Availant Launches Their Software Sales Site for Availant Manager on CobWeb's E-$torefront E-commerce Platform.Business Editors/Technology Writers BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2001 CobWeb (1) A Web page that has not been updated in a long time. (2) A Web page that is rarely downloaded because the references to it are obscure or the subject is simply uninteresting. , a leading e-commerce application service provider, today announced the launch of an online store for their newest client, Availant, Inc. of Cambridge, Mass. Availant is the leading provider of intelligent availability systems management software that keeps business-critical network systems and applications available around the clock. Availant needed an outsourced solution that could handle sophisticated Electronic Software Distribution (ESD (1) (Electronic Software Distribution) Distributing new software and upgrades via the network rather than individual installations on each machine. See ESL. ) for the sale and downloading of Availant's software products on a real-time basis. Requirements included a secure download capability tied to real-time credit card processing, special pricing capabilities, promotion codes and integration to the warehouse for physical order shipments. "Our direct sales strategy requires the ability to purchase and download Availant Manager(TM) on a real-time, totally secure basis from the Internet," said Mark D. Gagne, Availant's chief executive officer and president. "Like our products that provide easy, intelligent and cost- effective availability for IT professionals, it was imperative that we also provide a purchasing process Purchasing Purchasing is the formal process of buying goods and services. The Purchasing Process can vary from one organization to another but there are some key elements that are common throughout The process usually starts with a 'Demand' or requirements that was also easy to use, intelligent and cost-effective, which is what CobWeb delivered." CobWeb's E-$torefront(TM) e-commerce solution provided everything that Availant needed plus much more. With E-$torefront Availant is able to offer bundled products, quantity discounts and easy product pricing comparisons to its customers. Customers can also have their software delivered physically or digitally depending on their needs. E-$torefront's integration with Availant's fulfillment house A fulfillment house is a company specializing in fulfillment services. Fulfillment house overview Fulfillment, also known as order fulfillment or product fulfillment makes managing multiple delivery methods easy. Plus, Availant can process phone & fax sales through the website as well, making it a single point of entry for all orders. "Availant is a great customer for us," declared Richard Lancaster, CobWeb 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. . "They need to serve sophisticated technical buyers through their site, and that's the kind of challenge we respond to. We have a fully redundant infrastructure and provide the very latest in electronic software delivery services to software companies. Our software clients can be confident they have the best solution available today." CobWeb has been building and hosting e-commerce websites for the software industry since 1994, at the very inception of the web-based economy. Availant and its customers are able to take advantage of over 7 years of high-end e-commerce web development, hosting, project management and customer support experience that CobWeb represents. Availant is taking its entire line of Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. availability management products online for purchase, including Availant Manager Agents for Exchange Server, IIS (Internet Information Services) Microsoft's Web server. IIS runs under the server versions of Windows, adding HTTP server capability to the Windows operating system. Server, SQL Server and Windows Server. Data and service packs will all be available on the site. About Availant Availant is the world leader in providing software and services that help maintain the availability of business-critical applications and systems. Founded in 1989, the company's customers include more than half of Fortune 500 companies worldwide in the finance, telecommunications, retail, health care and transportation industries, where high-availability and continuous access to enterprise information is essential to business operations. The company's products and services are available directly from Availant and through business partners including 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 EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , and a network of value added resellers (VARs) in the United States, Europe and the Pacific Rim. Availant is headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., with an office located in Austin, Texas. Additional information is available through the company's Web site at www.availant.com or by calling 617/621-2542. About CobWeb Founded in 1994, CobWeb is a leading e-commerce Application Service Provider in the mid-sized company marketplace. CobWeb's E-$torefront provides B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business and B2C (Business to Consumer) Refers to a business communicating with or selling to an individual rather than a company. See B2B. merchants with a sophisticated turnkey solution that includes complete site development, hosting, site management and real-time transaction processing in a secure, redundant, hosted environment. E-$torefront keeps costs under control, frees up internal resources, and helps merchants realize a greater return on investment. E-$torefront customers include Microsoft, T. Rowe Price T. Rowe Price (NASDAQ: TROW) is an independent global investment management firm and mutual fund manager based in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded in 1937 by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr.. T. , ADIC, Cahners, Hilo Hattie, Pacific Trail/London Fog, Information Week and many more. |
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