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To: t2 who wrote (13969)	1/7/1999 8:25:00 PM
From: Ibexx	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Thread, From InfoWorld: ___ Microsoft introduces all-in-one Web commerce kit By Stephen Lawson InfoWorld Electric Posted at 10:53 AM PT, Jan 6, 1999 Microsoft, Intel, and Compaq on Tuesday teamed up with Web hosting service providers to provide a package to companies that want to sell products over the Web. The company's Complete Commerce solution will include consulting, Web development, hosting services, order processing, and delivery. Customers will be able to go to a service provider as a single contact for hardware, software, and services, according to Microsoft officials. Microsoft is providing a deployment toolkit with tools for setup, configuration, deployment, and sales, including training and support components. It tells service providers how to integrate Cybercash software for payment processing, TanData for shipping, and Taxware for tax calculation, and combine the technologies on a Compaq Pentium II- or Xeon-based ProLiant server running Windows NT. Several hosting providers announced they are now offering the solution. They include Concentric Network, Digex, MCI WorldCom, Advanced Networks, and USWeb/CKS. One analyst said Complete Commerce follows solutions already introduced by Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard, but will be valuable for some hosting providers. "One of the major issues is provisioning the technology and being able to take all the bits and pieces and put them together in a way to be deployed to many different customers," said Vernon Keenan, an Internet analyst at Keenan Vision, a consultancy in San Francisco. "This toolkit addresses the provisioning problem." Also introduced this week was the Commerce Solution Directory, provided by Microsoft for enterprises to locate hosting service providers. Companies can find the guide at www.microsoft.com/dns/nextsteps.htm. Ibexx