AnyDay.com Debuts the Internet’s Fastest Calendar Synchronization Functionality
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — August 24, 1999 — AnyDay.com's free online DayPlanner now syncs calendars, contacts and more, with the widest range of leading desktop and hand-held organizers
AnyDay.com(TM), creator of the Internet's premier online DayPlanner, today announced the availability to synchronize information from leading personal information managers (PIMs) and personal digital assistants (PDA) with it's free online DayPlanner service at http://www.anyday.com. Free to AnyDay.com members, the service will support the fastest integration of personal data from the widest range of personal organizers available, including Lotus (R) Notes(TM), Lotus Organizer(TM), Microsoft(R) Outlook(TM), Goldmine, Symantec(R) ACT(TM), the Palm family of hand-held organizers, Windows CE devices, and more.
"Web based calendaring and scheduling allows users to converge both business and personal information and content," said Mike Comiskey, senior research analyst at International Data Corporation. "AnyDay's synchronization capabilities combined with the My Event Club feature make it an excellent medium to support this convergence."
Using the Enterprise Harmony Sync Engine from Extended Systems (Nasdaq: XTND), members of AnyDay.com's free service can easily synchronize calendar, contacts, to-do items and events. AnyDay.com's synchronization feature allows members to:
–Keep their data current across all of their personal organizers, allowing them to access their information from any PC on the Internet.
–Share calendars, contacts and more with family, friends or colleagues — virtually anyone on the Internet.
–View their favorite events, like sporting events or TV programs, already integrated within AnyDay.com from their other PIMs and PDAs.
–Integrate AnyDay.com's unique email reminder system with important dates and events residing within a desktop or hand-held device.
"By adding sync capabilities, our members can take full advantage of the AnyDay.com service and use our DayPlanner as a complement to their existing personal organizers," said Steve Watts, president and CEO of AnyDay.com. "Our members have been asking for the sync capability, so we're excited about providing support for a broad range of personal organizers to accommodate our members' needs. We're constantly improving our service to provide our membership with useful utilities that help them manage their time more effectively."
Synchronization also gives members the security that if their desktop PIM fails or PDA is lost, a copy of their information is easily available — a necessity for business and personal time management. And since AnyDay.com is Y2K compliant, members also don't have to worry about losing their personal information when the new century arrives.
"We're extremely pleased to be working with AnyDay.com and their time management service," said Steve Simpson, CEO of Extended Systems. "Easy, reliable and secure synchronization is a key issue for AnyDay.com's members. Our Enterprise Harmony for AnyDay technology provides a solution that's broadly compatible with the applications and handheld computers AnyDay.com members need."
AnyDay.com's exclusive SSL synchronization
Along with the fastest syncing of the widest range of PIMs and PDAs, AnyDay.com is the only online DayPlanner service that syncs using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. SSL encryption ensures synchronization of information from a member's corporate environment is consistent with the highest levels of security.
AnyDay.com's synchronization is simple and easy
After logging into AnyDay.com's secure site, members click on the "sync" button located on the main toolbar. The member can select either custom installation (only syncs with programs the user selects) or full installation (syncs with all organizers AnyDay.com supports), download the free AnyDay.com Harmony software and run the simple install program from Windows. From that point forward synchronization can be run from the AnyDay.com site or from the member's desktop by following the simple instructions.
AnyDay.com's DayPlanner service supports the most popular applications and devices.
Personal Information Managers
–Microsoft Outlook 97 and 98 (Nasdaq: MSFT)
–Lotus Notes 4.5 and 4.6
–Lotus Organizer 97/GS, 4.1, 5.0
–Symantec ACT! 3.05 and 4.0 (Nasdaq:SYMC)
–Goldmine 3.0 and 4.0 (Standard Edition)
Hand-held Devices
–Palm III, IIIx, V (Nasdaq: COMS)
–Palm Pilot Personal and Pro
–Pilot 1000 and 5000
–Windows CE 1.0 and 2.0 devices including:
IBM Workpad (NYSE: IBM)
Sharp Mobilon Pro
NEC MobilPro (Nasdaq:NIPNY)
HP Jornada (NYSE: HWP)
Compaq Aero (NYSE: CPQ)
Philips Nino (NYSE: PHG)
Casio Cassiopeia About AnyDay.com
AnyDay.com, Inc. (http://www.anyday.com), the creator of the Internet's premier online DayPlanner, was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. By extending the capabilities of the online calendar with an events directory, integrated e-mail scheduling system and more, AnyDay.com empowers people to efficiently manage all aspects of their professional and personal lives. Backed by two leading Internet venture capital firms, SOFTBANK Technology Ventures, a subsidiary of SOFTBANK Corporation and investor in Internet companies such as Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) and E*trade, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGRP), and Carlyle Venture Partners, AnyDay.com has an accomplished management team with over 40 years of experience in the calendaring and contact management industry. AnyDay.com's executive team includes John Landry, chairman, and co-founders Steve Watts, president and CEO, and Dennis Kelly, chief operating officer, and Shevawn Hardesty, chief financial officer.
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CONTACT:
AnyDay.com
Jim McManus, 617/621-0000 x121
Director of Corporate Communications
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