1stWorks News

For Release: November 20, 2001
1stWorks Appoints Int*Net Methods as a U.S. Reseller Partner

Int*Net Methods to offer 1stWorks' hotComm and IM-Live peer technology, integrated with Livelink from Open Text Corporation, to Livelink customers throughout the USA.


Boston, MA and Tucson, AZ, November 20, 2001 - 1stWorks Corporation, an emerging leader in secure peer to peer collaboration, announced today that it has signed Int*Net Methods, Inc as a Reseller Partner through a license for its hotComm suite of products. Int*Net Methods, a Collaborative Systems consulting company, delivers enhanced Document Management and Project Management solutions to Government agencies and Global 2000 organizations throughout North America.

Under the agreement, Int*Net Methods will offer its Livelink customers access to 1stWorks' integration of hotComm, with its dynamic peer connectivity technology, into the leading document management and project management solution from Open Text Corporation. hotComm delivers the power of secure and spontaneous collaboration inside the Livelink framework, a framework which helps companies quickly identify, prioritize and communicate their Knowledge management initiatives.

"Collaboration has become an integral component of the solutions we deploy for our customers," said Glen Witerski, President of Int*Net Methods, Inc., "We are pleased to present 1stWorks state-of-the-art peer connectivity and management technologies for our customers. These innovative hotComm based solutions will enable our customers to interact securely, dynamically and more effectively, to better leverage the business benefits of our solutions."

"1stWorks alliance with Int*Net Methods further demonstrates that hotComm is emerging as the secure peer collaboration platform of choice among system integrators," said Nigel Spicer, President of 1stWorks, "Their decision to present our technologies to their established customer base is significant. Int*Net Methods is a respected and successful Solutions Provider and we are pleased to receive their endorsement for our secure peer to peer connectivity solutions"

hotComm Features

Based on the 1stWorks Peer Network, which is a powerful, scalable and secure peer architecture and address redirection system, hotComm provides fast, efficient, private interactive access or exchange of text, speech or files between registered hotComm users across the Internet. Any peer may be client or server or both, providing maximum flexibility and interoperability among the users, who may be world-wide and not required to be aligned with any particular Access Provider. In the hotComm/Livelink integration, the availability of each user is displayed within the standard Livelink web pages. Need to talk, got a question about the thread, why wait! Simply click on their "LiveChat" button to launch an immediate and secure session directly with that colleague, wherever they are located, anywhere in the world. Right now.

hotComm creates the instant connection, users collaborate through encrypted Chat, Voice over IP, File sharing and Co-browsing, where Web content or files can be shared instantly or applications can be launched. Save the transcript. Automatically email it anywhere.

hotComm also includes IM-Live, which provides spontaneous and secure Internet-based Messaging for any online collaboration opportunity from any browser. When a user clicks on an IM-Live active link, on a Web page or in the signature of an email message, IM-Live launches a local Java applet and automatically creates a direct and secure real time connection to the associated hotComm peer.

About Int*Net Methods, Inc.

Founded by professionals with up to 20 years in the computer Industry and experience on the leading edge of the Internet, Intranet and Extranet segments of the industry, we understand that the ever broadening range of vendors and products makes the process of selecting and implementing the RIGHT solution to help you achieve your *Net goals is not an easy matter.

Our Mission Is to provide the very best products and services related to the Internet, Intranet and Extranet to our clients, including Livelink and hotComm, together with Consulting, Outsourcing, Analysis, Development, Integration, Implementation and Training.

For more information, visit www.intrnetmethods.com.

About 1stWorks Corporation

Founded in mid 2000 by executives from several successful Internet software startups and based just outside Boston, MA. 1stWorks has created a scalable p2p network architecture capable of supporting global connections among hundreds of millions of simultaneous users. 1stWorks applications connect any number of users simultaneously, using secure Peer to Peer connections to support interactive text messaging, voice connections, file transfer and Web publishing.

For more information on the Company, visit www.1stworks.com.

For more information on hotComm, visit www.hotcomm.com

Copyright 2001, 1stWorks Corporation. All rights reserved. Any trademarks referenced here are the property of their respective holders.


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Nigel R. Spicer
nigel@1stworks.com
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