Basis Technology CEO Carl Hoffman Named to Mass eComm 10; Massachusetts Electronic Commerce Association Recognizes Industry Leaders.Business/Technology Editors CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2001 Basis Technology (www.basistech.com), the leading provider of software globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation solutions, today announced that Carl Hoffman, founder and President/CEO, was named one of the ten most influential e-commerce leaders in New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. by the Massachusetts Electronic Commerce Association (Mass eComm). The Mass eComm 10 Award will be presented to Hoffman at the Association's Annual Meeting tonight at the Sheraton Boston Hotel & Towers. "The Mass eComm 10 Award recognizes those leaders who have most effectively promoted e-commerce in our region," said Tom Hopcroft, President, Mass eComm. "Through his leadership at Basis Technology, Carl Hoffman enables companies from many industries to achieve their global e-commerce goals." "E-commerce has revolutionized international business by breaking down traditional barriers, and providing companies with significant new revenue opportunities," said Carl Hoffman, founder and President/CEO of Basis Technology. "I am honored to receive this award, which recognizes the achievements of the Basis Technology team in bringing our clients success in global markets." Hoffman founded Basis Technology in 1995 to help software companies enter the Japanese technology market. The increasing importance of technology in virtually every business sector encouraged Hoffman to expand Basis Technology to serve companies from many industries that are moving into global markets. Under Hoffman's leadership, Basis Technology has grown from a specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. services firm to a global solutions provider. This past year, the company: --Built Amazon's online bookstore in Japan and globalized its technology platform. --Enabled Lycos to reach top market positions in Japan, Korea, and Singapore. --Assisted Lucent Technologies in closing sales with top telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. providers in Japan and Korea. --Won the New England Technology Fast 50 award, which is based on five-year revenue growth. --Doubled its staff and opened new offices in Seattle, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , and Tokyo. The complete list of Mass eComm 10 Award winners can be found at Mass eComm's web site, www.massecomm.org and in forthcoming articles in the Boston Business Journal, Boston Globe, and Mass High Tech. About Basis Technology Basis Technology is the leading provider of products and services for companies entering the global economy. The company specializes in high-performance software components and rapid-deployment engineering services for enterprises launching operations or products in new markets around the world. Top-tier software developers, Web companies, and Fortune 1000 enterprises--like Amazon.com, AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Time Warner, Google (Google, Mountain View, CA, www.google.com) The largest search engine on the Web, founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two Stanford University students. In 1996, they developed their "BackRub" search engine, named after its unique page ranking method (explained below). , Lucent Technologies, and PeopleSoft--have relied on Basis Technology for globalization strategy and deployment. Company headquarters are located in Cambridge, Massachusetts This article is about the city of Cambridge in Massachusetts. For the English university town, see Cambridge, England. For other places, see Cambridge (disambiguation). Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. , with offices in Tokyo, Japan; Seattle, Washington  This page is protected from moves until disputes have been resolved on the .The reason for its protection is listed on the protection policy page. ; and San Francisco, California “San Francisco” redirects here. For other uses, see San Francisco (disambiguation). The City and County of San Francisco (EN IPA: [sænfrənˈsɪskoʊ] . For more information, visit www.basistech.com or call 617-386-2000. About Mass eComm Mass eComm (http://www.massecomm.org), the Business Association for the New Economy(TM), promotes global electronic commerce and serves as the hub of the e-business industry in New England. Conceived in 1997, Mass eComm has quickly grown to become the leading e-business association on the East Coast. Mass eComm is the sponsor of ebuzz.org (http://www.ebuzz.org), a national resource site, and is the host of the Mass eComm 10, an annual awards ceremony honoring e-commerce leaders. For more information, please visit http://www.massecomm.org. |
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