Mindjet Announces Availability of MindManager 7 Amid Strong Interest From Users and Influencers

    SAN FRANCISCO, May 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Mindjet(R) Corporation today
 announced the highly anticipated and immediate availability of the next
 generation of its popular visualization software, MindManager(R) 7, along
 with its new Project Management Jetpack and online map gallery. The new
 MindManager 7 for Windows and Macintosh have received widespread acclaim
 for new and improved features that increase effectiveness in managing
 information and projects.
     MindManager 7 optimizes both individual and team productivity and
 delivers quick results to achieve new levels of project and process
 improvement, communication and interactions, as well as access to and
 management of key information. New enhancements in MindManager Pro 7
 include powerful integration capabilities with Microsoft Office products
 and easier browsing in a completely redesigned Microsoft Fluent UI with
 logically grouped tabs, saved queries and views, new map styles and
 galleries for faster formatting, and enhanced ScreenTips. MindManager 7 Mac
 offers a powerful new way to select topics with rules, which can be saved
 and applied as filters; printing enhancements that allow users to print
 large maps across multiple pages and add headers and footers and borders to
 printed maps; enhanced import and export capabilities including OPML, HTML,
 Text Outline and more.
     Excellent Early Acceptance of MindManager 7
     MindManager 7 received strong early acceptance during Mindjet's beta
 testing phase and early look reviews, and has received over 100 positive
 references in articles and blogs for its powerful new features that make it
 easier to interact with ideas and information, increase effectiveness, and
 improve collaboration.
     "This new version of MindManager Pro 7 reflects a major improvement in
 usability. It's far easier to get things done. There are great interface
 improvements, the commands and insertions are much easier to locate, and
 the program seems really fast and much easier to use. Everything is at hand
 when wanted. Using MindManager Pro 6, I was able to prepare the outline for
 Design to Sell, my latest book, in about an hour. With MindManager Pro 7,
 it would take even less time! I'm really impressed," said Roger C. Parker,
 designer, business consultant, and author of 38 books.
     "We've listened to our current and prospective customers and have
 created MindManager 7 to make it even easier to use and faster to achieve
 business benefits and value in their projects, planning, brainstorming, and
 communications," said Scott Raskin, CEO of Mindjet.
     "MindManager has been one of my essential applications for the last 12
 years and I consider it as important to my effectiveness at my job as I do
 email, Microsoft Office and the Internet," said Dan Hamilton, an
 Information Technology Vice President at Universal Music Group (UMG), the
 world's No. 1 music content company. Hamilton uses MindManager Mac for
 meeting preparation, management, problem solving, and task management.
     Mindjet continues its rapid pace of customer momentum, with over
 100,000 downloads of MindManager in the first quarter of this year and a
 rate of 20,000 new MindManager users per month.
     Pricing and Availability
     The English and German language versions of all of the MindManager 7
 applications are available immediately. Pricing is as follows: MindManager
 Pro 7 US$349, upgrade US$179; MindManager 7 Mac US$129, upgrade US$69;
 MindManager Lite 7 US$99. The Project Management Jetpack is available now
 in English or German and is free with the purchase of MindManager Pro for a
 limited time. Visit www.mindjet.com for more information.
     About Mindjet
     Mindjet makes software that helps people visualize and use information.
 Its leading product, MindManager, enables individuals and teams to work
 smarter, think creatively, and save time everyday. There are over 880,000
 licenses of MindManager used globally by 85 of the Fortune 100 companies
 and more than 50 percent of Global 2000 organizations. Mindjet is
 headquartered in San Francisco with offices throughout the world and is
 backed by the leading international venture capital firms, Investor Growth
 Capital, Inc. and 3i. For more information, visit www.mindjet.com
      Derek Kober
      GlobalFluency
      650-433-4233
      dkober@globalfluency.com
 
      Melinda Venable
      Mindjet
      415-229-4308
      melinda.venable@mindjet.com
 
 

SOURCE Mindjet