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To: ACS_101 who wrote (28069)	4/8/1999 1:29:00 PM
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FDX, I'm in. Look here Netscape, FedEx Strike E-Commerce deal Apr 08, 1999 (Tech Web - CMP via COMTEX) -- Continuing its aggressive Internet strategy, FDX unveiled Wednesday a multimillion-dollar alliance with Netscape tointegrate access to its Federal Express and RPS delivery services with Netscape's 13-million member Netcenter portal. FDX will place its Internet-based shipping, tracking, and information functions "within" the Netcenter site; users won't need to follow a link to FDX's home page. FDX will license Netscape's Custom Netcenter service to build what it calls the "first delivery portal" on the Internet, named Delivery Center. FedEx will also be the default shipper for software purchased from the Netcenter Software Store. "Integration of Internet services with our transportation offerings is not an addition to our core business -- it is our core business," said FDX senior vice president and chief information officer Dennis Jones. "It's impossible to separate the Internet, and we'll continue to look for opportunities like this." Ironically, the deal follows the departure of Netscape CEO James Barksdale in the wake of America Online's acquisition of Netscape. Barksdale spent 12 years at FedEx, including four as CIO. -0- Copyright (C) 1999 CMP Media Inc. News provided by COMTEX.