Facilitate.com announces release 8.5 of web-based meeting and decision making tools with automated backup and enhanced facilitator support

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) – 9/7/2003 -- Facilitate.com announces the release of version 8.5 of its web-based meeting and survey tool. Enhancements include automated backup and recovery as well as numerous facilitator functions supporting large scale events.

FacilitatePro offers integrated back-up and recovery support for both manual and automated back-ups. “Most of our customers, especially those in the federal sector, are concerned about increased security which includes the ability to recover quickly in case of a disaster”, said Mike McCall, President and Chief Technology Officer at Facilitate.com. “With the new back-up facility in version 8.5 they can easily back up their data anywhere on the network, capture all interim transactions and restore the database to any point in time.”

FacilitatePro puts full documentation at the facilitator's fingertips with the new online help feature. Facilitator screens are accented throughout with an online help icon that links them directly to the relevant section of the Facilitator's Guide. Table of Contents and Index pages provide easy access with hyperlinks to other parts of the online manual. "Having immediate access to step by step instructions for setting up meetings and surveys makes it possible for us to provide better support to our clients and deploy Facilitate.com software to a larger group of facilitators," explained Jack Dillon, Senior Management Analyst at BearingPoint supporting Wright Patterson Air Force Base.

New FacilitatePro features include:

• Enhanced facilitator support for distributed and asynchronous meetings
• Participant tracking and security options
• More customization options for agenda templates
• Enhanced survey tool, with extended demographic data options
• More flexible reporting
• Improved facilitation controls for large scale events

FacilitatePro is now in general release. Click here for additional details

About Facilitate.com

Since 1992 Facilitate.com, Inc. has specialized in facilitation and collaboration software tools and techniques that dramatically enhance meeting productivity. FacilitatePro helps generate, capture and formalize ideas with tools for brainstorming, categorizing, voting, surveying and building instant documentation.