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GENERAL: DIL: Announcing the Diligent Boardbooks app for Windows 8.1
3 April 2014 | PRESS RELEASE
Announcing the Diligent Boardbooks app for Windows 8.1:
Board portal application helps improve the quality of leadership decisions
Diligent Board Member Services, Inc., (NZX:DIL) (www.boardbooks.com),
provider of the world's most widely used board portal, announced it will
launch the Diligent Boardbooks app on Windows 8.1 devices, including any
Microsoft Surface later this week.
Immediate access to the latest information - and the tools to annotate,
discuss and vote on it - can help boards and management teams improve the
quality of leadership decisions. Organizations also save time, costs and the
environment by going digital, while being protected by the portal's
world-class security and reinforced with 24/7/365 live concierge-level
support.
"I am excited to have the Diligent Boardbooks application available on our
Windows 8.1 platform," said Kevin Turner, chief operating officer, Microsoft
Corporation. "In its app design, Diligent has fully embraced the Microsoft
principles of quality, speed and fluidity to enable people and organizations
to do more. Diligent Boardbooks is one of the most advanced B2B apps out
there, and it is designed from the ground up to capitalize on the unique
capabilities of Microsoft's modern UI. As a board member myself, I am excited
that I can now access my board materials with Diligent's world-class
application on my Surface Pro."
With Diligent Boardbooks for Windows 8.1, directors can easily sync and view
board materials by board or committee; readily access annotation and voting
items, and have the control to manage their own materials or annotations
after meetings. They can navigate with swipes, view agenda items, and quickly
link to specific tabs or pages. Full support of semantic zoom, finger
gestures, and enhanced keyboard and mouse controls is incorporated seamlessly
into the app for tablet or desktop reading. Diligent Boardbooks users
familiar with the iPad app will find a parallel intuitive experience on
Windows devices, giving directors the option to move towards
Windows-supported tablets.
"We see a major market opportunity ahead for Microsoft's latest Windows
operating system with the combination of Windows 8.1 tablets and business
apps driving user adoption," said Alex Sodi, president and CEO, Diligent
Board Member Services, Inc. "The development of our board portal app drove
the first wave of digital adoption in the boardroom. Now, with the new
Windows devices, the possibilities become even more exciting."
To learn more about Diligent Boardbooks for Windows, visit
www.boardbooks.com/landing/windows
Investor inquiries:
Sonya Joyce
Ph: + 64 4 894 6912
Media inquiries:
Geoff Senescall
Ph: + 64 21 481 234
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