BellSouth and Comercis Expand Partnership; Comercis Selected As Provider of Web ``Move-in'' Assistance and Site Design for BellSouth Customers.Business Editors & Technology Writers SOUTHLAKE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 11, 2000 Julius Meaux, vice president and general manager of Business Networks for Comercis (formerly BusinessWeb, Inc.), announced today an expanded partnership with BellSouth, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BLS See Bureau of Labor Statistics. ) to deliver Web "move-in" assistance and Web site design services for BellSouth's Web site customers. "This will provide BellSouth's Web customers a cost-effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. solution to quickly and easily establish an enhanced presence on the World Wide Web," said Meaux. To enhance its site builder and shared hosting plan, BellSouth has turned to Comercis for a convenient, full-service source for 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 "move-in" support -- a move that will provide Comercis with an estimated $8 million in revenue and increase customer "stickiness See sticky. " for BellSouth's Web development efforts. Comercis' Signature Services are dedicated to offering new Web site owners the ability to quickly, painlessly pain·less adj. Free from complication or pain: a painless operation. pain  less·ly adv. and cost-effectively create a content-rich site, with the end goal of strengthening each customer's Web presence. To do so, Comercis offers help with site move-in, management, promotion, maintenance, and relocation RELOCATION, Scotch law, contracts. To let again to renew a lease, is called a relocation.2. When a tenant holds over after the expiration of his lease, with the consent of his landlord, this will amount to a relocation. needs. Site Services specialists -- virtual webmasters for customers -- assist with everything from first-time site move-in to the more advanced needs of an established business owner, like document scanning and image placement. In addition, Comercis' Site Services can provide the custom design services -- such as Java and Macromedia Flash programming and custom logo design -- needed to develop any robust Web presence. "Providing Site Builder customers with an enjoyable and successful Web site experience is BellSouth's primary objective for our online program," said S. Myles Rothacker, product development manager for BellSouth's Small Business Services Advanced Services Group. "We have thoroughly tested Comercis' ability to serve the customer and the cost-effectiveness of their Web solution, and we are very proud to name them as a provider of 'move-in' and shared hosting services." In addition, the partnership offers four Web site development models to fit any business' growing need. Each model is designed for small businesses and independent professionals who want an enhanced Web presence, but are concerned with the technology aspects and time commitment of designing a site themselves. Any BellSouth site customer has a choice of the following design models used to launch a company Web presence: -- "Business Card:" a one-page site designed for immediate presence on the Internet -- Web Site: a five-page site -- 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. : a five-page, e-commerce catalog site that highlights up to 25 products -- Store: a five page, e-commerce site that catalogs 25 to 100 products Additionally, customers will be able to work with Comercis Web site professionals to cost-effectively design, implement, promote and maintain their sites. About Comercis Comercis, formerly BusinessWeb, Inc., is focused on providing Internet services and products to unite communities in commerce. Comercis' Web-based business-to-business vertical trade communities enable members to rapidly conduct business with customers, peers and vendors and to cost-effectively and seamlessly initiate intranet and extranet commerce. Further information is available at www.comercis.com or toll free via phone at 877/424-9932. About BellSouth BellSouth is a $23 billion communications services company. It provides telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. , cable and digital TV, directory advertising and publishing, and Internet and data services to nearly 34 million customers in 19 countries worldwide. BellSouth can be visited via the Internet at www.bellsouth.com. |
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