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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.

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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.

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View the Maine Medical Center Article.
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.

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View the Sony Case Study.
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.

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View the Jaguar Cars Case Study.


Netpresenter Screensaver displayed at Jaguar Cars
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.

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
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.
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July 2005 News headlines as screensaver for local broadcaster
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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

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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.

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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
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.

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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.

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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".
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).

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  
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  
August 1999 Netpresenter ships the Savescreen Screensaver Greetingcard.
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.
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.
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.
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

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