BLACK BOX CORPORATION LAUNCHES ON-LINE SERVICE.PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1994--Black Box Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BBOX) announced today that it has initiated its "Black Box On- Line" service 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 . "Black Box On-Line represents an exciting and innovative information, support, and product resource for our customers around the world," said Jeff Boetticher, President and Chief Executive Officer of Black Box. "Our World Wide Web Server was developed to extend the level of knowledge and support that Black Box is famous for to the 25 million subscribers on the Internet. When accessing Black Box On-Line, users can explore a tremendous library of technology standards and descriptions, real world applications and communication solutions, overviews of Black Box services, and, of course, the world famous BLACK BOX 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. ." The dynamic capabilities of an in-house In-house In the context of general equities, keeping an activity within the firm. For example, rather than go to the marketplace and sell a security for a client to anyone, an attempt is made to find a buyer to complete the transaction with the firm. server will allow Black Box to continually con·tin·u·al adj. 1. Recurring regularly or frequently: the continual need to pay the mortgage. 2. update and expand Black Box On-Line. Additional products will be added to the on-line BLACK BOX Catalog in real time. Expanded technology descriptions and support offerings will be implemented on a continuous basis. "Customers will immediately be able to utilize Black Box On-Line to review solution alternatives and actually place their orders for Black Box products via the Internet," said Mr. Boetticher. "In the future, we anticipate interactive communications between customers and Black Box Technical Support, Order Entry, and Marketing departments as a natural extension of this service. Our mission is to be the worldwide leader in the development of advanced direct marketing techniques that will bring real value to our customers." Internet subscribers can access Black Box On-Line at the following address: http://www.blackbox
In Unix computing, Blackbox is a window manager for the X Window System. .com/. Black Box Corporation is one of the largest international direct marketers and technical service providers of communications, networking, and connectivity A generic term for connecting devices to each other in order to transfer data back and forth. It often refers to network connections, which embraces bridges, routers, switches and gateways as well as backbone networks. solutions to businesses of all sizes, operating in over 50 countries throughout the world.
CONTACT: Doug Goodall
Vice President of Marketing
Black Box Corporation
(412) 873-6625
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