!nternet Plus Retains Porter, LeVay & Rose.Business Editors NAPA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2000 !nternet Plus, Inc., which develops web-free e-commerce solutions for select audiences who are not well served by web sites, announced today that it has retained Porter, LeVay & Rose, Inc., as its public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most counsel. The announcement comes as the company undertakes a program to raise awareness of its CommerceDirect(TM) interactive software, which resides locally on a PC, rather than a remote web server. Among its advantages, CommerceDirect allows customers to conduct rapid, multimedia-rich interactions offline and then complete secure transactions online over private networks or the Internet, all without cyber delays or disconnects. Paul Jaquish, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of !nternet Plus, said, "We are pleased that Porter, LeVay & Rose will be representing us as we promote a new electronic medium that streamlines business processes and saves time, effort and expense. We expect that this new relationship will enhance !nternet Plus's visibility by generating news about a new way to conduct e-commerce that is unmarred by the slow, unreliable network connections of a bandwidth-limited world." !nternet Plus's portfolio of CommerceDirect products includes ShippingDirect(TM), a business-to-business e-commerce solution designed to speed and simplify electronic shipping tasks. For the U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers mail to individuals and businesses within the United States. The service seeks to improve its performance through the development of efficient mail-handling systems and operates its own planning and engineering programs. (USPS (1) (Uninterruptible Switching Power Supply) A power supply for a computer that contains its own battery and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) circuitry. See power supply and UPS. ), for example, ShippingDirect produces personalized mailing labels complete with electronic postage for Small Office/Home Office See SOHO. customers, and arranges for package pickup and insurance. Over the past two years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time company has developed several client-side shipping interfaces and solution prototypes for the USPS, Compaq, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. . !nternet Plus also offers a business-to-consumer application of CommerceDirect, which brings together the benefits of Internet, television and catalog shopping to provide a profitable way for manufacturers and retailers to directly reach customers and substantially increase sales. Michael J. Porter, president of Porter, LeVay & Rose, said, "We welcome !nternet Plus to our roster of growth companies, and look forward to educating and informing the financial community and news media about the company's proprietary technology and growth prospects." About Porter, LeVay & Rose, Inc. Porter, LeVay & Rose, based in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , is a 30-year-old, full-service public relations firm that represents a wide variety of public and private companies and financial institutions in the United States and abroad. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.plrinvest.com. About !nternet Plus, Inc. Founded in 1996, !nternet Plus has proven the merits of web-free e-commerce through applications in use nationwide, including shipping and mailing solutions that generate more than $15 million in revenue daily for the USPS. The company's CommerceDirect interactive software marries Internet, available broadband and CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). technologies to create a powerful union: the speed to convey a sophisticated mix of audio, video, graphics and data offline, with the connectivity and convenience to transact business online over private networks or the Internet -- all without cyber delays, clutter or fraud. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.thenetplus.com. |
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