Aventail Wins Business Product of the Year Award; Aventail.Net Core Technology Recognized For Its Innovation and Strategic Value in Today's Business Environment.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2000 Aventail Corporation, a recognized leader in building and managing business partner networks, today announced that the Aventail.Net(TM) core technology was named Business Product of the Year at the 2000 Industry Achievement Awards hosted by the Washington Software Alliance Washington Software Alliance (WSA) is a prominent technology business association, with approximately 1,000 member companies in Washington state, USA. WSA hosts educational and training events, CEO roundtables, executive seminars, and special interest groups. (WSA WSA Web Services Architecture (Bow Street) WSA Wilderness Study Areas WSA Wilbur Smith Associates WSA Washington Software Alliance WSA World Shoe Association WSA Workers Solidarity Alliance ). Aventail helps Fortune 500 companies take full advantage of Internet partnerships -- including speeding delivery of products, streamlining business collaboration, and building competitive advantage. This accolade complements the recent praise given to Aventail from Arthur Andersen For the U.S. Supreme Court case commonly known as Arthur Andersen, see . Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms (the other four are PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG), performing , Computerworld, Giga Information Group, Infoworld, International Data Corporation, Network Computing, and Open System Advisors. "As the industry's first Extranet Service Provider (ESP (1) (Enhanced Service Provider) An organization that adds value to basic telephone service by offering such features as call-forwarding, call-detailing and protocol conversion. ), Aventail is a true innovator in connecting business-to-business (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 ) partners at Internet speed," said Kathleen Wilcox, president of the Washington Software Alliance. "Aventail leads a field of strong competitors, in part, because of their ability to quickly build and manage business partner networks so enterprises can focus on running their core business." Aventail.Net was honored by the WSA for delivering the highest value to businesses, with a combination of the following: high innovation, excellent use of leading edge technology, high performance, seamless integration, open interface, and dramatic improvements in productivity for its users. Aventail.Net is the first managed service to rapidly activate Internet-based business partner networks. It is designed for progressive enterprises that need to manage large, dynamic partner communities, require comprehensive Service Level Agreements, and on-demand deployment. The Aventail.Net service handles all aspects of a business partner network -- from the support of users and underlying infrastructure to the enforcement of policy -- so that corporations can focus on core competencies and business strategies. Aventail.Net provides corporations with the opportunity to manage their business partnerships quickly and effectively with minimal impact on in-house IT resources. "We are working aggressively to build the first B2B dial tone -- where confident collaboration can be instantly activated between any enterprise and any partner requiring any e-business service," said Evan Kaplan, 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. for Aventail. "WSA's award reinforces the astonishingly a·ston·ish tr.v. as·ton·ished, as·ton·ish·ing, as·ton·ish·es To fill with sudden wonder or amazement. See Synonyms at surprise. strong response we have gotten from enterprise customers throughout the world." About Aventail Aventail is a foremost provider of Internet-based business partner networks. The company serves more than 300 leading corporations, including half of the Fortune 10. Enterprises such as Aetna, Bear Stearns, Hewlett-Packard, Marriott, General Electric, Kodak, 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 Xerox rely on Aventail to provide their foundation for scalable business-to-business collaboration. Aventail Corporation is privately held and headquartered in Seattle, Wash. For more information on the company, please contact the company directly at 206/215-1111, 877-AVENTAIL, or info@aventail.com. Information on Aventail can also be obtained through Yahoo (Nasdaq:YHOO YHOO Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) ), Infoseek (Nasdaq:SEEK), Lycos (Nasdaq:LCOS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) A technology used to make microdisplays for rear-projection TVs and head-mounted displays (HMDs). Each LCoS chip hosts a grayscale LCD shutter sandwiched between a cover glass and a mirror. ), and Excite (Nasdaq:XCIT). Aventail, Aventail.Net, and their respective logos are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of Aventail Corporation. Other trademarks and company names mentioned in this release are the property of their respective owners. |
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