Mediachase Software Offers New Solution to Synchronizing Agency/Client Relationships for Distance, and Time Sensitive Project Coordination

Mediachase launches next generation collaborative business software for marketing, advertising, consulting, and public relations organizations focusing on enhancing client experiences. The software is a combination of secure instant messaging and web portal with tools designed to increase business relationships with an eye on productivity and efficiency.

Los Angeles, CA. March 29, 2004 -- Mediachase, LTD. today enhanced its solutions offerings based on its Instant Business Network software for business collaboration. Marketing, advertising, and public relations organizations and their clients can leverage dynamic intra- and inter-organizational tools to communicate, coordinate, track, review, and share information across simultaneous projects being performed in any location. The Instant Business Network solution enables a much greater degree of dynamic control than ever before and it does this in a unique way.

By combining next generation secure instant messaging and collaboration capabilities with state of the art project management, issues tracking, and digital asset management features into a single integrated software solution, we are taking the next leap in enabling real-time communication and closing the loops between e-mail, web browsers, and other tools related to day to day dealings of users and their business relationships with an eye on productivity and efficiency." said Chris Lutz, President Mediachase.

The IBN Version 3.1 software offers a wide variety of integrated out of the box features and capabilities including: ease-of-use, coordinated project management, issues tracking, team calendaring, digital asset management, secure instant messaging, dynamic workflow, and a number of other powerful collaboration capabilities. While many firms are investigating the value of instant messaging and how it can be integrated into their day to day efforts, Mediachase has already embedded the value directly into its combined business suite.

"For years the concept of a paperless office, improved productivity across distances, and true information sharing has been talked about, but the solution to some simple needs of customers in the area of information sharing, communication, and distributed team effectiveness has not been met." said Chris Lutz, President of Mediachase. "The technical capabilities have been there, but the large players in the software industry continue to focus on the building more complex and feature ridden solutions, while customers struggle to make sense of how to implement them. There are simple and fundamental issues that the IBN software is addressing while mitigating the complexity."

"The bottom line is that many users are still using e-mail & Microsoft Office files as attachments as their core project management and distributed team coordination tools. Even though many organizations have made large investments in enterprise software solutions, users still resort to e-mail as a solution. This unfortunate position which many companies find themselves in, invariably leads to increased overhead, loss of productivity, unhappy users, information/spam overload, & serious overspending to on what should be a simple process." Lutz added. "The IBN software lets you leverage all of your existing tools, but adds the additional abilities of centralizing the flow and tracking of information while enabling global accessibility."

Organizations ranging from small businesses to large enterprises are using the IBN software to achieve rapid returns on their investments by responding to recurring challenges they face in the areas of communication, business process, extended relationships, and their ability to effectively coordinate people on different desktops, devices, and networks around the world.

An example of how the IBN software is making a difference for companies who are pursuing better ways to control their costs, enhance their efficiencies, and increase their sales can be found in this customer statement - With teams across the globe working around the clock on projects, products, launches, and events, we needed a communication and collaboration tool that could operate anytime, anywhere. What we found with IBN was not only secure instant messaging, project management, issues tracking, file sharing, and calendaring, but a piece of software that could adapt to our constantly changing environments with ease and flexibility, and that could also snap into our existing infrastructure. IBN was the perfect solution."

About Mediachase

Founded in November 1997 and headquartered in Los Angeles, CA., Mediachase designs, integrates and builds innovative software solutions and tools for companies who are need to streamline internal & external business activities where people need to work together even though they are in multiple locations, on different desktops, and in different companies.

Our software and solutions allow businesses to efficiently communicate, coordinate, collaborate, manage information, and track data for improved productivity, cost savings and communications.

The Instant Business Network is our flagship product offering and is designed and built on the latest web services (next generation Internet application environment), and offers a number of integrated features and business capabilities including secure instant messaging, project management, time tracking, document management, workflow, routing, team calendar sharing, Microsoft Office integration, Microsoft Project Integration, and issues/incidents tracking.

Mediachase products can be purchased in components or editions and are available as either licensed software products or subscription hosted services.

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Julie Magbojos
Mediachase
323-655-6688
http://www.mediachase.com