Wednesday February 23, 6:00 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Digital River Selected by Intergraph Corporation
Launches E-Commerce Site for Global Software Provider
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2000-- Digital River, a worldwide leader in e-commerce outsourcing, has partnered with the Process & Building Solutions division of Intergraph Corporation to build, host and manage their e-commerce site for software products. The new sites, www.SmartSketch.com and www.AccessNFS.com, feature downloads and physical delivery of two Intergraph software product lines including SmartSketch -- an easy-to-use, Windows-based design, drafting, and diagramming application and Access NFS Solutions -- a suite of interoperability software that seamlessly integrates Microsoft Windows and UNIX operating systems.
Digital River will host the stores, handle order fulfillment, and add Intergraph's products to its network of online retail partners. As part of the agreement, Digital River will provide E-Marketing analytical marketing services to help increase Intergraph's online product sales revenue.
''Partnering with Digital River will help make our SmartSketch and AccessNFS software more widely available through safe and secure e-commerce,'' said Shiraz Jaffer, Director of Marketing, Process & Building Solutions division, Intergraph. ''Process & Building Solutions is committed to providing maximum value to our customers, and the new online stores provide an opportunity to distribute our solutions efficiently and give customers a choice in how they buy our software.''
''We plan to help Intergraph expand its leadership within its vertical markets and to reach a broader audience via the Internet,'' said Joel Ronning, CEO of Digital River. ''By expanding their online accessibility, Intergraph Process & Building Solutions can respond to worldwide customer demand for quick and easy access to some of the best vertical industry software applications available.'' |
