To: vagabond who wrote (15845 ) 9/16/1999 11:35:00 AM From: 2MAR$ Respond to of 108040
WEBB on the news with CBS is heating up, dipping now (COMTEX) B: WEBB INTERACTIVE SERVICES SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH CBS.COM, I B: WEBB INTERACTIVE SERVICES SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH CBS.COM, INC. TO INCORPORATE COMMUNITYWARE/XML INTO CBS.COM NEWS AND ENTERTAINMENT Websites DENVER, Sep 16, 1999 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Webb Interactive Services Inc. (Nasdaq: WEBB) announced the signing of an agreement with CBS.com, Inc. (NYSE: CBS) for the provision of its industry-leading CommunityWare/XML community application services. Commencing September 15, CBS.com will begin implementing CommunityWare(TM) to facilitate message board discussions on the News and Entertainment features of its popular CBS.com website. Discussion forums will be going live this coming week on the CBS.com website cbs.com . Terms of the agreement between the two companies have not been disclosed. About CommunityWare/XML CommunityWare/XML combines a strong, proven suite of online community tools with a newly created XML-based publishing and content management platform. CommunityWare/XML is an enabling platform with a highly scalable, XML-centric open architecture. Webb leverages key third party technologies from vendors such as WebLogic/BEA, IBM, Microsoft and Oracle and integrates the leading edge open source messaging of Jabber.org. CommunityWare/XML features next-generation content management tools for the analysis, presentation, re-purposing, and reformatting of community-generated content. Webb is pioneering new ways to unlock the commerce and content potential hidden within interactive communities. About Webb Interactive Services Webb Interactive Services (http://www.webb.net) develops commercial community applications and services that enable buyers and sellers to more easily interact within their local economy. Webb is leveraging its community building expertise with the emerging standards of XML to create commercial communities that empower our distribution partners in the local directory services, community banking and enterprise communications market sectors. Webb clients include Switchboard, Inc., RE/MAX International, Inc., CU Cooperative Systems, Inc. (a network of 650 credit unions), Bresnan Communications, and the TCI Education Project. Information and statements in this report, other than historical information, should be considered forward-looking and reflect management's current views of future events and financial performance that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, the following: general economic conditions and developments within the Internet and Intranet industries; product development and technology changes; competition and pricing pressures; length of the sales cycle; variability of sale order flow and management growth. SOURCE Webb Interactive Services, Inc. (C) 1999 PR Newswire. All rights reserved. prnewswire.com -0- CONTACT: Bob Monzel, Director, Corporate Communications of Webb Interactive Services, Inc., 303-296-9200, bmonzel@corp.webb.net WEB PAGE: http://http://www.cbs.com ossinc.net webb.net GEOGRAPHY: Colorado INDUSTRY CODE: CPR MLM ENT