Enact Announces Enact Workgroup Edition; Delivers Sophisticated Real-Time Project Collaboration to Workgroups of 5 to 25 People
Fully Integrated Software Package Delivers Cost-Effective Internet-Based Communication and Collaboration to Wide Range of Users in Small to Large Businesses
PALO ALTO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 13-10-2003 --
Enact, a leading provider of e-business
solutions for project collaboration and communication, today unveiled Enact
Workgroup Edition ™. Enact Workgroup Edition is an all-in-one
Internet-based, real-time collaboration product targeted at 5-25 person
workgroups in large organizations and small-to-midsize businesses (SMB).
The package provides everything needed to cost-effectively install and
maintain a sophisticated project collaboration infrastructure, including
application software, database, Web-server and application. Enact Workgroup
Edition provides sophisticated collaboration features that are both
powerful, and easy to learn and use.
With this announcement, Enact, a veteran in the enterprise project
management marketplace, is taking the lead in driving project management
and collaboration into the workgroup mainstream. "For the past 7 years,
Internet-based project management tools have struggled to find their way
into the mainstream due to high entry costs, configuration complexity, and
dependence on third-party software," said Paul Yeh, CEO of Enact. "The
typical workgroup of 5 to 25 users does not have the resource to acquire
and maintain such a solution. Further, because of the risk and expense,
most project management solutions require a long decision making and
installation period -- often longer than the project itself. With all in
one packaging and aggressive pricing, Enact breaks this cycle, and makes it
easy to install sophisticated project management."
Enact Workgroup Edition comes standard with the embedded MSDE database from
Microsoft, as well as embedded Tomcat application and Web servers. This
all-in-one solution quickly enables any user to turn their desktop Windows
2000 Professional or XP Professional into a full-feature, enterprise
collaboration platform.
"With Enact, our IT department has finally found an intuitive, user
friendly tool with which we can reliably collaborate with non-technical
management," said Paul Berry, CIO of Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, the
nation's largest sanctuary for abused and abandoned animals.
The following Enact Workgroup Edition features represent a complete
solution for today's Internet-connected world:
- Instant Productivity for All Users
ActionView, ActionPlan and ActionTask, the new major client-components of
Enact, allow three different kinds of users -- executives, contributors and
planners -- to collaborate in the manner most appropriate to their job
functions. Pertinent information is organized and presented through a user
interface designed specifically for that user's needs and interests. This
role-specific approach, at the heart of the new user interface, increases
productivity of every type of user throughout the enterprise.
- Cross Platform
In addition to Windows and Solaris, Enact now supports Mac OS X's Safari
and Linux's Mozilla browsers. Users simply launch Enact from their browser
enabling them to perform complex project planning and collaboration from
anywhere. Furthermore, Enact Desktop Clients are also available for Mac OS
X and Linux; a great alternative allowing users to work offline when they
are traveling or disconnected from the network.
- Increased Collaborative Participation via Document Management
Project team members and contributors can use any Web browser to manage
their tasks while in the office or at home. Enact delivers document
management capability to centrally manage their project related files using
revision control, allowing users to check-in or check-out different
versions of files and documents.
- Proactive Project Planning & Reporting
Enact promotes forward-looking project management through real-time
collaboration, showing the series of critical tasks that must be completed
on schedule for the whole project to finish on time. The email notification
capability provides an early warning system for the project planner
instantly alerting them to changes in the project. The embedded MSDE 2000
database allows project planners to generate sophisticated,
up-to-the-minute reports on their projects with standard SQL report
writers.
Practical Details
Enact Workgroup Edition pricing starts at $995 for 5 users, or $1,495
including the Document Management Module. With this aggressive pricing
strategy, Enact is putting the project management software decision in the
hands of workgroup managers, avoiding the lengthy decision making process
typically associated with six-digit enterprise software decisions.
About Enact
Enact is a pioneering developer of Internet-based project management,
collaboration and document management software. The company's flagship
Enact software product family enables large businesses, small to midsize
business and workgroups within large organizations to enjoy the benefits of
increased collaboration and efficient communications. With intuitive
functionality, and interfaces tailored to the needs of specific types of
users, Enact makes sophisticated project management capabilities practical
of a new and growing range of businesses, departments and workgroups. The
company's software is available at www.enact.cc.
Fiona Hughes
Bairey & Bedford Public Relations, LLC
925-672-9547
fiona@b2pr.com
