| July 2006 |
Newsfeed Server Makes Staff Read Crucial Corporate RSS Feeds
Today Netpresenter released Newsfeed Server, which automatically shows the essence of RSS feeds on desktops and TV screens, making sure vital business information is read immediately and acted upon by employees.
Read more (English)
Read more (Dutch)
View the product sheet.
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| March 2006 |
Maine Med Finds Screensaver Alternative to Email, Complements Hospital Emergency Alert System
Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine uses screen savers in lieu of e-mail to convey routine and emergency in-house messages to clinicians.
View the Maine Medical Center Article.
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| March 2006 |
Sony Rolls out Netpresenter Screensaver & Digital Signage
Sony Europe has chosen Netpresenter as the primary means of signposting employees to the company’s business, marketing, product and HR information. Sony is now running Netpresenter on over 5,000 PCs as well as on plasma screens in public areas in over 25 locations across Europe.
Read more (English)
Read more (Dutch)
View the Sony Case Study.
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| March 2006 |
Jaguar employees kept up-to-date through Netpresenter.
Jaguar Cars is using Netpresenter as one of its primary internal
communications tools (…) Originally installed at the company's Halewood
factory for employees on the production line, Netpresenter has now been
rolled out at the company's new corporate headquarters in Gaydon as well.
Read more (English)
Read more (Dutch)
View the Jaguar Cars Case Study.

Netpresenter Screensaver displayed at Jaguar Cars
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| February 2006 |
Dutch police force arrests more suspects with Netpresenter TV Player.
The regional police force of the Dutch province of Groningen has successfully completed a five month pilot. The system displays suspect information on TV screens at strategic locations in police offices and on PDA’s. The system uses the Netpresenter TV Player and Message Server.
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| November 2005 |
3.8 Player offers advanced scheduling, text wrap and remote administration over the web
The latest version of Netpresenter 3.8 can now be quickly installed and demonstrated on an unlimited number of PCs in just 2 minutes, even without help of IT. The demo is fully functional. Netpresenter 3.8 now includes advances scheduling on time and date, text wrap for enhanced template support in the upcoming Message Server 5.1 and remote configuration, so the settings of Netpresenter players in the field can be easily updated.
Netpresenter 3.8 is available for download here.

Netpresenter 3.8 on 200 Sony Plasma displays and 5.000 Pc’s
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| October 2005 |
Netpresenter CEO Manager of the Year
Netpresenter CEO Frank Hoen has won the prestigious Manager of the Year award of the city of Beek (The Netherlands). Frank Hoen (right), received the award, a statue, from the Major of Beek at the MECC (Maastricht) exhibition center. Hoen was applauded for his strong acquisition of new customers, long term profitability and sustained growth, innovation and employment.

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| September 2005 |
The city of Breda informs with the Netpresenter screensaver
The city of Breda, Netherlands, now successfully informs its 2000 civil servants with the Netpresenter screensaver and improved their communications considerably.
Read more (Dutch)

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| July 2005 |
News headlines as screensaver for local broadcaster
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Read more (Dutch)

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| July 2005 |
University of Twente: Screensavers preferred to intranets as best way for immediate internal communications
Employees want more direct, succinct corporate information with freedom to access more additional background
Read more (English)
Read more (Dutch)

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| April 2005 |
Hogeschool van Utrecht won the internal communication effectiveness award.
How effective your internal communications is, can only be proved in a scientifically accurate survey which determines whether messages are actually seen and remembered by your staff. At Hogeschool van Utrecht, 98 percent could recall message from the Netpresenter screensaver and 88 percent watches the news on the Netpresenter screensaver at least twice a day. Overall 80 percent of the employees found their communications improved after implementing Netpresenter.
Full press release (Dutch)
Ed van Rijswijk, Hogeschool van Utrecht (left)
Frank Hoen, Netpresenter (right)

