Art Technology Group Taps SiteLite To Help Dynamo Customers Successfully Launch Industrial Strength Web Sites.Business/Technology Editors ATG Dynamo A family of e-commerce and CRM applications from Art Technology Group, Inc., Cambridge, MA (www.atg.com). Part of ATG's core marketing Adaptive Scenario Engine, Dynamo comprises a comprehensive set of Java-based products that enable an organization to deploy a fully-integrated customer User Conference PALM SPRINGS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2000 Deal Marks SiteLite's Expanded Strategy to Deliver Dynamo(R) Site Audit Product to Web Hosters, Software Vendors, Systems Integrators, and Incubators SiteLite, an outsourced eSystems Availability Management (eSAM) company, and Art Technology Group (ATG ATG antithymocyte globulin. lymphocyte immune globulin (antithymocyte globulin equine, ATG, ATG equine, LIG) Atgam Pharmacologic class: Immunoglobulin Therapeutic class: Immunosuppressant ) (Nasdaq:ARTG ARTG Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods ), developers of e-commerce and online personalization Custom tailoring information to the individual. On the Web, personalization means returning a page that has been customized for the user, taking into consideration that person's habits and preferences. applications, today announced a partnership under which ATG will use SiteLite's site readiness expertise to co-develop the ATG Dynamo Site Audit. The Dynamo Site Audit will help to insure that e-commerce sites developed using ATG's Dynamo Product Suite are ready for 24x365 availability upon site launch. ATG's Dynamo Product Suite provides businesses with the core platform and software tools required to develop and deploy personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. , scalable and reliable e-commerce Web sites. As part of the agreement, SiteLite also will join the ATG Dynamo Express Partner Program and supply engineers specifically trained in site deployment to ATG customers. The Dynamo Site Audit involves an extensive pre-launch systems review of change control procedures, operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , networks, database systems, and memory configuration. Based on the readiness assessment, the Site Audit will identify potential post-launch problems before the site is put into production. "More than 80 percent of customer calls to ATG's help desk are not related to software, but involve site configuration problems unrelated to Dynamo," said Bill Wittenberg, senior vice president of software development, Art Technology Group. "SiteLite will help ATG's customers to get the most out of using Dynamo, while freeing up ATG's technical staff so they can focus on product development and enhancements." "The last thing a company wants to see on the day a new site launches is a blank computer screen," said Jeff Pierick, president of SiteLite. "From the moment an idea is conceived, the rush is on for successful site development and launch. SiteLite's site readiness review technology insures a Web site is built to support industrial strength activity, around-the-clock, after the site is launched. ATG is the first software vendor to capture the competitive advantage that a pre-launch site review offers." As an additional benefit of this partnership, ATG's customers will become aware of SiteLite's flagship outsourced eSystems Availability Management (eSAM) service, which includes proactive systems support for the ongoing production support of Web sites using Dynamo. SiteLite's eSAM service provides companies with nonstop HP's brand name for its fault-tolerant servers, which range in size from four CPUs to 4,000 CPUs. The NonStop line was created by Tandem Computers, which was acquired by Compaq, which later became part of HP. monitoring and problem resolution for e-commerce Web sites, insuring that transactions can be conducted 24x365. As part of its service, SiteLite also develops proactive tools that help prevent site outages from occurring in the first place. About SiteLite Since 1995, SiteLite has been the recognized leader for eSystems Availability Management (eSAM) outsourcing. SiteLite keeps customers' e-business application solutions up and running by leveraging superior expertise across clients, proactive system maintenance, event monitoring In computer science, event monitoring is the process of collecting, analyzing, and signalling event occurrences to subscribers such as operating system processes, active database rules as well as human operators. and immediate problem diagnosis and resolution. SiteLite pioneered the concept of secure remote administration for complete application management and is committed to providing the best worldwide solution to keep customer applications live. For more information about SiteLite, call 949/635-2400 or visit www.sitelite.com. About ATG Art Technology Group, Inc. (ATG) (Nasdaq:ARTG) is a leading provider of Internet customer relationship management and electronic commerce products and services. ATG offers an integrated suite of Java application A Java program that is run stand alone. The Java Virtual Machine in the client or server is interpreting the instructions. Contrast with Java applet. See servlet. server-based products and services, as well as related application development, integration and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services . ATG's Dynamo(R) Product Suite enables Global 1000 enterprises, as well as new businesses using the Internet as their primary business channel, to understand, manage and build their online customer relationships and to more effectively market, sell and support their products and services over the Internet. The Company is headquartered in Cambridge, Mass. with additional locations throughout the U.S. and in Europe. This press release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. for purposes of the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause ATG's actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Important risk factors affecting ATG's business generally may be found in ATG's prospectus and in periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Risk factors related to the subject matter of this press release include the possibility that the SiteLite-ATG audits will not attract sufficient customers, either now or in the future; that neither customers nor ATG will recognize significant benefits from the program; that the program will be discontinued; that this alliance will be unsuccessful; that SiteLite will not be able to successfully implement Dynamo-based web sites; unrealistic customer expectations related to these alliances; and the costs and risks associated with intellectual property infringement and litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. . ATG undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this press release. |
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