( BW)(NC-SCIQUEST.COM)(SQST)(ONDS) SciQuest.com Chooses OnDisplay's CenterStage Solution to Enhance its e-Marketplace Functionality
Business Editors/High Tech Writers
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2000--
OnDisplay CenterStage Solution Enables Faster and Easier Viewing
of Data Through SciQuest.com Web site
SciQuest.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: SQST), a leading business-to-business e-marketplace for the global scientific products industry, today announced it has chosen OnDisplay's (Nasdaq: ONDS) CenterStage solution to enhance its information gathering and processing capabilities for its customers.
SciQuest.com brings together buyers and suppliers of scientific products in an e-marketplace that provides scientists, researchers and purchasing agents with access to information on almost one million scientific products.
The OnDisplay CenterStage application suite will automate the aggregation of product data from more than 500 suppliers into SciQuest.com's electronic catalog. The CenterStage solution provides a quick and cost effective way to compile and maintain this complex data automatically, so customers receive comprehensive and relevant product information in a timely manner.
"Through OnDisplay's CenterStage solution, we are better able to deliver necessary information to our users to help them make informed decisions," said Scott Andrews, CEO of SciQuest.com. "It is critical that we have a system in place that allows for the continual, seamless expansion of our e-marketplace and can accommodate millions of pieces of data, quickly and easily."
"We are excited that SciQuest.com has chosen our CenterStage solution to help further enhance the functionality of its e-marketplace," said Mark Pine, CEO of OnDisplay. "SciQuest.com clearly understands the need for a content-rich e-commerce site that features relevant data for its customers. With OnDisplay CenterStage, SciQuest.com has an automated solution that is easy to use and saves buyers and suppliers time and money."
SciQuest.com users are able to search multiple suppliers' products simultaneously, compare product attributes, order from multiple companies on one consolidated order form and track order status. In addition, SciQuest.com enhances the user's purchasing experience through unique features such as Auctions, Favorites, LabDeals and QuickOrder, as well as through search assistance tools such as Ask Joe and the Source Book. More information on these features can be found by visiting www.sciquest.com.
About OnDisplay
OnDisplay is a leading provider of e-business infrastructure software applications for powering e-business portals and e-marketplaces. OnDisplay's CenterStage product suite enables customers to increase their online selling effectiveness and extend their trading networks to suppliers and vertical marketplaces. OnDisplay has provided critical e-business infrastructure software and services to such e-business pioneers as W.W. Grainger, AltaVista Shopping.com, Travelocity.com, OrderTrust, ClubComputer.com, MicroWarehouse, FASTXchange.com, PurchasePro.com, Harbinger.net, Aspect Development and more. The company has strategic relationships with leading industry players including Ariba, BroadVision, Commerce One, Harbinger, IBM, Microsoft, Sterling Commerce, and Vignette. Founded in 1996, OnDisplay is a public company traded on the Nasdaq in the United States under the symbol ONDS. Headquartered in San Ramon, California, OnDisplay can be reached at 1-800-508-8800 and at ondisplay.com.
About SciQuest.com
SciQuest.com is a leading business to business e-marketplace for scientific products used by pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology, industrial and educational organizations worldwide. By leveraging its extensive laboratory products and supply chain management expertise with its exclusive product listings and robust portfolio of e-procurement solutions, SciQuest.com has the ability to reduce customers' procurement costs and increase researchers' productivity. Additionally, SciQuest.com provides suppliers a cost-effective sales and marketing channel. The company's e-marketplace is distributor-neutral and can be customized and seamlessly integrated with its customers' enterprise systems. SciQuest.com is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, N.C. with offices in Mountain View, Calif., and Plainview, N.Y. For more information about SciQuest.com, please visit www.sciquest.com or call 919-659-2100.
OnDisplay and CenterStage are registered trademarks of OnDisplay, Inc. All other company and product names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective holders.
Statements in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. For such statements, the Company claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The potential risks and uncertainties associated with these forward-looking statements could cause actual results to differ materially from those presented herein, and the reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements include, among others, the possible consequences of government regulation, the Company's ability to attract and retain a broad range of purchasers and suppliers, to effectively add additional products to its e-commerce database and to otherwise operate efficiently and cost effectively. These and other risk factors are discussed in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 19, 1999. |