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| April 2005 |
Site of the month: Utrecht College (Hogeschool Utrecht)
User story College of Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht): ‘80 percent of the employees feels better informed’
The college of Utrecht solves their internal communication problems with Netpresenter. In a user survey, 80 % of the employees said that they are now far better informed with Netpresenter. Since September 2004 all 400 employees and 5000 students of the faculty Economy & Management are constantly made aware of the college’s most important news, thanks to Netpresenter.
read more
View all Netpresenter User Stories
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| March 2005 |
Try the Online Demo
Try Netpresenter online and display messages as interactive Screensaver and Emergency Alert Message.
Enter messages at http://demo.netpresenter.com and download the Player to instantly display your messages as interactive slideshow with hyperlinks to YOUR website or Intranet.
Click here to try the online demo
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| March 2005 |
New 3.7 player
The latest version of Netpresenter 3.7 can now be quickly installed and demonstrated on an unlimited number of PCs in just 2 minutes, even without help of IT. The demo is fully functional. Encrypted remote network and internet Player management is added for increased flexibility.
Netpresenter 3.7 now also includes the feature of professional video playback and can play all Windows MediaPlayer formats, such as MP3, DVD’s and DivX. Netpresenter 3.7 is available to download at: www.netpresenter.com/download.
Download the Netpresenter player
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| January 2005 |
Corporate charity: Tsunami Alert system
Developing story
Netpresenter actively offers its software for free to South-Asian countries hit by the tsunami, for the purpose of setting up a wide-area tsunami Alert system for both the public and government. Contact us for more information.
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| September 2004 |
Study: Communications improves ROI
Better communications results in a higher ROI concludes consulting agency Watson Wyatt, in their recent 2003/2004 Communication/ROI study of 267 leading US organizations.
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| March 2004 |
Cebit: European Multimedia Award for Netpresenter Emergency Alert Software
Netpresenter wins the European Gold Seal of Excellence in Multimedia 2004, a distinction awarded by the European Multimedia Associations Convention; the European Multimedia Forum (Brussels).
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| March 2004 |
Missing Child Search aided by Screensaver Technology
Toronto Police Service, utilises Netpresenter software, to broadcast emergency alerts for terrorist threats and to help police officers notice and remember vital information!
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| November 2003 |
Terrorist Threat; How will you Inform Your Staff?
NEW YORK, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Netpresenter releases its ’Emergency Alert’ software to meet the new terrorist threats faced by organizations everywhere. It is the first commercially available software, that instantly broadcasts evacuation and other urgent messages immediately overriding employee’s PCs. It is already in use at Amsterdam Airport (4th Airport of Europe) and several petrochemical companies.
The Alarm Bell goes off in your building, what would your employees do now?
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| April
2003 |
Netpresenter
3.5 offers Better Ways to Inform Staff
Netpresenter presents version 3.5 of its award-winning software
for internal communications. Netpresenter 3.5 offers organizations
new ways to repeatedly inform employees without interrupting
them. The software also can warn employees instantly in
the event of an emergency.
read
more |
| January
2003 |
Netpresenter
anticipates crisis demand and has record profit (188%)
Dutch
software company Netpresenter has anticipated the demand
after the 9/11 crisis by developing Public Emergency Software,
resulting in a profit increase of 188% over 2002.
read
more
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| January
2003 |
Free
University of Amsterdam: screensaver increases organizational
commitment
Organizations can increase the commitment of their employees
by using the screensaver on their computer for internal
communication. This has been shown by research made by the
Free University of Amsterdam.
read
more
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| November
2002 |
200 Attendees at Netpresenter Seminar
No
seats were left untaken at Netpresenter's seminar on Internal
Communications. 400 persons subscribed but only 200 seats
were available at this exclusive event.
Some corporate communication managers even proclaimed this
one of best networking events of the Benelux because of the
high quality of its attendees and the prestigious location
Mediaplaza.
read
more |
| October
2002 |
Eastman Region-wide with Netpresenter
Eastman
EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) reinforced their employee
communications by installing Netpresenter internal communication
software.
"
I can now rest assured that my message is promptly disclosed
EMEA-wide to Eastman employees, without having to gamble
whether they've read that email on time. Netpresenter already
has proven to be invaluable to us", according to Mr.
Godefroy Motte, President of Eastman Europe, Middle East
and Africa.
read
more |
| July
2002 |
Netpresenter
Elected as Most Visionary Company
Netpresenter has been elected as one of the most innovative
Internet technology companies in the Netherlands.
Each
year the authoritative weekly "Intermediair" (Intermediary)
publishes a top 25 of companies with the most original and
profitable ideas for Internet applications. According to
the Dutch magazine, these companies are "tomorrow's
market leaders".
read
more
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| June
2002 |
New
Software: Easy Message Entry on both Intranet and Netpresenter
with the Webbased Message Server New
Online Demo available
Simply
use a web form to enter messages into an XML database and
automatically display your messages on both an Intranet
and on Netpresenter. No knowledge of the Netpresenter program
is required. Enter your information once, and publish it
to two different media!
If you
already have a content management system, its also possible
to connect Netpresenter directly to your content management
system. An evaluation version of the Message server can
be evaluated online here. |
| June
2002 |
Amsterdam
Airport Schiphol Takes Off With Netpresenter's Emergency
