Mangosoft Launches Mangomind Internet Document Sharing Service For Legal Professionals
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Mangosoft Launches Mangomind Internet Document Sharing Service For Legal Professionals
Mangosoft Also Announces the Mangomind Pilot Program; New York Law Firm Proskauer Rose First to Join
New York, NY - January 30, 2001: Mangosoft Inc. (Nasdaq: BB: MGOF), developers of
Internet-enabling business software and services, today announced at the LegalTech 2001 show
in New York City Mangomind for Legal Services, the first Internet document sharing service
that improves secure collaboration among legal professionals, colleagues, and clients.
Mangomind provides more efficient collaboration with colleagues and clients outside of
their firm and is easy-to-use and intuitive, operating just like a typical Windows PC drive.
Also today, Mangosoft launched its new Mangomind Pilot Program. The program
consists of a two-month trial contract with Mangosoft with up to 500 Mangomind user
licenses, five gigabytes of storage space and technical support 24 hours a day, seven
days a week. New York law firm, Proskauer Rose LLP, Mangosoft's outside counsel, is the first
to join the Pilot Program.
"We believe the Mangomind service should provide us with a tremendous advantage for
sharing files between members of our firm and our clients," said Arnold Levine, Partner,
Proskauer Rose LLP. "Limitations on Email distribution and retention of documents can
be frustrating due to the various restrictions on file size and file type that can be
imposed at various organizations. Mangomind provides a secure location where files
can be easily saved, accessed and shared by all members on the client team. This
capability can be effective in many of our practice areas. In particular, Mangomind
should enable us to streamline the mergers and acquisitions process by making all
information pertaining to the project readily accessible to the entire team, regardless
of their geographic location."
The features and functionality inherent in Mangomind solve the problems that
have traditionally bottlenecked communications within the legal profession. With Mangomind,
legal professionals are be able to:
- Communicate critical information faster: Users
simply copy documents to the Mangomind drive and invited users can instantly
access the information.
- Collaborate with colleagues more efficiently: Users can
edit documents and distribute them to colleagues without the worry of losing
track of document versions.
- Improve client relationships and reduce the cost of client communications: Users
can save considerable amounts of money on overnight mail, courier charges and faxing
high volumes of documents.
- Be more productive while away from the office: Users
can work on documents offline and automatically synchronize the information when they connect
back to the Internet.
- Eliminate the costs and complexities of virtual private networks: Mangomind
for Legal Services provides the benefits and security of a VPN without the overhead and support
requirements.
"Today many legal professionals are still struggling with inefficient and slow
communications, and it is difficult for them to share information and work collaboratively online
using email," said Linda Myers-Tierney, senior vice president and chief marketing
officer at Mangosoft. "As we expand our Pilot Program to include hundreds of other law firms
like Proskauer Rose, Mangomind will improve productivity in these law firms, enabling lawyers and
their staff to spend more time on cases and client relations."
About Mangomind
The Mangomind service looks and feels just like a user's local drive and is completely
integrated into Windows. Any registered users on a drive can simultaneously access and share files.
No user training is required, as Windows-based applications operate exactly as they do on a local
drive. Mangomind provides file access even when the user is disconnected from the Internet. Users
work on cached files while offline and Mangomind automatically synchronizes the files once
they reconnect. Mangomind eliminates file version proliferation problems typically encountered
when distributing files via email and ensures that each user is always connected to the most current
version of the document all the time. Securing data is critical and Mangomind adheres to
the industry standard of 128-bit encryption.
Price and Availability
Mangomind for Legal Services is available now. List price for a single user license starts at $29.95
a seat and includes 10 managed MB of storage space. Discounts are provided based on license
volume, contract duration, and payment terms. Additional storage space is also available. The entry
fee for the 2-month Mangomind Pilot Program is $10,000, and includes 500 seats, 5 gigabytes of
managed storage, and 24 x 7 support. A Mangomind Starter Kit is available for 15 days, which
includes 5 seats and 50 MB of managed storage.
Platform Support
Mangomind works with new or existing networks of Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT and
Windows 2000, and Windows ME computers.
About Mangosoft, Inc.
Mangosoft, Inc. (OTC: BB: MGOF) creates software and services that make the
Internet a better place for business. Through its Mangomind® Internet File Server for Business, Mangosoft
allows its customers to connect easily and securely with remote colleagues, clients, and partners
around the world, enabling them to make smarter and faster business decisions. Encryption technology is provided by RSA Security (NASDAQ: RSAS).
FileTRUSTSM, acquired from FleetFinancial, provides secure, online file storage services.
Mangosoft's Cachelink® Web caching
software maximizes a company's existing resources, making the Internet work faster and more efficiently.
Mangosoft sells its products directly to customers as well as through a network of value-added
resellers and systems integrators. The Mangosoft Web site is http://www.mangosoft.com.
The matters discussed in this news release include forward-looking statements
that may involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may vary significantly based on
a number of factors, including, but not limited to, risks in product and technology development,
market acceptance of new products, product demand, the impact of competitive products and pricing,
changing economic conditions and other risk factors detailed in Mangosoft's most recent annual report
and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Prices for Mangosoft products and services
are subject to change - check the pricing page on Mangosoft's web site for current pricing.
fileTRUST and The Business Internet File Service are servicemarks, Mangomind and Cachelink are
registered trademarks, and Mangosoft is a trademark of Mangosoft, Inc.