BeyondWork is Selected by KLA-Tencor and eBay; BeyondWork Becomes 1st National Provider of Outsourced Work/Life Benefits.Business Editors/Technology 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 BeyondWork Inc. (www.beyondwork.com), the leading provider of outsourced Internet-delivered work/life benefits, announced that they have been selected by KLA-Tencor (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 : KLAC), the leader in yield management and process control solutions for semiconductor manufacturing, and eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), the world's leading person-to-person online trading community An online trading community exists to provide its members with a structured method for trading, bartering, or selling goods or services. These communities often have forums and chatrooms designed to facilitate communication between the members. . As the newest members of BeyondWork's roster of over 5,600 member companies, the employees and families of KLA-Tencor and eBay will have access to a worksite virtual marketplace and resource center for products and services for family, recreation, financial and vacation needs, among others right at their desktops. The addition of leading companies KLA-Tencor and eBay represents BeyondWork's commitment to being the first national provider of work/life benefits. BeyondWork has differentiated itself by expanding nationally, allowing companies across the United States to enjoy its products and services. BeyondWork currently serves the San Francisco, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Boston regions with future regions to include Denver, Austin, Dallas, Washington DC, Orlando, Los Angeles and Phoenix. KLA-Tencor selected BeyondWork after an extensive evaluation of BeyondWork and its two main competitors. The decision to provide BeyondWork's work/life benefits to more than 4,000 of their employees nationwide was based on BeyondWork's service model, option of Intranet or Internet access and strong portfolio of work/life offerings. "eBay is constantly looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to reduce employee's stress and improve quality of life," remarked Carolina Buchting, Corporate Programs Manager of eBay. "BeyondWork is a very simple no-cost desktop deployable program. They gave us the means to an Internet-delivered service with a broad array of fun and helpful products and services which made this a must-have benefit for our employees." Israel Niv, 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 BeyondWork, says, "Our goal is to be in every major business center nationwide within the next six months. Our tremendous growth over the past nine months, marked by the addition of companies of the caliber of KLA-Tencor and eBay, signals the market's readiness for both improved work/life quality and a preference for our brand of Internet -delivered corporate benefits. We are very pleased to add companies like KLA-Tencor and eBay to our growing list of member companies and look forward to providing our work/life benefits to all size companies nationwide." BeyondWork added more than 50,000 new subscribers to its service over the past 3 weeks. The significant growth demonstrates the company's leadership, particularly with emerging medium-sized and large businesses. The momentum in the online employee benefit market attracted new accounts including Airtouch Communications (NTSE NTSE National Talent Search Examination (India) NTSE Windows NT Server / Enterprise Edition (Microsoft) : ATI (ATI Technologies Inc., Markham Ontario, http://ati.amd.com) A leading manufacturer of graphics chips and display adapters. Founded in 1985 by K. Y. Ho, Benny Lau and Lee Lau, ATI chips and boards are widely used by OEMs. ), ClubOne fitness, Vishay Siliconix, Winbond and Xilinx. Upon adopting BeyondWork's work/life benefit program for its 1,100 employees, 200 of AirTouch Communications employees began using the service within just one week. "AirTouch has always encouraged employees to lead a balanced life," said Jose McQuin, of AirTouch Communications. "BeyondWork is a great benefit to promote the work/life quality that we encourage." About BeyondWork BeyondWork Inc., based in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. , is the leading provider of outsourced Internet-delivered work/life benefits. The "BeyondWork Work/Life Connection" is a free worksite marketplace for member companies and employees to access value-priced, in-demand information, products, and services from over 200 suppliers. BeyondWork's program enables a company of any size to provide a more competitive benefits package. Among the more than 5,600 member companies with over half million employees are innovative business leaders such as CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. , SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. , 3Com, Hotel Nikko, Lucent, Banc of America Securities, eBay and Exodus Communications. For more information, contact BeyondWork at (408) 982-8282 or go to the BeyondWork Web site at www.beyondwork.com. BeyondWork.com, the BeyondWork logo and Worksite Virtual Marketplace are trademarks of BeyondWork Incorporated. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. |
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