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Check out this page to keep up with the latest news and information about MarketScape. MarketScape Ships WebCD 1.6! MarketScape is now shipping WebCD 1.6, the first hybrid Web/CD-ROM publishing tool that lets Web site owners deliver a Net-connected "Web site on a disc". Version 1.6 of WebCD incorporates customer feedback and includes the following enhancements over the previous versions: Support of Industry Standard Multimedia Viewers - The WebCD Viewer now includes Macromedia's Shockwave for Director plug-in and ActiveX control enabling you to more easily deliver interactive multimedia to your users. In addition QuickTime support has been available since version 1.0. Includes the Latest and Greatest from Adobe - The WebCD Viewer now includes the Adobe Acrobat plug-in version 3.0 which allows your users to view your Acrobat files directly from within their browser. WYSIWYG via IE 3.01 for the "Browser View" - Internet Explorer is now integrated directly into the WebCD Packager so all your content can be viewed and verified right from within the WebCD Packager. New Startup Page to Educate Your Users - The WebCD Packager now ships with an intelligent and customizable default "Startup Page" that contains a Shockwave multimedia presentation that explains what the WebCD Viewer is and how to use it. Multimedia Getting Started for New Packager Users - This Getting Started presentation provides new WebCD Packager users with knowledge they need to quickly get up to speed and produce their first WebCD. MICROSOFT CHOOSES WEBCD TO DELIVER THEIR SITE BUILDER CD-ROM! Microsoft has selected WebCD to deliver the latest release of their Site Builder CD-ROM. The Site Builder CD-ROM contains Microsoft's Site Builder Web site and the latest Web development tools from leading technology providers such as Microsoft, Adobe, Macromedia and MarketScape. This CD-ROM provides select members of the Microsoft Site Builder Network with rapid access to technical information, products and services that make it easy to incorporate the latest Internet technologies into their Web sites. MARKETSCAPE ANNOUNCES EDUCATIONAL DISCOUNT TO UNIVERSITIES Effective immediately, MarketScape is making available an introductory "starter kit" to University educators, allowing them the opportunity to publish WebCDs at a significantly discounted price. This offer includes a FREE WebCD Packager, up to 1000 WebCD Viewer licenses for a single title, and a WebCD Support Contract. This offer is worth $ 1,965 and is being offered to University educators for only $ 1,190, a discount of 40% off of standard list pricing. MarketScape is making this offer to help Universities reduce the cost of documentation, integrate personal computers into the learning process, and promote new technologies to students. "WebCD is clearly a tool for the information age and the University environment is an excellent place to introduce students to it's benefits", stated Richard Leavitt, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for MarketScape. In addition, Universities who take advantage of this offer will be given the opportunity to purchase additional WebCD Viewer licenses at a 15% discount. MarketScape is interested in helping the educational community to stay abreast of the latest and most cost-effective tools available for information dissemination. Providing WebCD at substantial discounts should ensure that the benefits of this technology are available to all college students. Byte Magazine gives WebCD 5 Stars! In a review by Jon Udell, Executive Editor for New Media, BYTE Magazine, the WebCD Packager earned a 5-star rating. Mr. Udell tested the WebCD Packager on The BYTE Site. He concluded that "...WebCD is an outstanding tool that I recommend highly. There's no easier or better way for marketers to transform a company's Web site into a distributable, stand-alone, high-impact presentation." CD-ROM WEDS THE WEB The "bits" section of BYTE Magazine also discusses Hybrid CD-ROMs and indicates that this is the next major growth area. "According to InfoTech, a CD-ROM research and consulting firm, hybrid CD-ROMs are expected to account for nearly 10 percent of all CD-ROM titles in print worldwide by 1997." To receive a copy of the Byte review, to learn more about WebCD, or to order the WebCD Packager with a risk free, 60 day money-back guarantee, call us toll-free at 1-888-GO-WEBCD (719-593-9890).