Award Winning e-Commerce Solution in a box; $399 Software Gives Small Businesses Everything They Need To Sell on the Net.SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 14, 1998--GlobalTech Solutions, Inc. today announced the availability of the Actinic actinic /ac·tin·ic/ (ak-tin´ik) producing chemical action; said of rays of light beyond the violet end of the spectrum. ac·tin·ic adj. Catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. e-Commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. Software 2.0 in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Developed by the British company Actinic Software Ltd., using 128 bit encryption The reversible transformation of data from the original (the plaintext) to a difficult-to-interpret format (the ciphertext) as a mechanism for protecting its confidentiality, integrity and sometimes its authenticity. Encryption uses an encryption algorithm and one or more encryption keys. technology, the Actinic Catalog software enables any business to start selling on-line within minutes. Billed as the industry's simplest and easiest to use application, the package provides a complete end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. including catalog creation, shopping cart, secure encrypted en·crypt tr.v. en·crypt·ed, en·crypt·ing, en·crypts 1. To put into code or cipher. 2. Computer Science transmissions and order processing. Without the need for technical experience or secure severs, Actinic Catalog is an extremely low cost entry into e-commerce for smaller firms who want to do business on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the . Most small businesses cannot afford the thousands of dollars of start-up Start-up The earliest stage of a new business venture. cost usually associated with creating a Web commerce presence. At $399, Actinic Catalog offers businesses a hassle-free, cost-effective way to build an Internet store. "Actinic Catalog is the first e-commerce package to breakdown the two major barriers keeping small businesses from selling on the Internet; Cost and Complexity," said Chris Barling, Managing Director of Actinic Software. There are no service charges, and firms can even use their existing credit card processing service to process the orders instead of signing up for another credit card processing service on the Internet. "Contrary to the approach of server-based e-commerce solutions, Actinic Catalog allows merchants to create and manage the on-line store themselves with only a web site and dial-up connection to their ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. . There is no other technical expertise required. This is a significant step in offering small and medium sized merchants all of the powerful benefits of e-commerce that until now have only been available in much more expensive and complicated solutions," continued Barling. The primary goal for small businesses getting into e-commerce is to increases sales. An on-line store, enables companies to take secure encrypted orders over the Internet, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Actinic Catalog is self-installing on the vendor's PC and at their web site. The vendor maintains complete control of his on-line store making changes instantly from his own PC. The vendor can be notified by e-mail when orders have been received, eliminating the problem of always having to check the site for new orders. With the push of a button, orders are down-loaded to the vendor's desktop with all of the necessary information including validated val·i·date tr.v. val·i·dat·ed, val·i·dat·ing, val·i·dates 1. To declare or make legally valid. 2. To mark with an indication of official sanction. 3. credit card numbers. Orders can be printed, "Shipped" or "Cancelled". Invoices can be printed along with credit card information. Actinic Catalog utilizes 128-bit military strength encryption technology for the most secure transactions possible. "Because of restrictive US Government laws prohibiting the export sale of encryption technology higher than 56-bit to Europe, many US software developers have stayed away from this level of encryption", stated Thomas Herrmann, 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 Actinic's US distributor, GlobalTech Solutions, Inc. "Most US companies have settled for 40-bit encryption, which can easily be decoded if it falls into the wrong hands. Actinic Catalog was designed for use by the finance industry, which has some of the highest security requirements. With this level of security, we hope to help the growth of the e-commerce industry by raising the confidence level of the consumers ensuring that their transactions are truly secure", added Herrmann. Actinic Catalog has been well received in Europe with awards from Information Week, Personal Computer World, and Webspace. Actinic Software is now making a strong foray into Verb 1. foray into - enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly" raid encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon, invade - to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my the US market where it is estimated that 90% of all business are small business. Priced at $399 and without any service fees, Actinic Catalog 2.0 can be purchased in the US from GlobalTech Solutions, Inc. or from various mail order catalogs. In Europe and elsewhere it can be purchased directly from Actinic Software, Ltd. Headquartered in Cobham, England, Actinic Software is the leading provider of Internet Commerce solutions for British and European small business. Incorporated in July 1996, Actinic Software's mission is to provide software which allows commerce to be easily conducted over the Internet. Products using Actinic's expertise are running on over 200,000 desktops around the world. Actinic Software has development and support staff located across both the US and UK in order to provide a full international service. For further information on Actinic Software, or to see a demonstration catalog visit http://www.actinic.co.uk. Headquartered in Scotts Valley, California Scotts Valley is a small city located in eastern Santa Cruz County, California, United States, about ten miles (16 km) south of San Jose and six miles (10 km) north of the beach in the upland slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 11,385. , GlobalTech Solutions Inc. distributes Actinic Catalog software in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . The company specializes in the global marketing and distribution of various computer and technology products. For further information on the Company or to see a demonstration of the Actinic Catalog, visit the GlobalTech Solution's web site at http://www.gtsolutions.net. -0-
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GlobalTech Solutions, Inc. Actinic Software Limited
523 Charles Hill Road Actinic House
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