What does this mean? Is it my imagination, or is the new syncronex site just the go2net homepage with a syncronex logo? Am I missing the big picture here?
Go2Net Unveils Syncronex Co-Branded Private Label Portal Custom Portal Solution Provides Syncronex Users and Corporate Customers Premium, Branded Gateway to the Internet
SEATTLE, Aug 3, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Go2Net, Inc. (Nasdaq: GNET chart, msgs), one of the Internet's leading providers of applications and technologies, today released a co-branded Private Label Portal (PLP) solution for Bellevue, Wash.-based Syncronex, the leading provider of Web-enabled data management applications. Syncronex's PLP, a component of their data management application, is designed to enhance relationships with its customers, by delivering content that helps end-users achieve a work-life balance.
Syncronex's PLP site can be viewed at the following Web address: syncronex.go2net.com .
Syncronex's PLP includes customizable news, communication services (e-mail, calendaring and instant messaging), shopping, as well as access to discussion and stock information from personal finance destination Silicon Investor (www.siliconinvestor.com), industry-leading metasearch capabilities of MetaCrawler (www.metacrawler.com) and small business offerings from HyperMart (www.hypermart.com), among other services. Silicon Investor, MetaCrawler and HyperMart are all part of the Go2Net Network.
"Syncronex's co-branded Go2Net portal is a great value-add for its customers and an example of the flexibility of our portal solutions," said Steve Goldberg, senior vice president, consumer division of Go2Net. "We are pleased that this partnership will help Syncronex build value for their customers."
Go2Net's portal solutions offer companies the benefits of a comprehensive Internet start page for internal and/or external audiences, without having to commit the resources necessary to develop and maintain the highly complex portal site, rich in content and technologies, that today's Internet user demands.
"As a leading provider of private, organizational information via Intranets, it makes a lot of sense to also offer our clients the best of the Internet," said Bruce Leader, president of Syncronex. "We chose Go2Net's Private Label Portal solution because of its comprehensive offering, speed to market and flexible business model. Our relationship with Go2Net demonstrates our commitment to the provision of quality content for our customers," continued Leader.
More information about Go2Net's PLP can be found online at: go2net.com .
About Go2Net, Inc.
Go2Net ( go2net.com ) is one of the Internet's leading providers of Internet applications and infrastructure technologies for both narrowband and broadband devices. The Go2Net Network features many of the Internet's leading destinations, including MetaCrawler, Silicon Investor, the HyperMart Network, PlaySite, Dogpile and 100Hot. Go2Net's HyperMart Network offers small business hosting and e-commerce solutions to more than one million members worldwide. Go2Net's Authorize.Net payment processing platform enables more than 80,000 merchants to securely process transactions online. Go2Net licenses its applications and technologies to strategic partners such as Hasbro, National Discount Brokers, Allegiance Telecom and Digeo Broadband, a joint venture among Go2Net, Charter Communications and Vulcan Ventures.
About Syncronex
Established in 1999, Syncronex, Inc. is the leading provider of Web-enabled directory-based data management applications that supercharge an organization's Intranet by gathering information from existing data sources and putting it into the hands of employees. Its flagship product, Syncronex ViewPoint(TM), installs easily, helps maintain source systems efficiently, and produces a compelling return on investment through reduced administration costs and increased user productivity. Headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., Syncronex supports more than 45 companies representing more than 250,000 employees including Exempla Healthcare, Montana Office of Public Instruction, San Francisco News Agency, and Rapidigm. For more information call 877-796-2766 or visit www.syncronex.com.
This announcement contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including those relating to the company's ability to grow its user and advertiser base. Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. The potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, the company's limited operating history, the competitive environment in which the company competes, the early stage of the Web as an advertising and electronic commerce medium, the company's dependence on advertising, sponsorship and commerce revenues, the company's dependence on strategic relationships to drive traffic to its Web sites, consumer acceptance of the company's new products and services, the company's ability to develop and integrate new technologies and services into its existing services and into new platforms, such as broadband, and the increased use of the Web for commerce. More information about the potential factors that could affect the company's business and financial results is included in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1999, and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended December 31, 1999, and March 31, 2000, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CONTACT: Steve Stratz, PR Manager, Portal Services of Go2Net, Inc., 206-357-4104, or steves@go2net.com; or Christina Schuetz, Director of Marketing Communications of Syncronex, Inc., 425-467-4505, or cschuetz@syncronex.com Source: Go2Net, Inc.
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Contact:
Steve Stratz, PR Manager, Portal Services of Go2Net, Inc.,
206-357-4104, or steves@go2net.com; or Christina Schuetz, Director of
Marketing Communications of Syncronex, Inc., 425-467-4505, or
cschuetz@syncronex.com
URL: syncronex.go2net.com
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