Dr. Cheryl Shavers to Visit Software Provider's Jerusalem R&D Facility
SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass. - May 9, 2000 - ViryaNet, a leading global provider of business-to-business Internet platform solutions for service communities, today announced that the company's Jerusalem R&D facility will be hosting Dr. Cheryl L. Shavers, the UnderSecretary for Technology at the U.S. Department of Commerce. As part of her visit to Israel, Dr. Shavers will spend time at ViryaNet to discuss the company's technology as well as the broader subject of U.S.-Israeli
business relations. The visit was scheduled as part of ViryaNet's association with BIRD Foundation, a bi-national fund that invests money in joint American and Israeli technology projects. ViryaNet has participated in four such projects.
"We are honored to be recognized as an exemplary and successful technology company and are proud to host an esteemed member of the U.S. Department of Commerce," said Dr. Ron Ben-Natan, CTO and senior vice president of engineering at ViryaNet. "We hope to share with Dr. Shavers the experience that brought about our success and our vision for promoting technology partnerships between the United
States and Israel."
"Through ViryaNet's involvement in several of the BIRD Foundation's projects, we've learned that the company is a significant market player with advanced technology," said Yuval Weiss, COO of the BIRD Foundation. "ViryaNet's contribution to the technology industry has allowed it to stand out from its competition, both in the United States and in Israel. We are happy to recommend
ViryaNet as a worthwhile stop in Dr. Shavers' tour of Israel."
ViryaNet provides Service Hub, an Internet solution that enables a company's entire service community, including its internal service organization and employees as well as its partners, customers, vendors, and suppliers, to conduct work and collaborate in a real-time, structured Internet environment as one service community. Service Hub enables companies to transition their complex service business
processes into a manageable, scalable Internet operation, with a goal of increasing efficiency, quality of service, and customer satisfaction, retention, and profitability.
About ViryaNet
ViryaNet is a leading provider of business-to-business Internet platforms for service communities. ViryaNet's solutions allow organizations to create, manage, and automate service business processes for internal service organizations and employees, as well as for their customers and partners.
ViryaNet's Service Hub solution enables organizations to utilize the advanced capabilities of the Internet to create highly efficient service communities, while leveraging existing applications, legacy operations, and technology.
ViryaNet's Service Suite consists of applications that manage and automate workforce management, service contract management, call handling and technician dispatch, spare parts inventory and logistics management, and management reporting. ViryaNet's veteran professional services team and implementation partners enable rapid implementation of the Company's solutions for world-class corporations
such as CapRock, Data General/EMC, ITC^DeltaCom, Inc., Nortel Networks, Sun Microsystems, Symbol Technologies, and Teraoka Seiko.
For additional information about ViryaNet and its solutions, visit the Company's website at
www.viryanet.com.