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ConnectInc.com Teams With IBM to
Create Electronic Commerce Solution
MarketStream E-Commerce Application Incorporates IBM WebSphere
Application Server, WebSphere Performance Pack and IBM MQSeries
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- ConnectInc.com (Nasdaq:
CNKT - news)today announced an initiative with IBM to offer its leading,
OBI-enabled, e-commerce application,MarketStream*, using IBM's high-performance
WebSphere Application Server**, Standard
Edition and WebSphere Performance Pack** and integrating IBM MQSeries**. The
solution will be available in the first quarter of 1999. ConnectInc.com, a member of
IBM's Solution Developer
Program, also will be offering both OrderStream*, an application for business to
consumer electronic commerce and PurchaseStream*, an application for business to
business electronic commerce for the WebSphere product family and MQSeries as
upgrades for existing customers.
MarketStream is a powerful, flexible electronic commerce application that provides a
broad technology foundation for the virtual marketplace. MarketStream includes
support for integrated,
cross-supplier catalog search, product-specific attributes, tiered or customized pricing,
buyer profiling and personalization, back-end system integration and robust reporting
capabilities. Unlike
most buy or sell-side applications which focus on only a portion of the business,
MarketStream's comprehensive scope of functionality greatly reduces the technical
effort required to build a
customized application to support a major vertical market.
''Best of breed e-commerce solutions are highly scalable, and must be optimized to run
in the new cross-platform, high transaction volume environments of ''.com'' companies,''
said Craig Norris,
president and CEO of ConnectInc.com. ''We are convinced this new relationship will
help ConnectInc.com expand its presence among the thousands of global companies
serious about building mission-critical e-business solutions around open standards.''
''The integration of MarketStream with the IBM WebSphere products and MQSeries
will result in an e-commerce solution that can fit the needs of a variety of businesses,''
said Steve Solazzo, vice president, Solution Developers and Small/Growing Businesses
for IBM Software Group. ''This initiative will produce an application that will help bring
sellers and buyers together in one comprehensive, online distribution location.''
WebSphere Application Server, Standard Edition provides companies with an open,
multi-platform, standards-based, Web server deployment platform and Web site
management tools. It offers customers a solution to deploy e-business Web sites across
a range of operating systems platforms including AIX**, Windows NT****, Sun
Solaris*****, OS/400, OS/390 and OS/2* Warp Server. WebSphere Performance
Pack is a unique combination of caching, proxy and filtering functions; file content
management and replication; and load balancing in a single Internet hosting
infrastructure.
IBM MQSeries, the most widely used message-queuing software on the market,
enables users to exchange information between applications across more than 35
different platforms, from mainframes to PCs. This award-winning software enables
business integration throughout the
enterprise, allowing companies to maximize e-business opportunities by leveraging
existing resources to improve speed-to-market and anticipate IT changes as their
business changes.
Under the terms of the agreement, ConnectInc.com has made a significant commitment
to IBM Software and WebSphere. IBM will provide support for marketing and
development to assist ConnectInc.com in successfully incorporating IBM's WebSphere
with MarketStream and reaching its marketing objectives for IBM Websphere.
About ConnectInc.com
ConnectInc.com, formerly known as Connect, Inc., provides solutions and services to
enable Internet-based electronic commerce, and build ''connected corporations'' from
any link in the digital
value chain. ConnectInc.com's technologies and service are optimized for today's
multi-vendor, e-business solutions, and allow companies to compete effectively in the
digital economy. ConnectInc.com is a member of the IBM Solution Developer
Program.
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