TTG and business

[Daniel Say say@xxxxxxxx]

 I was curious as to whether the new move to 1 Charles
Street, Baltimore gained windows for the code-slaves
in Baltimore and found this on a news server.

 But don't worry, there is still a substantial XY presence
at the company according to the web-site.          D. Say
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           PR Newswire February 7, 2000, Monday

Firm Plans to Enhance Content and Customer Service for Software Program That
made Estate Planning Experts Accessible from the Desktop

DATELINE: BALTIMORE, Feb. 7

BODY:
 The Technology Group announced today that it has re-acquired Wealth Transfer
planning from the RIA Group, and will expand content and customer support
services. Under terms of the deal, The Technology Group will assume all
responsibility for enhancements, customer service and order fulfillment for the
product.
  The Technology Group originally developed Wealth Transfer Planning in 1993
is an expert legal system that enables users to tackle complex legal issues and
prepare customized documents. Authored by renowned estate planning expert
Jonathan Blattmachr, Wealth Transfer Planning combines expert content with
artificial intelligence, which the user accesses through an interactive
interview session.
  The company, which also developed the underlying software platform --
SmartWords -- sold the product to RIA Group in 1996.
  "As an expert system, Wealth Transfer Planning is more of a service than a
software product, and we are dedicated to providing users with the support they
need to rely on it as an essential tool for their daily practice," said

           PR Newswire February 7, 2000, Monday

 Kenneth B. Frank, president and founder of The Technology Group. "To
accomplish this, we are building a world-class customer support organization to
handle technical, usability and content-oriented questions and answers."
  In a letter to Wealth Transfer Planning users, RIA Group commented: "We
believe that The Technology Group's intimate knowledge of both the technology
underlying Wealth Transfer Planning, and its content, will enable the company to
provide the kind of focused attention to customer needs necessary to make the
experience of using Wealth Transfer Planning a productive one."
  In addition to traditional customer support tools such as a telephone
hotline, The Technology Group will add online and other educational, training
and consulting services to its customer support infrastructure. In coming
months, the company also will announce a web-based application for Wealth
Transfer Planning, the first step in a comprehensive web site of intelligent and
interactive expert legal expertise.

  About The Technology Group
  The Technology Group is a leading provider of intelligent Internet and
software solutions for the legal profession. The company was founded in 1989 by
Frank, a Baltimore attorney and computer expert, to offer lawyers and business
professionals the computer technology to manage their substantive work and
back-office operations more efficiently.


And you might also visit around
Linkname: Investors
   URL: http://www.tgrp.com/page.asp?fID=5
 Charset: iso-8859-1 (assumed)
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where you see a well known name...
    Management
    The key employees of the Company are as follows:

  Kenneth B. Frank 53 President and CEO
  Randy L. Cochran 46 Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  Richard Pauli 51 Vice President Product Development and Marketing
    Kenneth B. Frank is the founder of The Technology Group and has
    served as CEO and President Chairman of the Board since its
    inception in January 1989. A practicing lawyer for over 20 years,
    Mr. Frank was the founding chairman of the Technology Committee at
    Piper & Marbury, a national law firm of which he was a partner.
    There he spent 10 years leading the firm through a transformation
    into one of the country's leaders in law office automation.
    He founded the Company because of his belief that commercial
    technology did not adequately address the needs of document
    production in business, and he developed a series of software
    products to fill that gap. In the past three years he has focused
    on the development of SmartWords and the acquisition and
    enhancement of the XyWrite technology, the source of SmartWords'
    powerful word processing capabilities.


..... as well as director Berndt who designed their 'difficult' web site.