[August 18, 2004] Cut Through E-Mail Overload: Introducing You Perform From You Software PORTLAND, Ore. --(Business Wire)-- Aug. 18, 2004 -- Leading Provider of Value-Add Productivity Software Introduces Integrated Collection of Value-Add Tools That Make Working With Microsoft Outlook Better, Faster and Easier You Software Inc., the award-winning publisher of value-add productivity software, today introduced You Perform, a collection of integrated value-add software tools that help all types of users cut through e-mail overload and make working with Microsoft Outlook better, faster and easier. This is the company's first Windows product designed specifically for the Outlook platform. You Perform is available for free trial download and purchase at http://www.yousoftware.com/perform/. "In today's fast-paced business environment, knowledge workers of all kinds need powerful e-mail management tools that cut through the clutter and ease e-mail overload," said Craig Barnes, founder and CEO of You Software. "You Perform is the perfect complement to Microsoft Outlook because it takes a great office productivity tool and makes it work smarter." You Perform: Extending the Power of Microsoft Outlook With hundreds of millions of users around the world, Microsoft Outlook is the standard for business e-mail. One of the daunting task-management challenges facing business users of Outlook is e-mail overload. Day after day, the average Outlook power user receives as many as 50 new e-mail messages and spends two or more hours using Outlook. High-volume Outlook users can receive several hundred messages and spend their entire day working with Outlook. You Perform helps users stay ahead of e-mail overload with 15 value-add tools that extend the power of Microsoft Outlook and help knowledge workers efficiently manage their inbox, streamline communication and contact management, and easily manage their calendars remotely. The tools in You Perform are built on Sperry Software Inc.'s best-selling add-in productivity tools for Microsoft Outlook. You Software recently acquired Sperry Software, and in collaboration with Mike Sperry, the You Software development team has advanced the technology and products to make them more affordable while adding appealing features that improve usability and facilitate customization. You Perform is not a replacement for Outlook: It enhances and extends the power of Outlook by adding new features and capabilities that blend seamlessly with the Outlook user interface. With the addition of You Perform to Microsoft Outlook, knowledge workers can more effectively manage e-mail volume, improve communication processes, and increase efficiency for mobile communications. Fifteen Value-Add Tools That Cut Through E-Mail Overload You Perform is a collection of 15 utilities that integrate directly into Microsoft Outlook to help users in small, medium-sized and large businesses make the most productive use of their time. Users of You Perform can more efficiently organize and respond to e-mail, keep contacts up to date, and manage their calendars. Across the organization, managers, collaborating team members, administrative assistants, remote workers and frequent travelers will find tools that make them more efficient. You Perform makes communicating, delivering and archiving documents, tracking projects, storing names and addresses, and connecting with e-mail-capable PDAs and cell phones easy and predictable. The following are examples of the timesaving features found in You Perform: Efficiently Manage E-Mail Volume -- Eliminate Duplicates. You Perform scours your e-mail, contact and calendar folders and automatically gets rid of duplicate messages, contacts and events. -- Save Attachments. Save space in your inbox and never lose an attachment again. You Perform automatically removes attachments from your e-mail and saves them to the folders of your choice. -- Attachment Forget-Me-Not. Never forget to send an attachment again. You Perform automatically watches for keywords in your outgoing e-mail and reminds you when it looks like you've forgotten to attach a file. -- Reply To All Monitor. Never reply to all again -- unless you want to. Stop Outlook from sending replies to the wrong people and from sending replies back to your own inbox. Streamline Communication and Contact Management -- Schedule Recurring Email. Stop typing recurring e-mails. Now you can send them automatically. Schedule and send e-mails automatically with updated attachments to go out at intervals you define. -- Hide Fax Numbers. Stop weeding through fax numbers when you need e-mail addresses. You Perform keeps fax numbers from appearing when you're composing messages. -- Auto CC/BCC. Automatically send a CC or BCC every time you e-mail. Keep managers, assistants, team members and customers in the loop. Easily create a record of important e-mails and documents. -- Quick Text Hotkeys. Assign your favorite subject lines, signatures, and phrases of any kind to hot keys, then insert them with a single key, instead of typing them over and over again. -- Add Email Address. Instantly turn e-mail addresses into contacts. You Perform automatically scans your e-mail and adds addresses to your contact list so they're there when you need them. -- Auto Print. Instantly print e-mails and/or attachments as soon as they hit your inbox. -- Print On Demand. Print e-mails and attachments with just one click. -- Insert Date & Time. Automatically time-stamp your e-mail with one click or a hotkey so your recipients know your replies are prompt, even when their e-mail servers aren't. -- VCard Converter. No more one-at-a-time. Convert as many contacts as you like into vCard format with a single click. Easy Remote Calendar Management -- Add Appointments by Email. Add new appointments to Outlook from your mobile phone, PDA or anywhere you have access to e-mail simply by sending a message "home" with any e-mail connection. -- Forward Reminders. Never miss an appointment again. You Perform e-mails reminders directly to you, wherever you are. Efficient Operation, Easy to Use, Cost Effective and Widely Available Unlike a collection of disparate utilities each with its own user interface and features cobbled together from multiple small developers, You Perform utilizes a single efficient engine that reduces computing overhead requirements, has an easy-to-use control panel for setting preferences and filters, and provides a familiar user interface based on Microsoft Outlook. The result is a set of integrated tools that minimize the learning curve for the user and increase efficiency for the organization. With You Perform, users no longer have to search through multiple Web sites to find the best value-add software for Microsoft Outlook. You Perform sells for $49.95 and includes 15 tools for an average price of $3.33 each. Users would pay more than $300 purchasing these same tools individually. A free 15-day trial version of You Perform is available at http://www.yousoftware.com/perform/. To install and use You Perform you will need the following: -- PC with an Intel Pentium processor running at 233 MHz or faster -- Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 or Windows XP -- Microsoft Outlook 2000 or later (not compatible with Outlook Express) You Software will introduce a server-based offering designed to simplify deployment of You Perform across networks and offer remote and batched control over preferences and settings that will extend the productivity gains of You Perform to networked workgroups. You Software is building a comprehensive distribution network to let customers buy the way they want to buy. You Perform will be sold by You Software's direct sales force and online at http://www.yousoftware.com/perform/. It will also be available at selected resellers including Amazon.com Inc., PC Connection Inc., Fry's Electronics Inc. and others. About You Software You Software is a venture-backed developer and publisher of personal and network value-add productivity software designed to make the software you use every day work better. You Software is introducing a new business model to the value-add software category focused on delivering a full line of client and server value-add productivity software. The You Software leadership team has an established history of creating and expanding markets for value-add software. In 1994 members of the You Software executive team founded Extensis Corp., a professional graphics software company that successfully developed and marketed cross-platform client/server productivity tools to millions of customers known as "creative professionals." You Software has several products available for the Macintosh platform including You Control, You Control:Fonts, and You Synchronize. For more information and to keep informed about new product introductions, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.yousoftware.com/. (C) 2004 You Software Inc. All Rights Reserved. You Software, the You Software logo, You Control, You Control:Fonts, You Perform, and You Synchronize are trademarks of You Software Inc. All other trademarks are used for identification purposes only and are the rights of their exclusive holders. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]