CONCORD, Ontario, Oct. 24, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- PixelPoint Technologies Inc., a leading developer of restaurant POS software for the hospitality industry, today announced that it has partnered with Intranets.com, the world's largest provider of Web-based intranets, to provide PixelPoint's corporate customers with the ability to access and share information.
"Our hosted intranet service is the perfect tool for a corporate head offices to roll out to their various restaurants," said Rick Faulk, CEO of Intranets.com. "With an intranet, the corporate office will be able to easily communicate to their restaurant managers about news, performance trends, policies and contact information."
A PixelPoint enterprise customer, Shoeless Joes Inc., will be implementing a corporate intranet to overcome the challenge of maintaining consistent communication throughout the chain. Shoeless Joes's corporate intranet will provide consistent, real-time content to the franchise and corporate operations.
PixelPoint customers who register for a free, 30-day trial of the intranet will find that it provides them with a highly customizable, easy-to-use and maintenance free space on the Web to store business critical information.
"Multi-unit restaurants have traditionally had difficulty initiating new policies, procedures or even keeping employees informed on company activities because of logistics," said Lino D'Angicco, PixelPoint CEO and Co-Founder. "This new product connects organizations to their employees in a way that before the Web was impossible. PixelPoint continues to be dedicated to helping our customers understand the value of technology and efficiently and effectively mange their operations."
About PixelPoint
PixelPoint was founded in 1992 with a commitment to the development of reliable, flexible and easy-to-use POS software. PixelPoint has become an innovative leader, developing and marketing POS and Enterprise restaurant software suites for the hospitality industry. It currently ships software in five different languages to more than 15 countries worldwide. For more information about PixelPoint's products, please visit www.pixelpointpos.com or call 800 26-PIXEL.
About Intranets.com
Intranets.com is the world's largest intranet service provider for small and medium-sized businesses, non-profit-organizations, and consultants. The company offers secure, Web-based intranet sites that allow users to share critical business information quickly and easily at anytime from anywhere. Selected as a Forbes "Best of the Web Favorite," Intranets.com provides a simple, cost-effective alternative to expensive do-it-yourself approaches. Intranets.com applications are easy to deploy and maintain and can be up and running in minutes.
Intranets.com's partnership program allows companies targeting online customers to deliver branded intranets with features such as document sharing, group calendars, and databases as a revenue-generating, value-added service. Privately-held Intranets.com is based in Woburn, Massachusetts, with a worldwide office in Tokyo. For more information, visit www.intranets.com, e-mail corpsales@intranets.com or call 888-932-2600 or 781-932-0960.