BrightStores Integrates StrikeIron's Sales and Use Tax Web Service for e-Commerce Shopping Cart Applications; Provides Brightstores' Customers with Real-Time Access to Accurate Sales Tax Information.RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , N.C. -- StrikeIron Inc., provider of the Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. Marketplace, today announced that BrightStores has integrated StrikeIron's Tax Data Systems Sales and Use Tax Sales and use tax refers to:
postcode, ZIP code, ZIP code - a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. or Canada. Because the data is delivered via a Web service and StrikeIron continuously updates the source database, BrightStores never has to reintegrate re·in·te·grate tr.v. re·in·te·grat·ed, re·in·te·grat·ing, re·in·te·grates To restore to a condition of integration or unity. re updated tax data into their shopping cart application. "With StrikeIron's Sales & Use Tax Web service, our customers simply enter a ZIP code zip code System of postal-zone codes (zip stands for “zone improvement plan”) introduced in the U.S. in 1963 to improve mail delivery and exploit electronic reading and sorting capabilities. and instantly receive the real-time, accurate sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. rate," said Dan Halama, President of BrightStores. "By integrating with Web services we are able to save our customers time, effort, and money, yet always deliver the most accurate sales tax rate." Bright Stores provides scalable Company Store solutions for the promotional products industry. Their stores include a wide variety of activated features, which meet the demanding needs of both smaller and larger clients. With the StrikeIron Sales and Use Tax Web Service, they were able to seamlessly add live data into to their application by simply connecting to the web service to extract the data it provides. BrightStores ecommerce merchants only pay for the sales and use tax data for the customers that buy from their stores and they no longer have to worry about maintaining an up-to-date database of sales and use tax rates. "StrikeIron's growth is being fueled by software vendors recognizing the value of integrating Web services into their applications. We are dedicated to providing the most reliable and trusted Web services on the market today, as well as making it easy for our software partners to integrate these Web services into their own applications," said Bob Brauer, President and 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 StrikeIron. "Reducing complexity and providing more functionality quickly, as well as providing an additional revenue stream, will help our software partners find success with our Web Services Marketplace." About BrightStores BrightStores e-commerce products have been designed and built by former distributors (with the help of some really smart technical guys) specifically for the promotional products industry. We understand your business, speak your language and believe our product addresses the unique needs of custom decorating and the custom decorating online ordering process. For more information, visit www.brightstores.com. About StrikeIron StrikeIron is the leader in the commercialization of Web Services, providing the world's largest library of externally available plug-and-play Web services. Built on top of a sophisticated, yet easy-to-use Web Services Commerce Platform, the Marketplace serves as a place for providers and consumers of XML-based Web services to publish, subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; , and build applications and Web sites using a diverse set of Web services. Enabling a business model for the Programmable Web, the core technology provides self-service publishing and consumption of Web services, micro-transactions and usage-based billing, software infrastructure, multiple productivity tools, seamless integration for both individual customers and software technology partners, and a consistency of usage from multiple Web services across multiple vendors. The Aurora Funds, