PictureTalk - by Pixion, Inc.
A Drake technology company

Pixion - creators of PictureTalk, is a Silicon Valley based software company founded in 1995 that designs, develops, and distributes technology enabling collaboration over the internet. This includes voice, data, and visual collaboration on a one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many basis.

With over a hundred clients using the technology for multiple cost savings, revenue generating, and strategic business applications, Pixion's technology can be applied on an enterprise-wide scale, in functional departments, or used spontaneously on a one-off basis via our ASP service offering.

• Enhanced E-commerce transactions with a live visual / audio interaction including features such as "Shop with a Friend" (joint web surfing) and "Call Me Now" (call center call back buttons)
• Enhanced Customer Contact Centers
• Distance education - formal and informal training, mentoring, and development
• Distance Sales, Marketing, Customer Service - web seminars, PowerPoint™ presentations and meetings, virtual press releases, ...etc

The Technology
Pixion's cross platform collaborative technology, enables visual and audio conferencing solutions that enables free and spontaneous exchange of visual imagery accompanied by audio over business networks and the internet. This type of communication technology is referred to as Real Time Collaboration (RTC) technology.

• one-to-one e-marketing and customer-sales interactions,
• one-to-many meetings and presentations, and
• many-to-many learning and interactive team work events

Pixion's collaborative technology is licensed as both an enterprise license and a hosted service basis commonly known as an Application Service Provider (ASP).

• CaptureFrame™ technology, for live application and desktop broadcasting.
• Integrated VOIP audio and fully interactive live text chat
• Quizing and Polling for group assessment and surveying.
• Meeting registration
• File attachments - for uploading files associated with meetings
• Group web surfing
• Record and playback

Real time communication through Pixion is affordable and effective by combining the power and simplicity of the Web with innovative collaborative computing and telephony technology.

Leveraging the E-Market
With the "digital" economy changing the shape of competition, the speed of action, and the nature of leadership, Pixion's technology enables our customers to be in an excellent position to leverage the e-market today.

Amidst the e-market economy new rules are being driven, companies are being forced to re-examine traditional strategies and structures that are needed to transform their business models to work within the new e-market environment. Pixion's technology supports and drives this shift.

With increased usage of the Internet by both businesses and consumers, Pixion's collaborative technology becomes increasingly more powerful when enhanced with other technologies and traditional market place services. Ultimately, customers and users have an enhanced Internet experience and this can open the door to an extensive array of new opportunities.

• Sales and Marketing
• Distance Learning and Education
• Financial Services
• Advertising Agencies
• Conference, Travel, and Meeting Management
• Contact Centers and E-Commerce

CONTACT US

 

CONTACT:	Robert Boese, Pixion, Inc.
	925-467-5358

Pixion Inc's patent pending PictureTalk software to Provide Distance Learning Capability Ffor Siebel Products

-- Front Office Applications software include ability to remotely train sales, service and call center professionals -- staff --

PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA, August 9, 1999 - Pixion, Inc. the leading supplier of Internet-based visual communication solutions, announced today that Siebel Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SEBL) will utilize Pixion's PictureTalk technology in Siebel's fFront oOffice Applications. products

The distance learning solution allows customers to host live, interactive training sessions via the Web, and allows organizations to be trained without ever leaving their desks. Now i Instructors can reach provide training to users in remote locations quickly and efficiently; eliminating the costs and downtime typically associated with traditional on-site training sessions. The solution allows users to receive training when they need it, rather than waiting for classroom instruction. This "just in time" training capability makes end-user education easy and allows for faster disseminate of information.

Siebel Systems has been using Pixion's web-based presentation software for two over a years to provide on-line training to its sales staff. Now Siebel will be able to offer its clients the same real-time distance learning solution.

"We have customers all over the globe. The process of scheduling and hosting training sessions was becoming costly and hard for our customers to manage. Utilizing Pixion's technology, we can provide our customers with a fully functional solution that makes end-user training easy," said Richard Gorman, (TITLE), of Vice President of Product Marketing at Siebel Systems. "We looked at a number of vendors in the market, and found that nothing matched PictureTalk for ease-of -use. There is virtually no learning curve, and the productivity gains and cost savings are astounding."

"Siebel Systems clearly understands the benefits of distance learning from their own experience with PictureTalk. The fact that they chose to utilize PictureTalk technology in their front office software solutions affirms Pixion's leadership position in the web-based presentation market", said Karen Meredith, Director President of Pixion, Inc.

The distance learning solution enables organizations to deliver live training presentations effectively and profitably over the Internet. Companies can present live software demonstrations, host live training presentations, and provide a variety of training content for their customers, partners and internal users around the world. Users receive "just in time" training on their products, competitors, winning sales techniques, product features, or any other training topic, without incurring the substantial expense of attending traditional training classes (travel, hotels, time away from the office, etc.).

About Pixion, Inc.

Founded in 1995 as PictureTalk, Inc., and headquartered in Pleasanton, California, Pixion, Inc. provides Web-based presentation and training solutions for sales and marketing organizations. The company's PictureTalk application is a recognized market leader in scalable, visual communications technology for the Web. Pixion's cross-platform solutions have increased lead generation, lowered marketing costs, and greatly facilitated training at companies such as PeopleSoft, Documentum and Brio Technology.

Pixion, Inc. is located at 4234 Hacienda Drive, Suite 200, Pleasanton, California, 94588-2721; telephone: (925) 467-5300, fax: (925) 467-5310; e-mail: info@pixion.com; http://www.pixion.com.