Beyond.com Launches B2B eStore for SalesLogix; Latest Beyond.com eStore Will Feature SalesLogix ACT! Product Line.Business Editors & High Tech Writers SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2000 E-commerce services provider Beyond.com(TM) (Nasdaq:BYND) today announced that it has designed, built and will manage a custom eStore for SalesLogix Corporation (NASDAQ:SLGX), a leading provider of Customer Relationship Management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ) and e-commerce software. SalesLogix recently acquired the ACT! product line from Symantec Corporation. Because of the strong relationship between Beyond.com and Symantec, SalesLogix selected Beyond.com to build and manage its eStore. The SalesLogix eStore will feature the ACT! product line, the world's best selling contact manager with more than three million registered users worldwide. Customers can now conveniently purchase the latest version of ACT! by visiting www.actsoftware.com or by visiting Beyond.com at http://estore.beyond.com/actsoftware/. "We are extremely pleased with the synergies of this relationship," said John Vigouroux, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Beyond.com. "The leadership of SalesLogix in the sales force software and services arenas is a natural fit with Beyond.com's strength in providing e-commerce solutions for leaders in the 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 marketplace." The SalesLogix eStore is the latest in a succession of eStores built and managed by Beyond.com. Beyond.com's eStores offer physical and digitally downloadable products, online order tracking capabilities and customer support. The company's other eStore clients include industry leaders such as CADopia.com, Compaq Computer, Executive Software Inc., IntelliGolf, McAfee.com Inc., Palm Computing, Symantec Corp., Systran Software Inc., Telex and Trend Micro. About Beyond.com Beyond.com is an e-commerce services provider that builds and manages Web stores for businesses and sells software and computer related products to the government, corporate and consumer markets. The company's eStore division allows software publishers, hardware manufacturers and systems OEMs to launch a full-featured e-commerce store in a few weeks. Businesses can choose from an array of offerings, including website design and construction, transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. , physical and electronic order fulfillment Order fulfillment (in BE also: order fulfilment) is in the most general sense the complete process from point of sales inquiry to delivery of a product to the customer. Sometimes Order fulfillment , customer support, marketing, and merchandising support and reporting. Customers include CADopia.com, Compaq Computer, Executive Software Inc., IntelliGolf, McAfee.com Inc., Palm Computing, Symantec Corp., Systran Software Inc., Telex and Trend Micro. Beyond.com's government division provides digitally downloadable software and related services to a growing list of government agencies, including the Department of Treasury, Defense Logistics Agency Noun 1. Defense Logistics Agency - a logistics combat support agency in the Department of Defense; provides worldwide support for military missions Defense Department, Department of Defense, DoD, United States Department of Defense, Defense - the federal department (DLA DLA dog leukocyte antigen. ), National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA NIMA National Imagery and Mapping Agency (now National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; US government) NIMA never in mitosis gene a (molecular biology) NIMA North Idaho Mycological Association ) and Patent and Trademark Office (PTO PTO abbr. 1. Parent Teacher Organization 2. or p.t.o. please turn over 3. power takeoff PTO or pto please turn over Noun 1. ), a division of the Department of Commerce. Beyond.com also operates its own online store (http://www.beyond.com/), where customers can find an expansive selection of software and computer related products. Beyond.com Corporation trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol ("BYND"). More information on the company can be found in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). About SalesLogix Corporation SalesLogix Corporation is a leading provider of sales automation Sales Automation - Sales Force Automation and eCRM solutions for individuals and organizations of any size. The company's solutions create interactive selling networks that dynamically connect mobile sales, internal telesales, e-commerce channels, marketing, and support organizations, as well as third party resellers, supply chain participants, and other partners. SalesLogix products include: ACT!, the world's best selling contact manager with more than three million users; SalesLogix2000, the fastest growing eCRM solution for the mid-market, used by 2,100 companies; and Interact, the industry's first interactive application service. SalesLogix Corporation recently announced intent to change its name to Interact Commerce Corporation, pending the approval of its shareholders. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona Scottsdale (O'odham Vaṣai S-vaṣonĭ) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix. Scottsdale has become internationally recognized as a premier and posh tourist destination, while maintaining its own identity and culture as " , the company can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.saleslogix.com. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Statement Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This includes statements relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc expectations about Beyond.com and SalesLogix's plans to expand the SalesLogix eStore to include SalesLogix 2000 and eConfiguration products. Such statements are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties, including the risk that SalesLogix decides not to offer these products in its eStore, or that the contract is terminated prematurely. Beyond.com's business is subject to risks including reductions in or cancellations of customer orders, changes in relationships with software suppliers, changes in relationships with strategic partners, changes in the product mix sold by the company, competition from other online software resellers or publishers, inability to raise sufficient capital on satisfactory terms, or at all, and other factors described in the company's filings with the SEC. |
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