SoftPasses International Announces The First Commercial Application of Its SoftPass™ Peer Activated Software Services Solution

SoftPasses International announces the general availability and the first commercial application of its unique SoftPass peer activated software services solution for P2P software licensing.

TORONTO, CANADA - July 11, 2002 – SoftPasses International Inc. (SPI), a subsidiary of Parallelspace Corporation, today announced the general availability and first commercial application of SoftPass, SPI's unique peer activated software services solution for P2P software licensing.

"In April, to meet the unique needs of Groove developers, partners and end users, Parallelspace created SoftPasses International to develop, market, license and support the SoftPass™ family of solutions for Peer Activated Software Services.” said Michael Herman, president of SoftPasses International Inc. “Today, we are especially excited to have SoftPass software activation technology ship with every copy of the general release of Parallelspace eMail 1.2." 

Users and developers of today's decentralized business collaboration solutions face a fundamental problem: "If a group of people are licensed to use a particular peer-to-peer business collaboration solution, how can they spontaneously invite additional people to join in and use the same business collaboration software?"

Traditional software purchasing and licensing solutions work against the spontaneous need for people to quickly and efficiently organize themselves into cross-organizational collaborative teams.  SoftPass addresses this business need in addition to embracing traditional software licensing and activation models.

The SoftPass enabled general release of Parallelspace eMail can be downloaded from http://www.parallelspace.net/downloads.

About Parallelspace (http://www.parallelspace.net)

Parallelspace Corporation, founded in 2001, is a business collaboration software and services company based in Toronto, Canada and is one of the founding members of the Groove Networks, Inc. business partner program. Parallelspace offers turn-key solutions, training, custom software development, systems integration and strategic planning services, and has an established reputation for delivering reliable and effective solutions. Parallelspace combines technical expertise and a focus on business objectives to deploy the right enterprise-class solutions for our customers. Parallelspace customers include Compaq Global Services, Helix Commerce, Lear Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, SalesTeam Canada, and ThinkPath.


More Information

More information on all of Parallelspace Corporation's family of Truly Collaborative business solutions can be found at http://www.parallelspace.net/solutions and http://www.parallelspace.net/pressroom.

Information on Parallelspace Corporation’s training programs can be found at http://www.parallelspace.net/training.

Downloadable versions of Parallelspace eMail, the fully integrated Outlook 2002 eMail experience for Groove Workspace 2.0 can be found at http://www.parallelspace.net/downloads.


About Groove Networks

Founded in October 1997 and headquartered in Beverly, Mass., Groove Networks Inc. provides software and services that enable organizations to extend critical business processes, projects, and meetings across time, space, and organizational boundaries. For more information about Groove Networks™, visit http://www.groove.net.


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For additional information, please contact:

David Sharples
Vice President, Business Development
Parallelspace Corporation
(866) SOFTPASS (763-8727) toll-free
(905) 884-8285
david.sharples@parallelspace.net

Michael Herman
Founder and CTO
Parallelspace Corporation
(866) SOFTPASS (763-8727) toll-free
(905) 884-8285
mwherman@parallelspace.net