Stromberg Press Release regarding Internet product

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Press Release, May 1, 1999
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Note: This announcement is as a result of a significant and strategic effort to position Stromberg at the forefront of technology, and specifically to address the needs of companies for products that leverage the Internet. RJH

Stromberg Announces Internet Product

Lake Mary, FL – May 1, 1999--STROMBERG, LLC the leader in Time and Attendance, will be debuting their new product Stromberg Time Manager - Web Edition at PC Expo in New York City, June 22-24. This new application automates the administration of human resources information systems functions by giving workers access to their own records and corporate HR and payroll material via Web browsers. Ted Dinkel, President and CEO will officially announce this new product at PC Expo. Visit booth #605 to view our live demonstration of Stromberg Time Manager – Web Edition, as well as to learn more about our other product offerings.

Stromberg Time Manager – Web Edition is an easy to use, employee self-service human resource tool, designed to capture time and attendance data. It improves productivity and process accuracy, reduces cycle time, lowers administrative costs, and increases employee service and satisfaction throughout the enterprise. Stromberg Time Manager – Web Edition has been designed for enterprise-wide use, with special emphasis on scalability, security, and wide distribution. This "best of breed" human resource tool can be deployed over the Internet, an Intranet, a local area network or a wide area network on almost any platform.

Beta testers stated that Stromberg Time Manager – Web Edition which runs on Windows NT, holds advantages over traditional client/server HR applications, as browser technology gives every employee, not just managers, access to the system. In addition, Stromberg Time Manager – Web Edition’s architecture spares network administrators the expensive, time consuming chore of installing and upgrading client-side software. This is the first solution in the Stromberg suite of products designed to meet the time and project costing needs of white collar professionals.

"This product is without doubt, the most exciting new innovation to hit the time and attendance industry since biometrics. An example of this enthusiasm surfaced at a recent focus group preview session in which 100% of the attendees asked for a formal sales follow up call. This type of unanimous response is virtually unheard of in market research," said Ted H. Dinkel, President and CEO.

All Stromberg’s programs are built on non-proprietary, open standards, right down to our data file formats. Stromberg Time Manager – Web Edition supports Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Netscape’s Navigator Web browsers, Microsoft Web server, and any ODBC compliant database such as those from Oracle, and Microsoft SQL. This makes it easy for Stromberg systems to communicate with other products, and for other products to communicate with Stromberg. This open approach to technology makes sure you are in control of vital labor data, and protects you against being locked into expensive, one-vendor solutions.

Stromberg, LLC, was founded approximately 100 years ago by Alfred Stromberg who invented the first electromechanical time clock and sparked the growth of a new industry. Stromberg’s corporate offices are located in Lake Mary, Florida.