Pure Networks Launches European Home Networking Solution; Announces Strategic Partnership with IP Globalnet
TopCom and Cable 1 Connections and Networks, the First Companies to Adopt and Distribute Pure Networks' Network Magic to Help Consumers Solve Home Networking Issues
Network Magic and Router Setup Wizard available in Twenty Languages
Seattle WA and Brussels, Belgium - July 25, 2006 - Pure Networks, the leading software supplier of home networking software, announced today an important step toward helping consumers all over Europe solve the hassles of home networking. Through a partnership with IP Globalnet, hardware manufacturers and service providers across Europe can tap into local language versions of Pure Networks' home networking software, Network Magic, and router set up wizards to help their customers enjoy their home networks. Working with IP Globalnet, companies may license Network Magic for distribution to their consumers. Already two companies, TopCom and Cable 1 have joined the program and are using Network Magic to help their consumers solve home networking challenges.
Network Magic, which helps consumers setup, manage and protect their home network, is seen as a crucial piece in putting together the digital home. The first customers of the Pure Networks/IP Globalnet partnership are two leading consumer technology service companies that fully understand the need for consumer home networking software - TopCom, a top manufacturer of VOIP, voice, and data communications products, and Cable 1 Connections en Networks, a Dutch Technology company active in large scale distribution, installation and service of broadband products (including broadband internet, Voice over IP and Digital TV) are both distributing . IP Globalnet will serve as an authorized agent for Network Magic in Europe, and will provide helpdesk support for Network Magic. IP Globalnet is a service and software provider for customer call centers of consumer technology companies in Europe
"Home networking is a worldwide trend and Network Magic was the best product we found to help end users get the most out of their network," said Walter Janssens, Director at IP Globalnet. "IP Globalnet provides companies in the business of getting consumers online with the best tools possible and we are excited to add Network Magic to our roster."
"Home networking in Europe is taking off, and consumers need the ability to easily setup their router and have the best possible home networking experience on an ongoing basis," said Martin DeBono, vice president sales and business development for Pure Networks. "IPGlobalnet understands the needs of consumers and those that serve them in the technology world - they are a great partner."
"Cable 1 is proud to be the first company in the Netherlands to offer a combined solution for Home Networking and Router installation," said Michel Schaay, CEO, Cable 1. "With "Network Magic our installers and service engineers will be able to assist our consumers in setting up and managing their home network - without even visiting their home."
To better serve these new markets, Network Magic has localized its router setup wizard solution into a total of twenty languages including Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, International English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish. Additionally, Network Magic Basic and Premium will be available in five languages - French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Italian.
Additional information can be found at www.networkmagic.eu.
About Pure Networks
The Pure Networks mission is to simplify home networking for the consumer. Network Magic is the home networking service that solves network management, file and printer sharing, and network protection hassles giving consumers control of their home or SOHO networks. It automatically connects PCs, printers, routers, gateways and networked devices and creates a user-friendly network map. From the Network Map, home users can manage all of their PCs and devices such as printers, network storage devices and media adaptors, add and remove devices, pinpoint Windows networking problems and protect their network against unwanted wireless intruders - all on one screen. Pure Networks is based in Seattle, WA.
About IP GlobalNet
IP Globalnet,the Belgium based leader in the field of Technical Helpdesk for ISP's , Telemarketing, Contact Centers services , has been in business for over 18 years. IP Globalnet has a solid experience with both inbound and outbound projects, and is operational in 18 different languages, to serve the European market. That experience forms the basis for a reliable, high quality and cost-effective partnership.
With over 900 personnel based in Contact Centers at its sites at Zaventem, Leuven, Hasselt, and with strategic Pan-European operational partnerships , IP Globalnet reaches out Europeanwide.
Press Contacts:
Network Magic
Erika Shaffer
+1 206-972-5514
erika@sutherlandgold.com
www.networkmagic.com
IP GlobalNet
Walter Janssens
+32 475 64 38 50
+32 2 723 1813
wjanssens@ipglobalnet.com
http://www.ipglobalnet.com/