Adero Accelerates Global Web Site Access for Internet's Leading Online Action Sports Shop Bigdeal.com.Business Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2000 Adero, Inc., the leader in global Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the content distribution, application and e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. services, today announced that bigdeal.com has chosen AderoWorld(TM) Service as the intelligent platform to accelerate and access e-commerce transactions to one of the Internet's leading online sports shops. Bigdeal.com will use AderoWorld Service to intelligently distribute content to its customers in local markets, in six different geographic regions. "E-commerce is the main focus of our business, and more than 15% of our sales come from overseas customers," said Joe Dunnigan, President and co-founder of bigdeal.com. "Shopping on the Internet can be painfully slow -- by deploying AderoWorld Service we have enabled an intelligent platform that allows our customers rapid and reliable access to bigdeal.com product offerings worldwide. AderoWorld Service makes it more convenient for our customers to purchase merchandise." Bigdeal.com, the world's first online action sports shop, has been serving skateboarders, snowboarders and wakeboarders worldwide on the Internet since 1995. The company sells a comprehensive selection of action sports equipment, apparel and accessories on the Web, attracting approximately 150,000 individual visitors a month and generating 1.5 million page views a month. "Adero's partnership with bigdeal.com is another great example of our ability to deliver quality content distribution and e-commerce services to companies that serve worldwide online communities," said Jonathan Crane, chief executive officer of Adero. "We are excited to be such a critical component of bigdeal.com's global e-commerce business." About Adero, Inc. Founded in 1998, Adero provides a global turnkey See turnkey system. service that enables companies to create a quick, consistent, and reliable Internet experience for online customers anywhere in the world. Adero's network of intelligent nodes and patent-pending GeoTraffic Manager(TM) technology allows companies to overcome the complexities of building and managing infrastructures in foreign markets, as well as to reap the benefits of improved Web site performance and custom-tailored content. Adero's network covers 100% and provides enhanced services Enhanced service is service offered over commercial carrier transmission facilities used in interstate communications, that employs computer processing applications that act on the format, content, code, protocol, or similar aspects of the subscriber's transmitted information; to more than 97% of the world's Internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f . AderoWorld Service has 43 intelligent nodes in 28 countries, including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , Israel, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. , Spain, Sweden, South Korea, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Adero, Inc., is a venture-funded company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts “Boston” redirects here. For other uses, see Boston (disambiguation). Boston is the capital and most populous city of Massachusetts.[3] The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the unofficial economic and cultural center of the entire New , USA - www.adero.com. About Bigdeal.com Founded in 1995, bigdeal.com provides superior commerce and community services to snowboarders, skateboarders and wakeboarders worldwide. The company offers the most comprehensive selection of quality branded merchandise available online. By combining competitive pricing, superior service and a compelling site complete with components such as web based Coming from a Web server. See Web application. email, chat and free classifieds, the company is well positioned to lead this market segment. Bigdeal.com is a privately funded Arizona corporation. The company has generated 100% of revenues online and has funded its growth to date internally. Bigdeal.com is presently in the process of raising its first round of institutional financing. |
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