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To: Secret_Agent_Man who wrote (1475)	1/18/1999 5:50:00 AM
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E-tail ''Facilitators'' Potential Conduit to Success AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 12, 1999--As Internet retailers such as Amazon (Nasdaq:AMZN - news) and Egghead Software (Nasdaq:EGGS - news) broaden their commercial horizons across the expanses of the Internet, facilitators help provide a conduit to success through their imperative services. From domain name registration to transaction security, a parade of companies are contributing to the completion of transactions fueling the fervor that surrounds this bold new industry. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are perhaps the first source of attribution when identifying necessary facilitators. ISPs such as Earthlink Network (Nasdaq:ELNK - news), IDT Corporation (Nasdaq:IDTC - news), Mindspring Enterprises (Nasdaq:MSPG - news) and Concentric Networks (Nasdaq:CNCX - news) can all be credited with bringing surfers/buyers to the retail corners of the Web. ''Few people, outside of the e-tailers themselves, realize the number of companies who contribute to the fulfillment of an e-tail transaction,'' states Center for Internet Commerce spokesperson, Zeke Matters. ''As e-tail evolves and becomes even more prolific, so too should the need for the services of these facilitators.'' Additional information relative to e-tailers and other Internet equities has been archived at the C.I.C.'s free Web site located at newretail.com. Users of the site will also be given access to free real time quotes, Internet Indexes and crucial news for these often volatile equities. Security issues are among the chief concerns of Web users in both simple Web browsing and e-commerce transactions. Ensuring the safety of both are security providers who individually quell much of the aforementioned trepidation. Axent Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:AXNT - news), ISS Group Inc. (Nasdaq:ISSX - news) and Security Dynamics Technology (Nasdaq:SDTI - news) have all garnered reputations as capable entities proficient in Web security. ''As e-tail continues to define itself as an industry of the future, so too will the symbiotic, albeit requisite, facilitators incumbent upon the success of e-tail ventures,'' said Matters. ''There's little doubt that if e-tail succeeds tangent companies will follow.'' The site may be accessed completely free of charge at newretail.com from anywhere on the World Wide Web. The Center for Internet Commerce is a free, informational outlet designed as a service to a quickly growing industry. The creators of this site hold no public opinion of any publicly traded equity and usage of the free site shall constitute agreement to hold harmless the creators for any information contained therein. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contact: The Center for Internet Commerce, Austin Zeke Matters, 877/244-1608 newretail.com