America Online And ADP Form Alliance to Help Small Businesses Leverage the Internet.Business, Financial & Technology Editors ROSELAND, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 2, 2000 Alliance Offers ADP's Small Business Solutions Through Netscape NetCenter and other AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Brands, Empowering Business Owners To Streamline Business Processes The Emerging Business Services Division of Automatic Data Processing Same as data processing. , Inc. (ADP (1) (Automatic Data Processing) Synonymous with data processing (DP), electronic data processing (EDP) and information processing. (2) (Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Roseland, NJ, www.adp. (R)) (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AUD AUD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Australian Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ), the leading provider of payroll, benefits and human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. administration services, today announced an alliance with America Online See AOL. , Inc. (NYSE:AOL), the world's leading interactive services company, under which ADP's solutions for small business owners will be available across America Online's premiere brands. Under the agreement, access to ADP's suite of solutions, which helps small businesses staff, manage, pay and retain employees, will be made available across Netscape, Netcenter, AOL, AOL.com and CompuServe. These AOL properties, collectively serving over nine million small business users, complement ADP's industry leading small business customer base of over 370,000 clients. With ADP as an exclusively endorsed provider, users can obtain an online needs assessment from ADP's virtual consultant, Solution Profiler(SM), which also delivers real-time, customized price quotes and provides a choice of user follow up options. In addition, users will receive a special trial offer to test ADP's solutions and its award-winning payroll application, EasyPayNet(SM). "We are proud to form an agreement between ADP's Emerging Business Services division and the world's leading interactive services company to offer our comprehensive range of online products and services to small and emerging business owners," said Brad Smith Brad or Bradley Smith may refer to:
"Finding effective payroll and human resources solutions can be complicated for small business owners and many of these business owners look to the AOL brands for resources," said Jim Martin, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Netscape. "We are happy to offer these businesses best-of-breed services, such as those ADP provides, to help streamline operations. We believe this agreement with ADP will benefit small businesses by providing the knowledge, special offers and products they need." ABOUT ADP'S eBUSINESS SERVICES ADP's Emerging Business Services division provides small businesses with a comprehensive array of Internet-based solutions to help them fulfill their administrative needs through its dedicated eBusiness services group. Fully integrated, flexible and easy-to-use, these solutions help small business owners staff, manage, pay and retain quality employees more efficiently and effectively. For more information about eBusiness Services, please visit us at www.ebs.adp.com. ABOUT ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NYSE:AUD) is one of the largest global providers of computerized transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. , data communications and information services See Information Systems. , with more than $6 billion in revenues and more than 450,000 clients worldwide. ADP's Employer Services (ES) Division is a leading provider of integrated business administrative solutions that help clients efficiently manage their internal processes, allowing them to focus on core competencies. ADP ES offerings include both traditional and Internet-based outsourcing products and services, giving clients the ability to select from ADP's comprehensive range of world-class service solutions. Services include payroll, tax regulatory management, human resource information systems, benefits administration, time and labor management, retirement plan services, online recruiting, and pre-employment screening. For more information about ADP Employer Services, visit the company's Web site at www.adp.com. ABOUT AMERICA ONLINE, INC. Founded in 1985, America Online, Inc., based in Dulles, Virginia, is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies, and e-commerce services. America Online, Inc. operates: two worldwide Internet services, America Online, with more than 22 million members, and CompuServe, with more than 2.7 million members; several leading Internet brands including ICQ ("I Seek You") A conferencing program for the Internet from Mirabilis, Tel Aviv, Israel (www.icq.com). It provides interactive chat, e-mail and file transfer and can alert you when someone on your predefined list has also come online. , AOL Instant Messenger See AIM. and Digital City, Inc.; the Netscape Netcenter and AOL.COM portals; the Netscape Navigator and Communicator browsers; AOL Moviefone, the nation's No. 1 movie listing guide and ticketing service; and Spinner.com and NullSoft's Winamp, leaders in Internet music. Through its strategic alliance with Sun Microsystems, the company develops and offers easy-to-deploy, end-to-end e-commerce and enterprise solutions for companies operating in the Net Economy. |
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