To: Spaw who wrote (370 ) 11/30/1999 11:17:00 AM From: peter a. pedroli Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 825
this may help.... P And Amazon.com Strike Web Infrastructure, Consumer Retail HWP.N><AMZN.O> HP And Amazon.com Strike Web Infrastructure, Consumer Retail Pact PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 1999-- Hewlett-Packard Company and Amazon.com today announced a broad agreement whereby Amazon.com will use HP systems in its Web infrastructure as well as offer a broad selection of HP products to Amazon.com's customers. Amazon.com has selected HP as its technology partner for providing the next generation, highly available Web infrastructure required to power one of the world's busiest e-commerce sites. Additionally, Amazon.com will now source products directly from HP, thereby increasing the selection and availability of HP products in Amazon.com's Consumer Electronics store. "We are thrilled that Amazon.com and HP can work together on so many fronts," said Joe Galli, Amazon.com's president and COO. "This is a great thing for Amazon.com customers: On the backend, HP servers and technological expertise will help Amazon.com build the most reliable and secure shopping experience online. Those same customers will also enjoy Amazon.com's direct relationship with HP because they will receive the best selection of HP products available anywhere." "In the Internet economy, the experience you deliver online is the ultimate determinant of a leadership brand," said Ann Livermore, president, HP's Enterprise and Commercial Business. "In a world where customer service is king, Amazon.com is reliant not only on being 'up and running' all the time, but having the products people want when they arrive to shop. HP can help Amazon.com conquer both of those challenges. We look forward to building a sound infrastructure, and a broad selection of HP products in Amazon.com's Consumer Electronics store that is first in its class on the Web."