Emerging Leader in Always-On Collaboration + Real-Time Web Conferencing Selects G3 Systems, Inc. To Bring Vyew Instant Workspaces To U.S. Federal Government Market

BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA and BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA  Dec. 1 -- Vyew (pronouned “view”), a Berkeley, California start-up that builds powerful Web-based software applications announced today it has formed  a strategic value-added reseller relationship with G3 Systems, Inc., an established and award winning Blacksburg, Virginia based information technology solutions company.  Vyew’s Unified Collaboration tools are based on a new and powerful platform for real-time and always-on interaction, including first-of-its-kind asynchronous collaboration capabilities.

“Vyew’s new and powerful platform for real-time and always-on interaction, including highly sought-after asynchronous collaboration capabilities, is exactly what many of our customers in the U.S. Federal Government have been looking for.  Prior-art Web conferencing applications from Microsoft, Cisco, IBM, Adobe and other market-leaders simply do not offer the major breakthrough combination of synchronous plus asyncronous collaboration in an integrated, elagant, powerful, extensible and cost-effective platform,” said Gordon G. Miller, III, President and CEO of G3 Systems, Inc.  “We’re delighted to have been selected by Vyew as their value-added reseller and solutions partner to help propel Vyew to a prominent position in the Federal Government market for real-time and always-on Web-based collaboration solutions.  We believe Vyew is an important and major breakthrough application that Federal Government IT professionals have been looking for,” Miller added.

“Our vision is to merge virtual space with human interaction in powerful new ways,” said Henry Hon, Vyew founder and CEO.  “Vyew’s unified collaboration platform has already been adopted by tens of thousands of users worldwide and by forward-thinking and technology-driven organizations such as Standford University.  The U.S. Army has become one of Vyew’s first customers for our new Vyew Enterprise Appliance, which enables secure Web conferencing  and collaboration within their own network.  We’re delighted to have G3 Systems, Inc. as our prominent U.S. Federal Government VAR to help us generate much greater awareness and adoption of Vyew Instant Workspaces for Agencies across the Federal Government spectrum who need and desire synchronous and asynchronous collaboration capabilities in one integrated and very economical platform, Additionally, our API allow easy and powerful integration with databases so that various file types can be uploaded into the Vyew workspaces for collaboration.” added Hon.

About Vyew

Vyew (pronounced "view") is the work of Simulāt, Inc., a Berkeley, California start-up that builds powerful web-based applications. Founded by a team of UC-Berkeley graduates, the company has a rich set of technical know-how and intellectual property.  Born of a vision to merge virtual space with human interaction, Vyew includes standard web conferencing tools plus first-of-its-kind asynchronous collaboration capabilities. Vyew has been built to work across platforms and with third-party plug-ins and software.  For information, see www.vyew.com.

About G3 Systems, Inc.

G3 Systems, Inc. is an award winning engineering, design and consulting firm specializing in graphical user interface design, human computer interaction, software engineering, systems integration, training development and courseware conversion. Over the past decade G3 projects have grown in complexity as the company continues to develop innovative solutions to meet evolving customer needs.  G3 demonstrates “best value” by building solutions that offer clients a solid return on investment.  G3 Systems, Inc. was founded in 1993 and was certified as a Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) company by the Small Business Administration (SBA) in January, 2003. The company maintains offices in the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center in Blacksburg, VA and in the Innsbrook Technology Park in Richmond, VA.  For information, see www.g3.com/vyew.