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M2 PRESSWIRE-8 April 1999-OPEN MARKET: Open Market again named the
number one worldwide market share leader for Internet commerce software
(C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
Open Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMKT), a leading provider of Internet
commerce and information publishing software, today announced that for
the third consecutive year, Open Market is the worldwide market share
leader for Internet commerce software.
According to a Dataquest Alert, Open Market is listed with 20% percent
market share in the global Internet commerce market. Open Market
continues to beat-cut other vendors including Broadvision, IBM,
Microsoft, Interworld, Intershop, Netscape and Oracle.
According to Alan Cornwell, vice president, International, Open Market,
Inc., "Open Market stands firm as the pre-eminent choice for Internet
commerce software worldwide. These numbers verify what our customers
already know. Open Market's products are leading the industry and our
expertise in helping businesses leverage the opportunities presented by
Internet commerce is second to none. Time and time again, companies who
are serious about moving their businesses to the Internet select Open
Market as their partner.
This news follows on the heels of Dataquest's 1998 Digital Commerce
Worldwide report entitled, ":Service Providers. A Rising Electronic
Commerce Software Channel Partner," where Open Market is the market
share leader for Internet commerce software with 8,800 licenses sold.
Licenses include ShopSite and Transact merchant licenses and Transact
and LiveCommerce enterprise licenses. Since the put fishing of the
report, Open Market has sold an additional 4,200 merchant licenses,
bringing the total to 13,000 licenses sold, with over 6,500 merchants in
production. This is more than any other vendor, including Microsoft and
IBM combined.
Open Market's distinguished customer roster includes many of the world's
most successful and recognisable businesses including Lycos, America
Online, Consumers Union, BusinessWeek, Standard & Poors, USA Today,
Playboy Online, Rea Networks, Acer, Ingram Micro, Milacron, and
Cable-vision. Additionally, Open Market has dominated the Commerce
Service Provider market by establishing a worldwide infrastructure of
telecommunications providers, banks, Internet Service Providers,
portals, and other companies that provide commerce and store- building
services to merchants on an outsource basis. Some of these include AT&T,
Barclays Bank, First Union National Bank, France Telecom, Hiway, Netcom,
NTT, Sage Networks, SBC Communications, Swiss PTT, Telecom Italia, and
Telstra.
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