CMRC--Click Commerce to Connect Suppliers with Commerce One.net Via Real-Time Buyer/Seller E-Marketplace Integration Solution
Alliance to Bring E-Marketplace Access to the Click Commerce ECM Solution
CHICAGO, Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Click Commerce, Inc. (Nasdaq: CKCM - news), the leading provider of Enterprise Channel Management (ECM) solutions, today announced the signing of a preliminary, non-binding memorandum of understanding with Commerce One, Inc. (Nasdaq: CMRC - news), the leader in global e-commerce solutions for business. Definitive agreements are expected to be executed in the first quarter of 2001.
Under the preliminary terms, the alliance is expected to provide Click Commerce's customers and Global 2000 suppliers with a real-time buyer/seller integration solution that will enable them to increase their market share and reach new customers through participation in Commerce One.net, an open e-marketplace that provides global e-commerce services to buyers, suppliers and other e-marketplaces. It is anticipated that Click Commerce customers will also have real-time access to an extensive number of buyers via the Commerce One Global Trading Web(TM), the world's largest B2B trading community extending across 54 countries on six continents.
``We believe that connecting new suppliers to e-marketplaces is key to driving business commerce onto the World Wide Web,'' said Roy Satterthwaite, vice president, Commerce One.net at Commerce One. ``We expect that our work with Click Commerce has the potential to accelerate that process, building business communities and enabling e-marketplace liquidity.''
Click Commerce is developing a connector solution to enable its customers to access marketplaces built on Commerce One e-marketplace platforms. It is expected that this will allow Click Commerce's customers and their trading partners to partition and publish content to marketplaces and conduct transactions with marketplace buyers in real-time -- all within their Click Commerce ECM system. This is intended to enable suppliers to significantly expand their market coverage without giving up control of their brand or their customers.
Click Commerce also expects to support Commerce One's Common Business Library (xCBL) transactions within the Click Commerce product suite. xCBL provides leading, open XML specifications for the cross-industry exchange of business documents such as purchase orders, invoices, product descriptions and shipping schedules.
``We are very excited to be working with Commerce One, a leader in B2B e-commerce solutions,'' stated Michael W. Ferro, Jr., chairman and CEO of Click Commerce. ``Strong supplier participation is the key to building successful e-marketplaces. We believe that our solutions, coupled with access to the Commerce One Global Trading Web(TM), will provide our customers with the value-added services that they are looking for to distinguish themselves in the marketplace and enable them to extract additional value from their brand.''
Click Commerce offers the most robust ECM solution on the market, featuring an XML-enabled, layered architecture consisting of the Click Commerce Relationship Manager(TM) ECM platform and a suite of more than 80 application modules across the manufacturing value chain including pre-sales, marketing, ordering, service, and warranty. Click's Relationship Manager provides highly personalized information for every individual in a company's partner channel and provides the ability to model complex channel relationships and tailor the user's experience based on their role in that channel.
About Commerce One
Commerce One® (Nasdaq: CMRC - news) is the leader in global e-commerce solutions for business. Through its products and services, Commerce One creates access to worldwide markets, allowing anyone to buy from anyone, anytime, anywhere. The Global Trading Web(TM) is the world's largest business-to-business trading community. Composed of many open e-marketplaces, the Global Trading Web provides unprecedented economies of scale for buying organizations, suppliers, and service providers worldwide. Through its alliance with SAPMarkets, Commerce One enables enterprises and communities of all sizes and industries to efficiently conduct collaborative business on the Internet. Commerce One is located in Pleasanton, Calif., and can be reached by phone at (800) 308-3838 or (925) 520-6000 or via the Internet at www.commerceone.com .
About Click Commerce, Inc.
Click Commerce (Nasdaq: CKCM - news) is the leading provider of Enterprise Channel Management solutions that synchronize all commerce activities throughout sell-side partner communities. A sampling of leading companies using Click Commerce solutions to manage their complex distribution channels include American Standard, Black & Decker, Delphi, Emerson, Equistar, Hyundai, Kawasaki, Mitsubishi, Motorola and Qualcomm. With its integrated e-business platform and proven application portfolio, Click Commerce enables global enterprises to significantly increase brand loyalty, customer satisfaction and financial performance. Visit Click Commerce at www.clickcommerce.com .
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended: Statements in this press release that are not historical facts and refer to the company's future prospects are ``forward-looking statements'' under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are generally identified by words such as ``expect,'' ``anticipate,'' ``intend,'' ``believe,'' ``hope,'' ``assume,'' ``estimate'' and other similar words and expressions. The statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including but not limited to, the risk that the parties do not execute definitive agreements with respect to the alliance, that the final terms of the agreement differ from those initially planned, the ability of the parties to execute on their plans for the alliance and to continue to support the alliance, the cooperation of the parties, unexpected operational difficulties, the ability of Click Commerce to execute on its plan to enter into strategic alliances with system integrators and business consultants, the extent of customer acceptance and utilization of Click Commerce's Enterprise Channel Management solutions, the impact of competitive products and services, the company's ability to manage growth and to develop new and enhanced versions of its products and services, the effect of economic and business conditions, the company's ability to expand overseas, changes in technology, deployment delays or errors associated with the company's products and the company's ability to protect its intellectual property rights. For a discussion of these and other risk factors that could affect Click Commerce's business, see ``Risk Factors'' in Click Commerce's recent Registration Statement on Form S-1, which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For additional discussion of these and other risk factors that could affect Commerce One's business, see ``Risk Factors'' in Commerce One's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999 and its quarterly report on Form 10Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2000.
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