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CNA Selects AskMe's Enterprise Knowledge Sharing Solution
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SEATTLE, March 12, 2001 - AskMe Corporation, the leading provider of enterprise knowledge sharing solutions, announced today that CNA (NYSE:CNA), the second largest U.S. commercial lines underwriter and the eighth largest U.S. property casualty group with 19,000 employees, has selected AskMe Enterprise to enable corporate-wide knowledge sharing.
"AskMe's solution is key to enabling our strategic goal of transforming our organization from a collection of companies to a portfolio of expertise," said Bob James, Executive Vice President of CNA ' s Technology Solutions and eBusiness Group. "With AskMe, CNA will be able to achieve this goal by creating a dynamic network of expertise that crosses functions, business units, and lines of business."
AskMe provides the leading enterprise knowledge sharing solution that enables large organizations to capture and catalogue employees' knowledge in a corporate knowledgebase and make it easily accessible to other employees. Using a standard Web browser, e-mail system, or virtually any other intranet application, employees can identify other employees with relevant expertise, submit their questions or problems to their colleagues, and receive solutions so that they can take immediate and effective action.
"Like other industry leading companies, CNA has recognized that their most valuable asset is their employees' knowledge," said Udai Shekawat, Chief Executive Officer of AskMe Corporation. "AskMe will transform the knowledge of CNA employees into bottom-line business results. We are delighted that CNA has recognized AskMe as the best solution in the market capable of supporting one of the cornerstones of CNA's new strategic direction."
About AskMe Corporation
AskMe Corporation is the leading provider of knowledge sharing solutions to Global 2000 companies. The privately held company was founded in 1999 by former senior technologists from Microsoft, who envisioned a new way to unlock the knowledge in peoples' minds and share it with others. The company's flagship product, AskMe Enterprise, is the most widely deployed enterprise knowledge sharing platform in the world - more than ten million people have used the AskMe platform. The Seattle, Washington-based company is made up of experienced technology professionals from industry - leading companies such as Microsoft, Intel, and Internet Security Systems.
AskMe, AskMe.com, and AskMe Enterprise are trademarks of AskMe Corporation.
To get more information about AskMe Enterprise, click here.
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