TimeBridge Solves Scheduling Nightmare with New Personal Scheduling Assistant

One-step scheduling makes it fast and easy for busy people to schedule meetings and manage their time

September 6, 2007 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Today at the Office 2.0 Conference, TimeBridge released into public beta the first Personal Scheduling Assistant to give busy professionals a faster, more efficient way to schedule meetings and manage their time. TimeBridge eliminates the endless email exchange currently required to find a time to meet and lets organizers schedule a meeting in just one simple step. TimeBridge can be used as a stand-alone web application or integrated into a user's Outlook or Google calendar. Organizers can invite anyone using TimeBridge—the attendee needs only a browser and internet connection to reply.

"We designed TimeBridge to help busy people simplify their lives by solving the complex, often frustrating process of scheduling meetings with individuals or groups of people," said Yori Nelken, founder and CEO of TimeBridge. "The technical challenges to solving this problem were huge, but we believe we've cracked the code, creating a very simple, easy to use application that acts like an intelligent network between people, calendaring systems and email. TimeBridge is like having your own personal assistant for managing your time and we're excited to finally release it to the world."

TimeBridge's one-step scheduling is the fastest, most efficient way to schedule meetings with large groups of individuals across time zones, calendaring systems and companies. TimeBridge organizers need only send a TimeBridge meeting invitation with their proposed times to meet. TimeBridge automatically collects attendee responses, picks the best time for the meeting and then notifies the attendees of the confirmed time. To further simplify the scheduling process, TimeBridge offers other key features including:

• Deep integration into Google and Outlook calendars so organizers can view their own events while they propose times and hold those times on their calendar until confirmed
• Availability sharing across calendaring systems to let organizers know which times might work best for their attendees
• Direct connection to Google and Outlook address books to make it even easier to add attendees to a new meeting invitation

"Office 2.0 is all about how technology can change the way we work and make busy people more collaborative and productive," said Ismael Ghalimi, event producer and CEO of Intalio. "TimeBridge's Personal Scheduling Assistant solves a huge and everyday problem faced by so many people, and makes it easy for busy professionals to get together and focus on getting things done."

TimeBridge announced its private beta at the Web 2.0 Summit's LaunchPad event in November 2006. Since then, TimeBridge has redesigned the product to enable even more busy professionals to organize meetings, integrate with online calendars and add users to share availability through TimeBridge. TimeBridge's public beta is available today for free at http:///www.timebridge.com, so sign up and stop wasting time scheduling time!

About TimeBridge

TimeBridge has created the first Personal Scheduling Assistant to give busy professionals a faster, more efficient way to schedule their time. TimeBridge's one-step scheduling is the most efficient way to schedule meetings with large groups or individuals across time zones, calendaring systems and companies. TimeBridge allows users to easily schedule meetings, share their availability with others, and connect directly with calendars including Outlook and Google Calendar. While online calendars help users track their time, TimeBridge facilitates the social, and often complex process of getting busy people together — in person, on the phone or online. TimeBridge is backed by blue-chip venture capital firms Mayfield Fund and Norwest Venture Partners. For more information, go to www.timebridge.com.