AltaVista Shopping.com e-commerce Executive to Speak On Company's Shift to Portal Model.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 2000 Ken Neibaur, vice president e-commerce platform at AltaVista Shopping.com, will speak at the next Electronic Commerce Organization (ECO E·co , Umberto Born 1932. Italian writer best known for his novels, including The Name of the Rose (1981). He has also written extensively on semiotics and British and American popular culture. ) meeting Tuesday, April 18, 2000, Sutton Place Sutton Place may refer to places in England and the United States: Places in England
Neibaur's topic is: "From E-tailer to Infomediary (INFOrmation interMEDIARY) An information provider that gathers content from several sources and functions as a data aggregator for a target audience. -- The Reinvention of AltaVista Shopping.com." The meeting starts at 7:30 a.m. with continental breakfast and ends promptly at 9 a.m. Registration is $25 for members and $40 for non-members. Late last year, AltaVista's Shopping.com changed its business model, transforming itself from a price-driven e-tailer to a popular destination portal. Neibaur, who was formerly with Internet Shopping Network, will discuss why AltaVista Shopping.com made the shift and insight gained about consumers' real online preferences. According to Deborah Bayles Kalman, ECO president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of BridgeCommerce.com, the organization fills a void left by trade and professional groups in Southern California, most of which barely touch on electronic commerce. ECO, she said, looks at the field from the point of view of the electronic commerce merchant versus that of technology or service providers. "Merchants, such as AltaVista, are learning rapidly about what works and doesn't work in the fast-moving electronic commerce area. ECO provides them with a source of relevant information. Plus it gives local e-commerce players a chance to meet with peers in a collegial col·le·gi·al adj. 1. a. Characterized by or having power and authority vested equally among colleagues: "He . . . environment," Kalman said. ECO membership is open on an individual basis to those at companies engaged in electronic commerce. Sponsors of the organization include Rainbow Technologies, Eldorado Bank, Oracle Corp. and the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). , Irvine. Membership is $100 per year per individual. For more information about ECO, to register for the meeting or to inquire about membership requirements, access www.ebizorg.com, or contact Kalman at 949/789-9170, ext. 203, or via e-mail at info@ebizorg.com. |
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