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Technology Stocks : Breakaway Solutions Inc-(BWAY) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: george who wrote (22)	10/12/1999 9:03:00 AM
From: J_W	Respond to of 178

BOSTON, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Breakaway Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:BWAY), a leading Full Service Provider (FSP) of e-business solutions that offers a portfolio of application hosting, outsourcing, consulting and systems integration services to growing enterprises, announced today that it has joined with OrderTrust, a provider of integrated order management services for eCommerce, to provide eCommerce In a Box, a complete solution for companies looking to do business via the Internet. The eCommerce In a Box program brings together Breakaway Solutions' expertise in developing customer-facing solutions and OrderTrust's integrated back-end order management services to provide an end-to-end solution. The online storefront developed by Breakaway Solutions will link seamlessly into OrderTrust's order management network, to ensure a consistent and high quality shopping experience for customers. "This is really a tremendous program for growing companies who are looking to the Internet to expand their businesses," said Bill Loftus, vice president and general manager for Breakaway Solutions' Internet development group. "We can help companies reduce the time and cost involved in getting an eCommerce site up and running, and provide them with a technology solution that they would be hard-pressed to develop on their own." The eCommerce In a Box program allows companies looking to do business over the Web the opportunity to get there quickly, cutting time to market down to eight weeks and eliminating the technical and financial hurdles that keep many growing companies from competing successfully on the Internet. By outsourcing the technology of eCommerce to Breakaway and OrderTrust, firms are able to focus on marketing their eCommerce sites, rather than building the technology. Breakaway will take companies through the planning and strategy process in developing an eCommerce site, then build a front-end technology platform which will best serve the business goals and requirements that have been identified. Customized featured product pages, search tools, graphics and an easy-to-use shopping cart are all part of the eCommerce In a Box program. Once the customer has elected to purchase, the Breakaway-developed site connects to OrderTrust's leading order processing networks, where information is managed throughout the lifecycle of that order, providing 100% auditing and monitoring of all transactions. This end-to-end solution enables merchants to provide a positive overall online shopping experience, which in turn, will increase customer retention and faster return on investment. "As the leading provider of integrated order management services for eCommerce, OrderTrust find it strategically valuable to partner with companies that help our customers develop a high-quality front-end commerce site," said Jim Daniell, CEO of OrderTrust. "This relationship between OrderTrust and Breakaway Solutions is a natural fit and the eCommerce In a Box program will present tremendous business value to our joint customers." One of the first customers to take advantage of the synergy between Breakaway and OrderTrust is VerticalNet, (NASDAQ:VERT) which owns and operates 39 distinct industrial communities of commerce on the Internet (i.e. www.chemicalonline.com). "We were looking for the best of both worlds to help us with the strategy and development of our sites, as well as the back end order management and payment processing," said VerticalNet Chief Technology Officer Chin-Hock Low. "Breakaway Solutions and OrderTrust were able to help us with high quality solutions that got us to market quickly."