Aptiris, Inc.

Real collaboration, real results

Building a community using Email as the primary tool is challenging at best. Email, while excellent for one-way distribution of information, or person-to-person communication, is not condusive to true online collaboration.

FirstClass is successfully used by organizations around the world to build dynamic, thriving online communities. The foundation for this success lies in the extensive and unique cnollaboration capabilities within FirstClass. These include more than the email, instant messaging, calendaring, and contact features described in other documents.

The most powerful tools for collaboration within the product are FirstClass Conferences

The flexibility for visual layout and types of digital content enables FirstClass Conferences to be used for a broad scope of collaborative applications, including:

-	bulletin board style threaded discussion groups
-	digital resource sharing facilities
-	team project workspaces
-	knowledge base repositories
-	virtual classrooms
-	announcement forums
-	customer interaction workspaces
-	peer group collaboration forums