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TigerDirect to Use Protocall Technologies' SoftwareToGo(R) for
Software Fulfillment
COMMACK, N.Y., Aug. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Protocall Technologies Inc.
(OTC:PCLI) (BULLETIN BOARD: PCLI) announced today that TigerDirect, Inc., a
subsidiary of Systemax Inc. (NYSE:SYX), has signed an agreement to begin using
Protocall's SoftwareToGo(R) electronic software delivery system to fulfill
online software orders from http://www.tigerdirect.com/ and to produce software
inventory for TigerDirect's retail outlets.
SoftwareToGo will be integrated into TigerDirect's order fulfillment system
beginning in the third quarter of 2004.
TigerDirect is reported by HitWise as a Top 5 online computer and computer
products retailer and serves as a direct supplier for over 2 million computer
users in North America. The company is a subsidiary of Systemax Inc., a
leading direct marketer and manufacturer of PC hardware, related computer
products and industrial products, ranked as a Fortune 1000 company.
TigerDirect.com is the first web retailer to utilize SoftwareToGo to facilitate
online order fulfillment. This will allow Tiger to offer its customers a
vastly expanded selection of software titles and same day fulfillment for their
software orders. The SoftwareToGo system will also be deployed at
TigerDirect's retail outlets -- starting with its store at the Mall of Americas
in Miami.
SoftwareToGo will provide TigerDirect with real-time on-demand software
production capability as well as a dramatically expanded library of software
titles that TigerDirect can offer to its online customers. Over 1200 titles
from more than 250 software publishers, including 6 of the top 10, are
currently available in the system. Additional licenses will be added to
accommodate TigerDirect's order flow, which is among the most active in the
industry.
"Being able to have 'virtual inventory' is a great advantage," said Gilbert
Fiorentino, CEO of TigerDirect. "No stock is required with the SoftwareToGo
system. We can offer over a thousand selections, always in stock, and don't
have to take up warehouse space, purchasing time placing orders, or other
company assets to maintain inventory. It's a revolutionary new way to service
our customers."
From the TigerDirect web site, orders will be transmitted electronically to the
SoftwareToGo production units, which will then produce the software CD and
packaging insert for mailing to the customer with the rest of the order. Each
title will provide a CD-based manual and other user materials, and the CD case
will also have a license ID for use in registration of the software.
Longer term, TigerDirect plans to install a SoftwareToGo self-automated unit in
each of its retail store locations. In retail, customers will be able to
browse all available titles interactively and order software from a convenience
kiosk and pickup at the checkout counter.
"In retail, we will be able to offer in excess of 1000 titles in 4-square feet
of selling space. Traditionally, boxed software sales would require 16-32 feet
of shelf space to offer only a fraction of the titles we will now be able to
make available to our shoppers. This is a great space-saver and provides more
options to the consumer," Fiorentino said.
"TigerDirect is known as one of the top computer retailers in North America.
SoftwareToGo will effectively streamline and simplify the company's entire
software inventory management and order fulfillment system in a way that will
become the envy of the software retailing industry," said Bruce Newman,
president of Protocall Technologies and innovator of SoftwareToGo.
About Protocall Technologies
Protocall Technologies Incorporated (OTC:PCLI) (BULLETIN BOARD: PCLI)
(http://www.softwaretogo.com/) develops electronic software delivery systems
for store and web retailers. The company provides specialized programming,
digital rights management, and electronic merchandising services to its retail
customers and software vendors.
About TigerDirect, Inc.
TigerDirect, Inc., a subsidiary of Systemax Inc. (NYSE:SYX), is part of a
family of branded e-commerce web sites, direct mail catalogs, retail stores and
relationship marketing to sell name-brand PC hardware, related computer
products and industrial products, to businesses in North America and Europe.
Systemax is a Fortune 1000 company.
Certain statements in this news release may contain forward-looking information
within the meaning of Rule 175 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 3b-6
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and are subject to the safe harbor
created by those rules. All statements, other than statements of fact, included
in this release, including, without limitation, statements regarding potential
future plans and objectives of the companies, are forward- looking statements
that involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such
statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could
differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Technical
complications that may arise could prevent the prompt implementation of any
strategically significant plan(s) outlined above. The company cautions that
these forward-looking statements are further qualified by other factors
including, but not limited to, those set forth in current and periodic reports
and other documents filed by Protocall Technologies with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission. Protocall Technologies undertakes no obligation to
publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result
of new information, future events, or otherwise.
DATASOURCE: Protocall Technologies Inc.
CONTACT: Press - Julie Gross Gelfand of HLD-Blankman Public Relations,
+1-516-536-6811, ; Investor - Malcolm McGuire of CCRI
Corporation, 1-800-828-0406, , both for Protocall
Technologies Inc.
Web site: http://www.softwaretogo.com/