Amazon.com launches a software downloads store
Leading online retailer Amazon.com today launched a new Software Downloads Store that will allow customers to purchase popular software programs and download them directly to their computers from Amazon.com. The new store features many of the most popular downloadable titles in the industry, including, just in time for April 15, Intuit`s TurboTax. "With the introduction of a new Software Downloads Store, we can now meet the needs of our customers in a matter of minutes instead of a matter of days," said Kirk Koenigsbauer, general manager of software at Amazon.com. "Near real-time delivery is a huge benefit to software shoppers, whether they`re battling the latest `love bug` virus or procrastinating until the eleventh hour to do their taxes."
At launch, Amazon.com is offering leading software titles in the tax, multimedia and antivirus categories, including:
— Quicken and TurboTax from Intuit
— Norton AntiVirus 2001 from Symantec
— Dreamweaver and Flash from Macromedia
— PartitionMagic from PowerQuest
— PGP Personal Privacy from McAfee
Amazon.com is working with Ingram Micro and Preview Systems to create a seamless and convenient transaction for the customer. Ingram Micro hosts the digital content, and Preview Systems provides the enabling technology to securely deliver the application to the customer`s desktop.
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