<A> Office.com Joins With Leaders in the Content and Training Industries to Offer Small and Mid-Sized Companies Best-of-Breed Business Information
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NEW YORK, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Office.com(SM), an online business service from WinStar Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: WCII - news) scheduled to
launch this fall, today announced a series of alliances designed to maximize and enhance small and mid-sized businesses' access to information and tools on
the Internet. In addition to proprietary content and tools developed by Office.com, the following organizations will provide seamless access to databases and
other resources to deliver competitive intelligence, strategic planning and general business guidance: Dun & Bradstreet, Gale Group, Responsive Database
Services, U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Classroom, and WinStar Telebase.
''A primary goal of Office.com is to help businesses discover and use the exceptional information available on the Internet to unlock value and available
expertise,'' said Jeff Cutler, senior vice president and general manager of Office.com. ''To create an exceptionally strong business-focused Web destination,
we knew we had to work with businesses that are recognized as leaders in their fields. Each field leader provides information and services that are
unmatched on the Web today, and we believe they will help us deliver the promise of the Internet to Office.com users this fall.''
Following are specific solutions provided by Office.com's business
research content providers:
-- Dun & Bradstreet (D&B), a company of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation,
is the world's leading provider of business credit, marketing and
purchasing information and receivable management services. This
relationship enables Office.com users to search D&B's extensive
marketing database covering more than 11 million organizations from
across the U.S. Users will have easy access to quality business
information on millions customers and prospects. D&B's detailed
business reports can also be obtained directly from the Office.com Web
site.
-- Gale Group is a world leader in reference and research publishing for
libraries, educational institutions, businesses and information
technologists, and is best known for its ability to deliver
intelligently organized and accurate information. From Gale Group's
vast information base, Office.com has selected the following for its
customers: PROMT Online, which features abstracts and full-text from
international trade and business journals; the abstracts and full-text
documents in Trade & Industry Online; Gale Company Profile Directory, a
full-text database covering nearly 100,000 private and public
companies; and the Gale Newsletter Database, which provides the timely
information and expert opinions found in today's most respected
business and industry newsletters.
-- Responsive Database Services (RDS) is a leading producer of electronic
information resources used in companies, and public and academic
libraries throughout the world. Business professionals rely on RDS
services for competitive intelligence, strategic planning, market
research, identification and evaluation of new opportunities, new
product tracking and for issues related to effective business
management practices. Under this partnership, access to more than 1,500
business sources, along with free abstracts of articles from The New
York Times and Wall Street Journal, will be made available to
Office.com users.
-- The Small Business Classroom, a service of the U.S. Small Business
Administration (SBA), is an online systems resource for training and
informing entrepreneurs and other students of enterprise. It offers a
new, easy to use dimension in entrepreneurial training and is designed
to provide interactive business guidance on a variety of topics to many
types of students. Besides "traditional" small business clients, the
online classroom will benefit high school and college students,
individuals with time and travel limitations, people with disabilities,
international business resources and others.
-- WinStar Telebase Inc. is an innovative leader in developing, managing
and marketing online information services designed to help people find
the information they need when they need it. WinStar Telebase's
offerings encompass more than 500 databases from the world's leading
electronic information services, offering Office.com users access to
the news and information they require to do business easily and
efficiently.
The initial launch of Office.com is scheduled for this fall. At that time, users will not only be able to access integrated business news and financial content,
but also take advantage of many commerce and communications tools. The site will also provide timely information on the latest business trends and
strategies, discussions with business leaders, and the marketing, legal and technical information necessary to operate a successful business.
About Office.com
Office.com, a service from WinStar, is the first complete and relevant destination site to meet the needs of businesspeople by focusing the power of the
Internet for the workworld. Office.com combines deep, industry-specific content, community, commerce and communications services from best-of-breed
partners and in-house experts, helping people in business work smarter, faster and more efficiently. |
