BlueGill Technologies Announces IBM to Resell and Service BlueGill's Electronic Billing Software.ANN ARBOR Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as , Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 1998--BlueGill Technologies, a leader in Internet bill presentment See EBPP. , announced today that IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) will resell BlueGill's 1to1Server product. As part of this agreement, IBM sales and services professionals will help companies integrate BlueGill's 1to1Server with their legacy billing systems, payment systems and websites. BlueGill's 1to1Server enables billers to deliver a rich, interactive bill and statement format that improves customer care and can generate additional revenue through targeted marketing techniques. This combination of BlueGill bluegill: see sunfish. bluegill Popular game fish (Lepomis macrochirus) and one of the best-known sunfishes throughout its original range, the freshwater habitats of the central and southern U.S. It has been introduced throughout the western U.S. product and IBM services will allow IBM customers to benefit from the reduced costs of electronic billing Electronic billing is the electronic delivery and presentation of financial statements, bills, invoices, and related information sent by a company to its customers. Electronic billing is also referred to as the following:
"Billers have learned that their monthly statements are a valuable way to build long-term customer relationships," stated Hal Davis, president of BlueGill Technologies. "The interactive nature of an online billing system creates a fluid communication channel between biller and customer." Electronic bill and statement presentment offers billers a way to differentiate themselves and appeal to a customer's desire for a quick and convenient way to pay bills. Because the technology is interactive, it allows companies to directly interact with customers and to precisely target marketing and product information. Killen & Associates, a leading Palo Alto, CA-based research firm, contends that electronic bills will constitute 12% of the worldwide total within the next two-and-a-half years. "BlueGill Technologies' product allows billers to develop stronger customer relationships by creating a richer customer experience, and will play an important role in the EBPP (Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment) Sending invoices to customers over the Internet. When payment is due, an e-mail is sent with a link to a Web page that contains the billing information and the payment services that are supported. industry," said Gary Craft, analyst at Robertson Stevens. -- BlueGill's 1to1Server receives data directly from existing billing applications, mainframe printer drivers or report distribution systems. It is a platform to generate personalized Internet bills and e-mail for a customer base. -- BlueGill's 1to1Server supports both the biller-direct model and the aggregator biller model with standard connections to a variety of payment methodologies such as TransPoint (formerly MSFDC MSFDC Microsoft, First Data Corporation MSFDC Microsoft and First Data Corporation ), CheckFree and CyberCash. About BlueGill Technologies BlueGill Technologies, incorporated in 1996 and based in Ann Arbor, Michigan  “Ann Arbor” redirects here. For other uses, see Ann Arbor (disambiguation). Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. , is the premier provider of software that bridges the gap between legacy document systems and the Internet. BlueGill systems are installed at major service bureaus, telcos and banks around the world. For more information about BlueGill Technologies, visit www.bluegill.com. |
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