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New Mindjet MindManager Pro 6 Helps Business Users Create Visual ``Blueprints for Action''; Increased Integration With Microsoft Office Brings Information to Life for Greater Team Collaboration

Posted on: Tuesday, 13 September 2005, 09:00 CDT

Mindjet Corporation, the leading provider of software for visualizing and managing information, today announced availability of Mindjet(R) MindManager(R) Pro 6, the newest version of its flagship application for business professionals and teams. Available September 20, 2005, MindManager Pro 6 is a tool for graphically representing the core communications of business: from capturing meeting notes to creating sales campaigns and drafting business plans in an "at-a-glance" view. Now with enhanced integration with Microsoft(R) Office, each resulting Mindjet MindManager Pro 6 "map" can contain additional information via hyperlinks to documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Maps can also be connected to corporate applications and databases, and to Web services.

"Our Strategy Team has used MindManager Pro 6 beta to brainstorm, develop decision trees and organize projects," said Samuel Johnson, senior manager for strategy and development at Ryder System, Inc., the Fortune 500 provider of leading-edge transportation, logistics and supply chain management solutions worldwide. "We are looking forward to upgrading to the final Pro 6 and experimenting with new features like Excel integration and improved export to PowerPoint. We continue to find MindManager to be a very flexible way to capture changes on the fly. It's intuitive to use, easy to operate and helps us capture the thinking of our team."

Mindjet technology delivers what no other technology can: A flexible, creative way for users to capture, organize and share information. Mindjet MindManager Pro 6 captures the information in an intuitive interface integrated with XML, HTML and the Microsoft Office suite of applications, including Word, PowerPoint(R), Outlook and Project - and now Excel(R) and Visio(R). MindManager provides busy professionals with a single easy-to-use interface from which they can quickly access key information, without having to navigate to numerous, often difficult-to-master applications.

Mindjet MindManager Pro 6 enables individuals and teams to flexibly capture ideas and information to build clearly structured, easy-to-understand representations of projects, plans, systems or strategies. Its fluid, drag-and-drop interface helps users quickly organize and reorganize information to discover new avenues of thought and new solutions - and then put those solutions immediately into action.

"Based on experiences of more than 600,000 business users ranging from CEOs to sales managers - even federal hurricane disaster recovery teams - we have focused the latest evolution of MindManager to empower more dynamic team interaction," said Robert Gordon, CEO of Mindjet Corporation. "We're helping our users apply the illustrative, intuitive methods of collaborating and planning via flipchart or whiteboard, and then add to it the actionable power of linked supporting materials."

New Mindjet MindManager Pro 6 features include:

-- New Microsoft Excel integration: Embed spreadsheet information into maps

-- New Microsoft Visio export: Quickly create flow charts, map out processes

-- Improved Microsoft PowerPoint integration: Quickly create and preview slides

-- New editable outline view: Switch from map mode to standard linear mode

-- New "Add Attachments": Add multiple documents, URLs to each map topic

-- New Topic Alerts: Receive alarms for appointments created in your maps

-- New Organizational Chart view: Create dynamic, data-rich org charts

-- New Ink-enabled Notes: Adds new power to mapping on a Tablet PC

-- Improved Map Formatting commands: Make maps look better than ever - fast! Product Pricing and Availability for Mindjet MindManager Pro 6:

-- $349 per seat: Discounts available in quantity

-- Additionally, Mindjet MindManager Basic 6 (for those who do not need features such as Excel, Visio integration, multiple attachments, power filtering, custom properties, review mode for teams or timing clock): $229 per seat

-- Available on September 20, 2005 via: www.mindjet.com

System Requirements:

Client Operating System:

-- Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP, Professional, Home or Tablet PC Editions

-- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

Server Operating System:

-- Microsoft Windows Server 2003

-- Citrix(R) MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0

IBM or compatible Pentium processor (700 MHz or greater), 256 MB RAM or greater, 150 MB disk space and 50 MB more during installation, SVGA (800 x 600 or greater) with 256 colors (1024 x 768 with 16-bit color recommended)

Third Party Software:

-- Microsoft Office 2003, XP or 2000

-- Microsoft Project 2003, 2002 or 2000/2003 Multilingual User Interface Packs

-- Microsoft Visio(R) 2003 and 2002

-- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or greater

About Mindjet

Mindjet Corporation, the leading provider of software for visualizing and managing information, provides applications for business teams to think together, plan together, and work together. Mindjet MindManager, the company's award-winning flagship product with more than 600,000 licenses sold worldwide, is productivity software designed for business professionals working as individuals or in teams at Global 2000 companies. With headquarters in California and operations throughout the world, Mindjet is backed by leading international venture capital firms Investors Growth Capital and 3i. More information is available by calling toll-free 1 (877) MINDJET or by visiting http://www.mindjet.com.

Source: Business Wire

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