To: Roger A. Babb who wrote (16094 ) 12/14/1998 6:55:00 PM From: RockyBalboa Respond to of 18691
Roger, ... another "lesson" howto become an internuts, CNKT here: Monday December 14, 12:46 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: ConnectInc.com CONNECT, Inc. Announces Name Change to ConnectInc.Com MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- CONNECT, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNKT - news) today announced it has changed its name to ConnectInc.com, effective immediately. The company has executed this name change as CONNECT, Inc., DBA ConnectInc.com. As a public company, ConnectInc.com will continue to utilize CNKT as the company's stock symbol on NASDAQ. ConnectInc.com President and Chief Executive Officer Craig Norris commented on the change, ''As one of the early market leaders in e-commerce, ConnectInc.com has a proud history of delivering e-commerce solutions for many well-known and innovative customers, including Snap-On Tools, Moore USA, AT&T Wireless, Nortel, and Chemdex.'' Norris continued, ''For the past four years we have been a significant business partner for these companies and others. We have dedicated ourselves to enabling our clients to launch large-scale e-commerce initiatives and extend themselves in growth of online business to become ''Connected Corporations.'' Because we bring the ''dot.com'' of e-commerce capabilities to many of our customers' businesses, we felt changing our name best reflects our true corporate identity.'' The name change to ConnectInc.com launches the second phase of ConnectInc.com's transition from a primarily enterprise oriented application software company to an integrated product and services solution-oriented business. ConnectInc.com plans a continued focus on its highly regarded services and support capabilities to address the growing demand for experienced e-commerce application architects, implementation, and support services, often collectively described as ''web sourcing.'' In addition to a primary focus on creating customer webtime solutions, ConnectInc.com continues to support the continued growth in open systems and the emergence of Internet focused industry standards, including the OBI standard for Open Buying on the Internet. By integrating best-of-breed solutions with technologies from Open Market, Netscape, Intershop and others, ConnectInc.com creates and supports highly flexible ''Open Commerce Framework'' solutions for our customers. Each of these solutions is comprised of individually selected and specialized technologies brought together and customized by ConnectInc.com's experienced commerce solutions architects. About ConnectInc.com ConnectInc.com (formerly known as CONNECT, Inc.) provides comprehensive solutions and services to enable Internet-based electronic commerce and build the ''Connected Corporation'' from any link in the emerging network supply chain. ConnectInc.com's webtime-driven professional services assist ''Connected Corporations'' to build open, multi-vendor e-business solutions that allow them to compete effectively in the digital economy using best-of-breed technologies. As a unified team of experienced solutions experts, ConnectInc.com has been enabling corporate and government customers to build successful web-based e-commerce applications since 1995. For more information, telephone 800-262-2638 or access the ConnectInc.com World Wide Web site atconnectinc.com . SOURCE: ConnectInc.com More Quotes and News: Connect Inc (Nasdaq:CNKT - news) ------------------------------------------------------ C.