The ORCL announcement was not about NETP and NETP is not mentioned. However, NETP is one of ORCL's founding partners in its e-business suite. As you can see, ORCL claims to have high demand for the suite and is contracting with Intereliant (an ASP host) to ship out the e-business suite, in quantity. So, indirectly, NETP has a wider distribution system, as a result.
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ORCL : ORACLE CORP (NASDAQ)
Interliant Selected As One of the First Oracle Value-Added ASP Partners
New Relationship Extends E-Business Offerings to Interliant's Large Enterprise and SMB Customers
PURCHASE, N.Y., Jul 31, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Interliant, Inc. (NASDAQ: INIT chart, msgs), a leading global application service provider (ASP), today announced it has been selected as an Oracle(R) Authorized Application Provider (OAAP) partner.
Through its proven ASP model, Interliant immediately will begin offering its customers a complete set of hosted solutions and services for all the Oracle applications, including the recently released Oracle E-Business Suite, the industry's first fully integrated e-business applications suite.
"Demand for Oracle's Internet-based e-business applications is tremendous," said Renee Knee, vice president, Oracle Alliances. "We chose to work with Interliant because they have expertise in the business of delivering tailored customer service and quality. We want to provide our customers the broadest choice possible of delivery options for Oracle E-Business products. Interliant helps us deliver on that promise."
"Oracle is a leader in developing e-business software solutions, and our relationship clearly provides tremendous new portfolio opportunities for our customers," said Herb Hribar, president and CEO of Interliant. "Companies consistently look to us to provide the industry's best software solutions, and today's announcement enriches our broad offerings, providing customers with the Oracle products they've asked for. As Oracle enters this new partnership role with the ASP industry, Interliant will lead the effort to deliver the best integrated solutions across platforms and extend Oracle's reach deep into the vertical industries we serve."
As a member of the OAAP partner program, part of Oracle's expanded iHost initiative, Interliant will provide an array of hosting services for its customers based on the Oracle E-Business Suite of applications, which include ERP (enterprise resource management) and CRM (customer relationship management) solutions. In addition, as an Oracle Authorized Application Provider, Interliant can develop and sell value-added services that complement and extend the use of the Oracle E-Business Suite.
Interliant also was named as a new Oracle iHost Partner, which allows Interliant to purchase and host database technology, including licensing the Oracle Internet Platform that provides all the necessary software for hosting Internet applications. The Oracle Internet Platform includes Oracle8i(TM) Enterprise Edition, Oracle Internet Application Server 8i, Oracle Internet Directory, Oracle Advanced Security, and Oracle Enterprise Manager.
For more information about Interliant's hosted Oracle E-Business solutions, contact Interliant at 1-800-334-2586 or via email at info@interliant.com.
About Interliant, Inc.
Interliant, Inc. (NASDAQ: INIT chart, msgs) is a leading global application service provider (ASP) and pioneer in the ASP market. Interliant's INIT Solutions Suite includes messaging and knowledge management, security, e-commerce, customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning, distributed learning, Web-site hosting, and Web-based rental applications.
Interliant, headquartered in Purchase, N.Y., maintains strategic alliances with the world's leading software, networking and hardware manufacturers including Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT chart, msgs), Dell Computer Corporation (NASDAQ: DELL chart, msgs), BMC Software (NASDAQ: BMCS chart, msgs), Network Solutions (NASDAQ: NSOL chart, msgs), IBM (NYSE: IBM chart, msgs) and Lotus Development Corp. For more information, please visit the Interliant Web site, interliant.com. |
