Intranets.com Introduces Group Scheduling To Its Online Collaboration Suite


"New Online Calendar enhancements allow team members to manage and coordinate group meetings, activities, and events from a Web browser"

Woburn, MA (April 12, 2004) - Intranets.com (http://www.intranets.com), the world's leading provider of on-demand collaboration services, today announced new enhancements to its Online Calendar that include an updated look and feel and powerful new group scheduling functionality. Group scheduling is the latest addition to the Intranets.com Online Calendar and part of the company's vision to offer its customers a complete suite of on-demand business services. With these new enhancements, Intranets.com customers can now easily view and coordinate team schedules, saving valuable time and more effectively managing team meetings.

"Using the Intranets.com collaboration suite, we've been able to cut down on team email by 25-30 percent, and expect the new enhancements to further increase our team's productivity levels," said Mike Long, vice president of lending at General Mills Federal Credit Union. "We tested the new group scheduling capabilities extensively and found them powerful enough to start migrating our entire team from Outlook to Intranets.com as our primary calendar application."

General Mills Federal Credit Union (GMFCU) utilizes the Intranets.com service to store and manage 30 different business databases, track hundreds of loan referrals, post and share business forms, input customer feedback, and even coordinate employee vacation time. With the new group scheduling capabilities, GMFCU employees will now be able to check meeting participant availability, send invitations, and even reserve a conference room from wherever they may be working.

"The majority of our customers do not have Microsoft Exchange Server or the resources to buy and maintain it, but they still need advanced group scheduling capabilities," said Karen Leavitt, vice president of marketing at Intranets.com. "With today's introduction, we're giving all of our customers a full-featured, easy-to-use online calendar without the recurring business costs associated with an Exchange Server."

Additional Product Details:

The Group Scheduling enhancement is available immediately at no additional charge to Intranets.com customers. With the Intranets.com enhanced Online Calendar, customers can now:

  • Schedule meetings, events, and appointments
  • Check for scheduling conflicts with colleagues, business partners or even remote workers
  • Schedule recurring meetings and notify participants of meetings via e-mail
  • Avoid location conflicts by checking on meeting room or location availability
  • Receive meeting reminders without opening a browser with the new Intranets Desktop Assistant
  • Attach relevant documents, agendas or directions to an event
  • Share schedules with colleagues while still maintaining the privacy of personal appointments and events
  • Synchronize calendar appointments with a Palm®-based handheld or Microsoft Outlook® so schedules are available from anywhere, at any time
  • Access calendar information from anywhere in the world with just a Web browser and a simple Internet connection

About Intranets.com
Intranets.com is the world's leading provider of on-demand collaboration services for small businesses or departments and groups inside large organizations. The company serves more than 350,000 users across 10,000 companies worldwide and offers a secure, web-based collaboration suite to share critical business information quickly and easily at any time from anywhere. Privately held and profitable, Intranets.com is led by an experienced team of software industry professionals who are committed to providing a secure, customizable, easy-to-deploy intranet solution supported by world-class customer service. Intranets.com is a PC Magazine "Editor's Choice" winner and is rated one of the world's "Top 25" leading service providers by ASPNews. The company has also been ranked by the Boston Business Journal as one of the fastest growing private companies in Massachusetts for two consecutive years. For more information or to take a FREE 30-day test drive, visit http://www.intranets.com/pr, e-mail corpsales@intranets.com or call 888-932-2600 or 781-565-6000.

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