Web-based Collaboration Software Helps Creative Businesses Collaborate With Clients, Approve Designs Online, and Maintain Accountability.

epicsoft, LLC, a Green Bay, WI technology company, has just released INSPIRE, the first web-based, project collaboration tool designed to specifically serve the business of creativity; the core business of ad agencies, design studios, video and media houses, and all other creative service providers that collaborate in-house as well as with clients, vendors, and freelancers.

Green Bay, WI (PRWEB) April 1, 2004 --- epicsoft, LLC, a Green Bay, WI technology company, has released INSPIRE, the first web-based, project team collaboration tool designed to specifically serve the business of creativity; the core business of ad agencies, design studios, video and media houses, and all other creative service providers that collaborate in-house and with clients.

INSPIRE was designed with the foremost goals of simplicity, accessibility and usability to facilitate user tasks, expedite the approval process and stimulate project collaboration within the creative environment. INSPIRE is the first web-based, hosted solution to deliver creative team collaboration seamlessly integrated with online asset approvals, content management and project management tools within the context of an easy-to-operate Macromedia FlashÔ based application environment.

Developed in the latest Macromedia FlashÔ, FlashORBÔ and Microsoft .NETÔ technology, INSPIRE is designed to cut costs and speed up the creative process through utilizing faster, more secure, and more reliable collaboration processes than current methods such as FTP, e-mail or overnight deliveries. Online functionality saves time and money by eliminating travel time and expenses, service fees, delayed approvals, and missed deliveries.

INSPIRE fills the void of tracked accountabilities and immediate approvals in the project-driven creative services world. INSPIRE was developed by creative professionals who understand the demands placed on creative workers in a production environment, and strive to develop solutions needed to run a creative business more effectively, efficiently, and profitably.

epicsoft developers collectively have decades of creative production experience that give us an in-depth understanding of the processes and tools needed to expedite creativity within a business environment," said Tina Lutz, epicsoft principal and vice president/director of sales. INSPIRE was created from our proprietary tools that our production parent has been using for years with clients from around the world."

Security, accountability and efficiency are some of the largest benefits of the product," said Julie Mynatt, editor of Screen Magazine. With even the most planned-out project, sometimes details can get lost in the process, resulting in lost time, lost revenue and lost sleep. INSPIRE is an all-in-one, web-based and hosted production management and collaboration solution connecting everyone involved in a project 24/7 no matter where they are in the world."

Differentiated By Unique Architecture, Creative Industry Focus

INSPIRE features a unique architecture and comprehensive creative collaboration capabilities. This focus on the business of creativity enables users to optimize the collaborative participation of their creative team, account managers, vendors and clients. It allows all authorized participants of any type of creative project to review, revise, and approve creative and administrative elements of projects... from anywhere... at any time.

INSPIRE features a highly scalable and robust architecture INSPIRE is the first application to combine Flash, FlashORB, and .NET technologies with the express goal of providing a rich user experience, simplified application navigation, real-time data interaction, and many other features, within the context of a web-based collaboration application," said Ryan Moore, Technical Director on the INSPIRE project. The ubiquity of the Flash player plug-in along with the significant advancements of .NET and FlashORB created a powerful combination ideal for creating a dynamic, interactive, intelligent, and event-driven enterprise application like INSPIRE."

INSPIRE offers an intuitive, easy-to-use interface, enabling even novice users to get up and running with minimal training. This is especially important when bringing clients up on INSPIRE," said Dana VanDen Heuvel, New Media Director at epicsoft. Firms cannot afford bad customer experiences, and INSPIREs interface ensures that they wont have to." Users can easily view assets, comment on designs, view project status, and communicate directly with project team members. Role-based security enables administrators to establish participation parameters for diverse team members.

Availability

INSPIRE, by epicsoft, will be available to the commercial market on April 15th, 2004, and will be sold directly through epicsoft, LLC. To schedule a demonstration or for more information, please contact 1-920-884-1023 or visit http://www.epicsoft.net.

About epicsoft, LLC

epicsoft, LLC designs software specifically for the business of creativity. The principals of epicsoft, LLC apply practical experience to the product development of specialized solutions, based on their decades of work within the animation, multi-media development, and film/video production industries.