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Technology Stocks : CheckFree Holdings Corp. (CKFR), the next Dell, Intel? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TLindt who wrote (13167)	1/19/2000 10:03:00 AM
From: TLindt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20297

Killen finally figures out INTF, damm took them long enough! COMTEX) B: EBPP Weekly Alert Analyzes CheckFree-Bluegill Acquisition B: EBPP Weekly Alert Analyzes CheckFree-Bluegill Acquisition and IDs Other Acquisition Targets PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan 19, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- According to the EBPP Weekly Alert, Killen & Associates' EBPP/ESP-centric newsletter, CheckFree's (CKFR) purchase of BlueGill should lead to a company that is capable of offering a full range of EBPP solutions from data extraction and preparation to distribution and payment in the US market. CheckFree's added capabilities also set the stage for future participation in ESP. This acquisition has great impact on the two companies' many suppliers and customers. According to the weekly e-newsletter, companies that have partnered with CheckFree for bill distribution and payment or that compete with BlueGill find themselves in an uncomfortable position -- their partner now owns an important competitor. Companies like edocs will have to quickly rethink their strategies. TransPoint, which currently competes fully with CheckFree in the bill distribution and payment market, now needs to acquire a company that can offer data extraction and preparation capabilities. The CheckFree-BlueGill coupling comes shortly after the launch of Spectrum, another development that provides an alternative approach to TransPoint. This purchase also creates further acquisition targets, the EBPP Weekly Alert concluded. Interface Systems (INTF) may be the best acquisition target at present. Its stock has risen since the announcement, in part because it now is an attractive target and because of its improved earnings potential. The EBPP Weekly Alert is standard reading throughout the industry for everyone who wants to keep up on the latest EBPP developments. The free newsletter is part of the company's industry-leading EBPP/ESP Intelligence Subscription Service. This global market service provides supplier profiles, in-depth market analyses, EBPP adoption rates, and business cases in the most important vertical markets. For a free subscription to the newsletter and additional information on the company's products and services, visit Killen & Associates' website, killen.com or contact Jules Street, jules@killen.com, tel 650/617-6130, fax 650/617-6140. Killen & Associates, Inc., a global provider of business intelligence to the service industries, is the only research company that provides a continuous EBPP/ESP business intelligence subscription service that gives a global perspective across all major industry sectors. EBPP/ESP decision-makers worldwide tune in to Killen & Associates' Webcasts at www.killen.com/tv to discover how other enterprises are seizing the opportunities created by the advances of EBPP and ESP. Decision-makers worldwide read the company's EBPP Weekly Alert, a free weekly e-newsletter to stay abreast of developments in the EBPP marketplace. Subscribers to the company's EBPP/ESP Supplier Profiles have called this service the best of its kind. The company's most recent study is Multichannel E-Business: Competitive Advantage for 21st-Century Global Enterprises. Killen & Associates, Inc. has offices in Palo Alto, Zurich, and London. Copyright (C) 2000 Business Wire. All rights reserved. Distributed via COMTEX. -0- CONTACT: Killen & Associates Jules Street, 650/617-6130 jules@killen.com WEB PAGE: businesswire.com GEOGRAPHY: CALIFORNIA INTERNATIONAL EUROPE INDUSTRY CODE: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS MERGERS/ACQ Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. * end of story *