BookingZone.com Captures Attention From Top Venture Capitalists.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers MORRISTOWN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 2000 Bookingzone.com, a online and wireless reservation solutions provider, places in the top 2% at Alliant Technologies "Get Launched" Competition BookingZone.com, the only fully integrated reservation solution provider enabling companies to offer on-line and wireless booking services to their consumers, ranked among New Jersey's hottest Internet and technology newcomers in Alliant Technologies' Get Launched competition. Judged by a panel of ten prominent venture capitalists Venture Capitalist An investor who provides capital to either start-up ventures or support small companies who wish to expand but do not have access to public funding. Notes: Venture capitalists usually expect higher returns for the additional risks taken. , BookingZone.com placed second in the competition, with over 100 participants. "Wireless is the most talked about technology in the world today, with an estimated 7.4 million wireless Internet subscribers. While this number is expected to rise to 61.5 million by 2003, wireless portal A Web site that supports a user with a smartphone or alphanumeric pager. It may offer a variety of features, including providing a springboard to other (WAP based) wireless sites, the ability to select content to be pushed to the user's device as well as providing a point of entry for sites have just arrived on the scene," said Adrian Stoch, 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 BookingZone.com. "Our advanced technology puts us at the forefront of this newly defined market niche and this attention from the finance community only proves that we are in the right place in the right time with our market leadership." "With this new financial opportunity, BookingZone.com's Go to Market Strategy has expanded to include increased partnership and alliance opportunities," said Pete Beyda, BookingZone.com's Chief Strategy Officer. "We will continue to focus on building our subscriber base as well as developing relationships with content and software providers." "Get Launched was a great opportunity for new and developing companies to test business strategies, market their products and services and network with some of the biggest players in the industry," states Bruce Filtcroft, President of Alliant Technologies. "BookingZone.com naturally rose to the top of our list." Wireless based technology leaders including Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , and AT&T sponsored the Get Launched program developed by Alliant Technologies. Initiated to support New Jersey technology investment initiatives, this program was open to all for-profit, Internet and technology start-up companies start-up company A new business. , with less than 500 employees, located in, or willing to relocate to, New Jersey. Judges included Yazam, 3Ci, Ascend Venture Group, CIT n. 1. A citizen; an inhabitant of a city; a pert townsman; - used contemptuously. Which past endurance sting the tender cit. - Emerson. Venture Group, Daniels & Associates, i-Hatch Ventures, Draper Fisher Jervetson Gotham Ventures, and Bencas Capital. About BookingZone.com Founded in 1999, BookingZone.com is the only fully integrated solution provider enabling companies to offer on-line and wireless booking services to their consumers using a nationwide network with the ability to handle reservations via PC, handheld PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). , two-way pagers and web-enabled cell phones. Based in Philadelphia, PA, BookingZone.com has offices in Morristown, NJ. BookingZone.com and their network of partners offer consumers nationwide reservation capabilities in an unprecedented 30+ vertical industries including restaurants, sporting events and travel bookings. Currently, BookingZone.com also maintains a database of over 2.5 million personal and professional service providers. BookingZone.com received first round financing from Investec Bank Investec (JSE: INL) is an international, specialist banking group that caters to the high-end market, providing a diverse range of financial products and services. History , UK. Their current partners include IMEDIA, Inc., FilmFrenzy.com, The Golfer.com, Restaurant Row .com, 1Travel.com and Ticketcity.com. About Alliant Technologies Alliant Technologies, headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey Morristown is a town in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the town population was 18,544. Its estimated population in 2004 was 18,842. It is the county seat of Morris CountyGR6. , is a leading provider of Internet and IT solutions for businesses. By providing a complete range of Internet IT services, including Strategic e-Business Consulting, E-commerce Application Development, Business Process Engineering and Infrastructure Engineering, Alliant Technologies has helped many companies evolve their business to take advantage of the power of the Internet. Staffed by a large number of the New York/New Jersey region's best technology consultants, application developers and systems engineers, Alliant Technologies has designed, built, and deployed complete enterprise solutions for a number of fast growing dot.com companies as well as Fortune 1000 enterprises in the financial, consumer products, healthcare, telecommunications and media industries. Alliant Technologies is well versed Versed® Midazolam Pharmacology A preoperative sedative in the area of e-commerce development. Most of our engagements have included front-end development, back-end integration, business process analysis, and performance tuning Performance tuning is the improvement of system performance. This is typically a computer application, but the same methods can be applied to economic markets, bureaucracies or other complex systems. . |
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