, 1996 - "Ring Zero immediately realized the natural
progression and tremendous advantage that the vCard technology would
provide to our customers," explains Vlad Shmunis, President and CEO.
"Through RingCentral, Ring Zero was the first to integrate vCard into a
telephony application. We applaud the Versit Consortium insetting this
badly needed standard." - Homepage reference: http://www.rzs.com

Salutation Consortium - The Salutation Consortium is an international
association promoting open access to information using any capable "device
at hand" by defining electronic capabilities interchange for office
systems hardware and software. Representing thirty five (35) of the
world's leading providers of office systems solutions, the Salutation
Consortium has worked with Versit to promote synergy and technical
exchange in areas of shared interest. Salutation Consortium Managing
Director James H. Barnett, Jr. said, "Salutation Consortium and Versit
promote the open interchange of information and the increased utility of
office systems and devices. Establishing vCard, a common format for the
exchange of business card information, sets the stage for needed industry
cooperation and represents a significant step forward in creating
additional value for the users of devices such as PDA's and office
applications such as e-mail and address book."

SEPT/France Telecom - "For messaging, groupware or on-line applications, we
find in vCard some of the features that we are looking for to improve
electronic communication and interoperability between systems," states
Philippe Maurice, Manager of the "Document Communication and Office
Systems" Division of SEPT/France Telecom. "SEPT, a joint Research and
Development laboratory between France Telecom and La Poste, is evaluating
the vCard specification and in particular its adequacy with ITU and/or
IETF standards and with French needs and requirements."

Siemens - Max Fiszer, Director, Global Call Center and CTI Solutions,
responsible for Siemens Telephony Call Center products states "The vCard
can result in a great savings for call centers. We recently illustrated at
CT Expo how Media Blending of the Internet and call centers can utilize
this technology. vCards transported over standard telephone lines can be
used to significantly reduce call times and greatly improve accuracy with
our call center products. We intend to support vCard in our ComManager and
Media Blending products." - Homepage reference: http://www.siemens.com

Starfish Software, Inc. - Service: Internet Scheduling - Product: Internet
Sidekick - Philippe Kahn, Chairman and Co-founder of Starfish Software,
Inc. states, "Starfish Software, Inc. is committed to supporting open
standards on the Internet. For example, the Versit vCard Version 2.0
Specification allows the upcoming Internet Sidekick, a key component of
our enterprise scheduling solution, to work well on the Internet and
Intranets with other vendor's solutions. The Versit vCard Specification
sets a new standard for cooperation and solutions that customers will come
to expect from all vendors on the Internet." - Homepage reference:
http://www.starfishsoftware.com

Telepress, Inc. - Service: Business Cards - "We are working to provide a
vCard along with each order of printed business cards we deliver to our
customers", states Terry Deschenes, General Manager of Telepress, Inc. "We
are confident that this will add obvious and immediate value to our
services. For 200 years printers have been communicating information using
ink and paper. There has not been a valid alternative to communicate the
information on a business card . . . until the vCard."

Tribe Systems - "The vCard will be a great technology permitting people to
'cyber-duce'(c) (introduce) each other," said Howard B. Luckman, President
of Tribe Systems. "We will use this technology for 'cyber-ductions'(c)
within the entertainment industry." (c) cyber-duce and cyber-ductions
copyright of Tribe Systems

Tribeca Global - Service: Tribeca Global helps companies integrate
conventional marketing efforts with new technologies. Services
offered--Marketing, New Media, Communications, Advertising, Internet - See
related Tribeca Global Press Release regarding vCard dated April, 1996 -
Ben Arthur Passantino, President and CEO of Tribeca Global states, "We are
positive that vCards will become a common fixture on the Internet, and we
at Tribeca Global are ready to take advantage of the technology by
incorporating it into the websites we design for our clients. No doubt
vCard will significantly enhance websites in a variety of ways. From a
business perspective, because vCards speed accurate data collection,
companies can provide better customer service and can more efficiently
build multi-use databases. For the consumer, time-saving features like
dragging and dropping the vCard on a web page will eliminate manually
completing forms -- as a result, web visits will be shorter and more
productive. I'm sure the vCard will be adopted quickly within the web
community. This month's introduction of the vCard Specification Version
2.0 fits perfectly with our clients' marketing plans and has been a long
anticipated improvement to doing business on the Internet." - Homepage
reference: http://www.TribecaGlobal.com

University of Michigan-Information Technology Division - Homepage
reference: http://www.umich.edu

Wordcraft International Limited, Derby, UK - Service: Infrared Smart Cards
- "Wordcraft has developed simple infra-red Key Stores, rather like remote
Smart cards, for use with the aFs Automatic Fax Security system recently
approved by the ITU," states Mike Lake, Managing Director of Wordcraft
International Limited. "Personal and portable security is an increasingly
important matter when travelling on business and the Key Stores allow the
storage of security data as well as fax number lists 'received' from the
office fax machine or PC-fax system. Adding Versit business card storage
was a natural extension since a device as simple as the Key Store, with
only two buttons, 'Send' and 'Receive' means that business card details
can be 'received' from your PC and then 'sent' to any other Versit
compatible device - such as another Key Store. With a capacity to store
dozens of business cards 'received' while travelling the Key Store can be
pointed at the office PC and all the data 'sent' in Versit format into
your standard PC name and address database. Logically all the data within
a Key Store: security information, fax number lists and business cards,
can be thought of as a single Versit data-base for transfer between
compatible devices and systems." - Homepage reference:
http://www.wordcraft.co.uk

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