| FormRouter announces new
support for Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X and Unix
Upgrade leverages open development initiative
(Mono Project) sponsored by Novell
CARY, NC (September 26, 2006) – FormRouter, a pioneer
in hosted services for electronic forms, announced today new
support for non-Windows environments including Linux, Solaris,
Mac OS X, and Unix. FormRouter’s Software-as-a-Service
(SaaS) solution enables non-technical subscribers to deploy
intelligent PDF, HTML, Flash and other form formats in minutes
with no servers and no programming. Upon submission, completed
forms, optional attachments and entered data are routed securely
to an electronic data store located on the form owner’s
desktop in near real-time. “We have seen a growing interest
in our forms business, especially from Macintosh and Linux
users” says FormRouter CEO, Chris M. Pieper. “With
this upgrade, we can now offer the FormRouter advantage to
prospects running environments other than just Windows."
The FormRouter Client Tool enables one-click, secure download
of form-collected data directly to popular database formats
or text files. FormRouter founder and e-Forms evangelist Jim
Healy commented, “As a native application running within
the firewall, the FormRouter client tool offers a superior
security model and the convenience of unattended 24/7 data
retrieval. By leveraging the open source community, and the
Mono project, we’ve been able to retain our security
metrics while supporting a rapidly growing community of Macintosh,
Unix and Linux users.”
Maureen Leech of Ohio based Wherry Associates commented,
“We are just a small company that loves our Macs. The
FormRouter service is really slick, but the Windows requirement
for the retrieval tool was a sore point for us dedicated Mac
users. It’s great to see FormRouter support the vocal
minority.”
The Mono Project provides the necessary software to develop
and run .NET client and server applications on Linux, Solaris,
Mac OS X, Windows, and Unix. Sponsored by Novell (http://www.novell.com),
the Mono open source project has an active and enthusiastic
contributing community and is positioned to become the leading
choice for development of Linux applications. FormRouter VP
of Engineering Dave Conorozzo commented, “We have been
following the Mono project with great interest as a creative
way to offer cross-platform options to FormRouter customers.
The software has really matured into a serious development
platform.” To learn more about Mono go to www.mono-project.com.
About FormRouter Inc.
FormRouter’s hosted service lowers the cost and simplifies
the task of collecting data through forms. FormRouter subscribers
can deploy PDF, HTML, Flash, MSExcel, MSWord, InfoPath, IBM
Workplace Forms and ASP.NET forms in minutes with no servers
and no programming. Encrypted form submissions are delivered
to the form owner’s desktop and may be loaded directly
into Microsoft Access®, SQL Server, Lotus Notes® or
any ODBC compliant database. Integrated alerts support e-mail
notification, payment processing and CRM integration with
salesforce.com. To learn more about FormRouter, visit the
company’s Web site at www.FormRouter.com.
For all media inquires contact:
Rick Nordman
919-469-1984
rick.nordman@formrouter.com
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