To: BigTex who wrote (9695 ) 12/28/1999 7:31:00 PM From: Spark Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 19297
FNTN.. Look at this little post I found on RB thread...WOW!!! FNTN this B2B is in the same sector as VERT which... is doing the same thing... Pay close attention to how simmilar both companies directionS are here... Latest news release from VERT on B2B video streaming... VerticalNet and ZillaCast Team Up to Provide Webcasting and Streaming Video Services to Business-to-Business Communities Business Wire - December 13, 1999 10:08 HORSHAM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 1999-- VertCast To Help e-Businesses Video-Enhance Their Online Product Offering VerticalNet, Inc. (NASDAQ: VERT), the Internet's leading portfolio of business-to-business communities of commerce, announced today that it has formed an alliance with ZillaCast.com to provide webcasting and streaming video services across VerticalNet's 53 communities. VerticalNet(R) clients can take advantage of these new Internet video design and application services to electronically showcase products and services online delivered in real or recorded time. VerticalNet will design, build and host a co-branded site called VertCast (www.vertcast.com), where its users and clients can learn about and use ZillaCast.com's services. Powered by ZillaCast, VertCast is designed to bring video applications to VerticalNet customers. For example, if a VerticalNet storefront customer is interested in enhancing their presence within the community, they can create live or taped programming that features in-depth information about their products and the company. This new interactive format gives VerticalNet customers a competitive advantage by using the latest available technology to promote products and services via the Internet. This technology will also be a marketing solution for use in the VerticalNet auction platform to showcase and sell industrial equipment online. VerticalNet plans to initiate the VertCast site in January 2000. Now FNTN and its PR on B2B Video Streaming... FNTN Signs Collocation Agreement with Frontier GlobalCenter for Increased Speed and Reliability of Streaming Media Content Distribution Financial Intranet, Inc. (OTCBB:FNTN) today announced that it will be utilizing Frontier GlobalCenter's world-class hosting and digital distribution infrastructure and services to host a new streaming media web site scheduled to launch in First Quarter 2000. The Company's corporate site, www.fntn.com will also reside at Frontier GlobalCenter's Media Distribution Center in Manhattan. By selecting Frontier GlobalCenter, FNTN has the advantage of being part of a scalable, highly available, complex hosting infrastructure that runs on its own OC-48 network. No competitor can match that kind of Internet connectivity. "We needed a hosting infrastructure that will handle distribution of streaming media without slow down or incident. We selected Frontier GlobalCenter because of its professional services as well as proven ability to help services such as ours scale to handle demand", said, Maura Marx, FNTN's Executive Vice President. "Additionally, as a wholesale distributor of Global Crossing's communications services, we'll be streaming media through the same superior underlying network that we now provide to our customers." NOW HERE'S THE KICKER... VERT...recent price: $172.00 FNTN...recent price: .19 cents Undervalued just a tad?...HUGEROLL!!!