Software Fulfillment News
December 17, 1999
Volume 8, Issue 12
Personable.com, one of the first application service provider (ASP) delivering a full spectrum of "shrink-wrapped" software products online on a subscription basis opened today at www.Personable.com. Offering an array of familiar software, including Microsoft® Office 2000 Suites, Personable.com will quickly become the solution for individuals, small offices/home offices, and small businesses -- affording access to key applications without the expense or infrastructure traditionally associated with their use. According to The Yankee Group, applications hosting services will grow to an $11 billion business by 2002, up from $3.1 billion in 1999. Much of that growth is expected to come from front- and back-office implementations of applications hosted online, but individual consumers will also move quickly away from shrink-wrapped applications and toward online-hosted applications, such as Personable.com.
"Personable.com is designed with the consumer in mind, providing easy to use, easy to access applications, anywhere and anytime they’re needed," said Benjamin Chou, president, Personable.com. "Our unique, patented Account Manager allows true 'Just in Time' delivery of the latest desktop applications with only a few mouse clicks. No more downloading, no more installation problems and no more compatibility issues that plague users of today's sophisticated desktop software," Chou added.
Personable.com delivers flexibility and accessibility Different from other ASPs that offer specialized software to a specific marketplace, Personable.com offers familiar titles on a subscription basis direct to consumers, beginning with Microsoft® Office 2000 Suites. Anyone who has at least a 56K connection speed and Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator 3.0 or higher already has the tools to turn the Internet into their own personal computer with Personable.com.
When users subscribe and log onto Personable.com, they are presented with a fully-functional Microsoft Windows® 2000 desktop in their browser with software already installed and ready to use. Anything that can be done in a Windows environment on the desktop can now be done through Personable.com. Users can run many Windows applications, such as Word or Excel, print documents, save or rename files—all through the Personable.com virtual desktop. And because it is a true Windows desktop, there is virtually no learning curve associated with using the Personable.com service.
Personable.com users can save completed projects on their own computer or on the Personable.com server, backed-up daily. Each subscription comes with 10 MB of hard drive storage space free of charge. If the project is saved to the Personable.com server, subscribers can access their work anywhere and anytime from any PC with Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator 3.0 or higher.
Personable.com is introducing a Special Offer for new subscribers who sign up before January 10, 2000. For as little as $9.95 a month, Personable.com users will have the first step in worry-free computing with free back-ups of application data, operating system upgrades and maintenance, such as virus scanning. Subscribers may add applications at any time for an additional fee. For a limited time, Personable.com is also offering a trial program for users to experience its services at no charge.
Contact Personable.com at www.personable.com