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Wednesday December 2, 10:00 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
US Interactive Forms Strategic Alliance with Open Market to Enhance
Electronic Commerce Offerings
PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 1998--US Interactive, a leader in
the creation of Electronic Enterprise solutions, Wednesday announced it
has formed a strategic partnership with Open Market to enhance their
Electronic Commerce offerings.
''Electronic Commerce is about building sustainable Web-enabled
businesses. Open Market has been on the forefront of this market since
the early 90s,'' said Mike M. Carter, Director of Corporate Marketing at
US Interactive. ''Their commitment to scalable and open solutions is in
keeping with our mission of enabling the Electronic Enterprise.''
US Interactive and Open Market [http://www.openmarket.com] have entered
into a partnership to provide higher value-add to clients seeking a
complete Internet e-commerce solution.
Open Market's Transact system offers secure and reliable transactions
services. Through joint marketing efforts, US Interactive and Open
Market will collaborate to provide e-commerce solutions to world-class
corporations looking to extend into the electronic enterprise.
Founded in 1994, Open Market Inc. (Nasdaq: OMKT - news) provides
high-performance application software products and professional services
that allow its customers to engage in business-to-consumer and
business-to-business Internet commerce, information commerce, and
commercial publishing.
Among Open Market's distinguished roster of global customers are five of
the world's ten-largest telecommunications firms and more than 700
publishers.
US Interactive (http://www.usinteractive.com) is a leading Internet
professional services company dedicated to the engineering of Electronic
Enterprise solutions for domestic and international companies.
Electronic Enterprise solutions link an organization's strategic
business objectives with advanced Internet technologies and innovative
marketing practices.
US Interactive provides a full range of Electronic Enterprise solution
services, including strategic consulting, marketing communications and
technology development and integration, helping clients achieve their
Electronic Enterprise objectives. (The US Interactive name and design,
E-Roadmap and IVL Methodology are all trademarks of U.S. Interactive
Inc.)
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