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| Quicken.com and WebEx Announce Agreement to Provide Web®Based Meeting Services to Small Businesses |
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| Quicken.com Launches New Service for Scheduling and Conducting Interactive WebBased Meetings |
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Mountain View and San Jose, Calif. -
October
04,
1999 -
Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ: INTU) and WebEx today announced an agreement that makes WebEx Offices available on the Quicken.com Web site. The agreement allows individuals and small businesses to use Quicken.com to conduct Webbased conferences with their customers, staff and vendors. With WebEx Offices on Quicken.com meeting participants can view documents, browse the Web, watch presentations, review drawings, and run software programs with integrated teleconferencing and videoall in real time. These personalized virtual offices help users save time and money by eliminating commuting time and reducing travel expenses.
"We are working to provide Quicken.com's small business users with more tools, services and content to help them run their businesses more effectively," said Victor Esclamado, director of the Small Business Channel on Quicken.com. "We believe that the ability to conduct interactive Webbased meetings will help small business people make the most of their most precious resources time and money. We are excited to work with WebEx to provide this new service and technology."
"The alliance between Quicken.com and WebEx is about providing the users with the tools they need to work together more effectively", said Subrah Iyar, CEO of WebEx. "It is a natural progression for sites to go from offering information to tools to services. WebEx is transforming the Internet from a static environment into an interactive medium."
Quicken.com users can set up an online office in a matter of minutes and office holders can list their offices by one of several service categories including: business, financial, insurance and consulting. WebEx Offices on Quicken.com create an environment where small businesses can collaborate and exchange information in realtime. Fees may apply for various service components.
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About WebEx Virtual Office
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WebEx Virtual Office service leverages WebEx's unique ability to deliver realtime data collaboration, audio and video conferencing, application and desktop remote control and onetomany or manytomany presentations through a standard browser.
WebEx is designed for conducting spontaneous Webbased meetings. Companies use customized versions of WebEx for live technical support, product rollout demonstrations, remote training or realtime data collaboration. WebEx allows these companies to easily incorporate interactive Webbased communications into their standard business communications.
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About Quicken.com
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Quicken.com (http://www.quicken.com) is a comprehensive financial site that helps consumers on the Web save time and money by making better financial decisions. Quicken.com provides access to financial institutions and incorporates tools and information from leading authorities about mortgage, insurance, taxes, debt, retirement and banking. The Small Business Channel on Quicken.com delivers tools, content and services to help people learn about and run small businesses.
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About Intuit
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Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ: INTU), a financial software and Webbased services company, develops and markets Quicken, the leading personal finance software; TurboTax, the bestselling tax preparation software; and QuickBooks, the most popular small business accounting software.
Intuit's Quicken.com Web site (www.quicken.com) is a leading financial Web site, offering a comprehensive set of financial news, information and tools, including insurance, mortgage, investment and tax preparation services. Intuit's products and services enable individuals, small businesses and financial professionals to better manage their financial lives and businesses.
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About WebEx
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Founded in 1996, WebEx is the leading provider of outsourced Webbased collaboration services. WebEx develops and markets WebEx.com and WebEx Meeting Center. WebEx.com, the world's most popular Webbased meeting service, requires no preinstalled software or network configuration, just a browser and a telephone. WebEx Meeting Center is a customizable fullservice version of WebEx.com available to businesses on a subscription basis. WebEx is leading the drive to seamlessly deliver data, voice and video communications over the Web. Please call (408) 9805200 or visit http://webex.com for more information. Editors should contact Colin Smith at Antenna Group (415) 9771912 or colin@antennapr.com.
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Intuit, Quicken, QuickBooks, QuickBooks Pro, TurboTax and ProSeries, among others, are registered trademarks and/or registered service marks of Intuit Inc. or one of its subsidiaries. Quicken.com and WebTurboTax, among others, are trademarks and/or service marks of Intuit Inc. or one of its subsidiaries. Other parties' trademarks or service marks are the property of their respective owners and should be treated as such.
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