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Digital River Signs Deal With Personnel Decisions to Manage Web Commerce
June 9, 1999 08:02 AM
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 1999--
Digital River's CommerceBridge(SM) Provides A Completely Integrated Web Hosting and Transaction Processing Solution
Digital River DRIV today announced an alliance with Personnel Decisions International (PDI), a global management and multi-service human resources consulting firm, to provide integrated back-end Web-commerce management services through Digital River's new CommerceBridge service. Under the agreement, Digital River will deliver an outsourced Web-commerce solution that enables automation and integration of Web orders and transaction processing for PDI's series of management books.
Personnel Decisions International provides consulting, as well as products and services to create solutions for their clients' human resources challenges. Digital River's CommerceBridge will be implemented to process multiple transactions for PDI, simplify Web-commerce and delivery processes, cut costs, increase profits and enhance the customer's buying experience.
"The human resources market is a great example of an industry that can benefit from offering Web-commerce services to its customers and potential customers. Our partnership with Personnel Decisions gives us the opportunity to leverage Digital River's expertise in providing Web-based commerce services to a leader in the human resources market," said Joel Ronning, Digital River's CEO. "CommerceBridge is a flexible solution that will help PDI improve their Web transaction processing speed and reduce the amount of time it takes for consumers to receive their products and services.
"We chose Digital River as a partner because of their technical knowledge and Web-commerce experience," said Teresa Jensen, director of marketing services for Personnel Decisions. "Through the new CommerceBridge service, our online store will be run more efficiently as we enhance delivery times to our customers and improve transaction processing."
About Personnel Decisions
Founded in 1967, Personnel Decisions International (PDI) is a global consulting firm based in organizational psychology that specializes in assessment-based selection and development of managers and organizations. Headquartered in Minneapolis, it serves clients worldwide with domestic operating offices in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Minnneapolis/St. Paul, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., and international offices in Brussels, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Paris, Royal Leamington Spa (UK), Singapore, Stockholm and Tokyo. You can visit PDI's Web site at www.personneldecisions.com.
About Digital River's CommerceBridge
Digital River's CommerceBridge acts as the "hub" that electronically manages inbound customer orders and seamlessly processes them across multiple departments, platforms, fulfillment houses, financial institutions and carriers. Digital River has completed more than 1,400,000 transactions for over 5,000 clients including over 700,000 shareware transactions. CommerceBridge is an integrated platform of key business functions including: Web store hosting, transaction processing, security, data center management, fraud prevention, order tracking, online reporting, customer and distribution fulfillment management, marketing and merchandising support and customer service support. For more information, visit the CommerceBridge Web site at commercebridge.com.
Digital River, Inc. DRIV , based in Minneapolis, is a leading outsource provider of Web-based, commerce solutions for more than 5,000 clients with its proprietary technology for Internet delivery of more than 100,000 digital products. For more information, visit Digital River's Web site at digitalriver.com.
Note: Except for the historical information contained herein, this press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements containing the words, "believes," "anticipates," "expects" and similar words. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others: the Company's limited operating history and variability of operating results; market acceptance of electronic software delivery; the Company's ability to maintain relationships with software publishers and online retailers; competition in the electronic commerce market; and other risk factors referenced in the Company's public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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