Alert
Amsterdam
Airport Schiphol has greatly improved its ability to inform
visitors and employees in the event of a public emergency.
Schiphol has installed "Emergency Alert", a new
computer programme by Netpresenter. Netpresenter is a Dutch
software development company, worldwide leading in the field
of internal communication solutions.
read more |
| May
2002 |
Fast
Companywide Circulation of TPG's Internal News
Employees
at TPG's headquarters in Amsterdam are automatically being
updated fast and efficiently on important external and internal
news. They are also being informed constantly regarding
information available on the company's Intranet. This is
not being done by memo or by email, but by screensaver,
which also offers the possibility of including a hyperlink
to the articles on Intranet. The screensaver not only serves
as a booster of visits to Intranet, but also as an active
communication tool for swift circulation of company news.
Employees are now being informed continuously on important
developments, even in between visits to Intranet.
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| May
2002 |
SABIC
Takeover DSM Petrochemicals: Employees Informed Via Netpresenter
Successful
changes within a company heavily rely on good communication.
An example of this is DSM Petrochemicals, a former affiliate
of Dutch multinational DSM. In September 2000, DSM Petrochemicals
was informed that it would be sold within five years. To
duly prepare its organisation for this major change, the
company took the necessary steps to optimise its internal
communications. When the takeover took place on April 3d,
2002, all employees worldwide were informed the same way
they were prepared in the year leading up to the takeover:
through Netpresenter.
read more |
| May
2002 |
Netpresenter
increases turnover with 43% since Q1 2001 and remains profitable.
Also Introduces new public emergency alert software.
Maastricht,
the Netherlands, May 3rd, 2002 - Netpresenter, a Dutch software
development company, has introduced new software for public
emergency alert. The events of September 11th have increased
demand for fast-pasted communication applications, of which
Netpresenter is the leading supplier. Meanwhile Netpresenter
has announced a profit increase over its financial year
2001.
On December
31st, 2001, Netpresenter has closed another financial year
with increased profits, after a consecutive profit increase
period as from 1999. The Dutch software developer is heavily
focussed on the international market, deriving 60% of its
turnover from abroad, of which 32% outside the European
Union.
read more |
| February
2002 |
User Story: Fortis Bank TV on Plasma Screen
Contemporary
and elegant. That's how Fortis Bank France wants to appear
to visitors. So upon entry into a Fortis branch office,
you will see a plasma screen with the latest information
about stock prices, interest rates, and miscellaneous bank
information. Short videoclips are included in the presentation
to add even more impact.
The
original (French) Fortis presentation can be downloaded
(install Netpresenter first). |
| November
2001 |
User
story: Integrated internal communications- and content management
at Amsterdam Airport
Many organizations TALK about integrated internal communications
and content management, but at Amsterdam Airport (www.schiphol.com)
its already reality. News is entered just once into a central
database and can then be selectively published to the Intranet,
Netpresenter screensavers, public kiosks, TV screens and even
paper newsletters. Read
user story. |
| May
2001 |
OHRA
employees very positive about Netpresenter
In a study on the effectiveness of the internal communications
of Dutch insurer OHRA, employees gave Netpresenter high
marks and rated it as their most valuable internal communication
tool. Respondents used Netpresenter more frequently and
valued it more than the OHRA Intranet.
read more |
| January
2001 |
Schiphol
Group Informs Personnel Faster
Schiphol Group (www.schiphol.nl) has implemented a new internal
communication system, enabling for the first time the immediate
delivery of headlines to personnel. The software, developed
by Netherlands based Netpresenter, allows the automatic
presentation of slide-based internal news on all of the
2000 PCs from Schiphol Group. Even employees that do not
regularly read their Email or visit the corporate Intranet
can be informed because headlines are automatically displayed.
read more |
| December
2000 |
Netherlands
largest e-business magazine Emerce
features Netpresenter and its CEO/Founder Frank Hoen in their
row of profitable e-business companies. Frank Hoen is the
person in the front/middle of the Emerce banner below (Dutch).
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| December
2000 |
Renowned US analyst company Ragan's Intranet Report concludes
on Netpresenter: "Corporate communication that gets to
its employee audience quickly, easily and effectively" |
| November
2000 |
Netpresenter
opens a London (UK) office with Steve Osborn as managing Director.
read more. |
| July
2000 |
Unilever
Germany (Meister Marken) implements Netpresenter corporate-wide. |
| June
2000 |
Report:
Low Friction Messaging Systems. read
more
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| March
2000 |
Netpresenter
opens New York office because of increased
US demands. |
| November
1999 |
Netpresenter
launches 'You may
want Push after all' campaign to popularize Push software
in corporations. read
more
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| August
1999 |
Netpresenter
ships the Savescreen Screensaver Greetingcard.
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| June
1999 |
Netpresenter
makes Netpresenter Rightcast operational. Worlds first Broadcast
multimedia server via satellite that allows users to Create,
Distribute and Display information and video over satellite.
Partners include, Philips, Skycom, Technisat and Astra-net.
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| May
1999 |
Netpresenter
creates screensaver greetingcard server that allows ISP's
and Portals to sell advertising on greetingcards. Netpresenter
creates worlds first online web-based screensaver engine.
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| Jan 1998 |
Cops
Catch Crooks with Screen Saver. Police forces in Europe report
significant increases in their crime-solving rates since the
introduction of Netpresenter screen savers on their desktop
computers. read more.
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| Jan
1997 |
Netpresenter
receives $250.000 funding from the Dutch Government to
develop innovative internet newscast solutions. |
|
March 1996 |
Byte
calls Netpresenter 2.0 "excellent tool for broadcasting corporate
news" 7/98 |