Sandintoes I am running out of scoops on infospace so I was wondering if you might contact your people and get us some interesting news....here is a little something my people found that does not seem to have crossed the news wires....a deal with eforce back in late September
eFORCE TEAMS WITH INFOSPACE TO BROADEN eBUSINESS SOLUTIONS OFFERING
InfoSpace to Enable Global eBusiness Integrator for Internet 500 Companies To Offer Cutting Edge Data and Transaction Services to Clients
HAYWARD, Calif., September 28, 2000 - eFORCE, a rapidly growing eBusiness solutions integrator, today announced that as part of its rapidly growing mCommerce (Mobile Commerce) practice, it has teamed with InfoSpace [NASDAQ: INSP], a leading global provider of cross platform merchant and consumer infrastructure services. The partnership will enable eFORCE to provide cutting edge services to its customer base of Internet 500 companies as part of eFORCE's comprehensive eBusiness solutions offering. eFORCE's eBusiness solutions support includes rapid design, development and implementation of online businesses.
"Now, eFORCE clients can take advantage of our eBRIDGE rapid implementation service as well as InfoSpace's data and transaction services for rapid deployment of all the Web has to offer across any device," said John Hitchcock, vice president of marketing at eFORCE. "With this agreement, our clients will be able to take advantage of services such as one-click purchasing, instant messaging, personalized information, localization and guaranteed impressions, anytime, anywhere."
eBRIDGE™ (eBusiness Rapid Implementation and Deployment of Global Enterprises), eFORCE's innovative implementation methodology, is utilized to quickly initiate and deploy client projects on budget. Emphasizing the critical project resources of re-use, blended project teams, and customer knowledge transfer, eBRIDGE employs eFORCE's global Centers of Excellence laboratories utilizing superior software, hardware, and telecommunications infrastructure to support industrial strength eBusiness solution deployment.
"InfoSpace offers the most comprehensive platform of private label Internet services that can be quickly rolled out under any of our partners' brands," said Chris Matty, vice president of business development at InfoSpace. "Through this agreement, we are demonstrating the flexibility of our platform, enabling eFORCE's Internet 500 clients to seamlessly integrate cutting edge data and transaction services into their intranets, extranets and online businesses."
About eFORCE
eFORCE is a leading global provider of strategic eBusiness solutions in the areas of B2B, B2C, Corporate Portals, and Mobile Commerce. Combining expertise in eBusiness strategy, architecture, creative design, integration, and implementation with its uniquely rigorous, comprehensive eBRIDGE™ (eBusiness Rapid Implementation and Deployment for Global Enterprises) methodology, eFORCE delivers production-scale solutions in Internet time. eFORCE clients range from Fortune 1000 organizations such as Alstom Power, Johnson Controls, Bank of America, Charles Schwab, Intel, Nortel Networks, Pearson Group, Visa International, and Wells Fargo to digital innovators such as eSteel, Workspeed, eLUXURY.com, EqualFooting.com, Guru.com, HelloAsia.com, International Trader, and Pets.com. eFORCE (www.eforceglobal.com) is headquartered in Silicon Valley with Centers of Excellence in North America and Europe. Its European headquarters are located in London, UK.
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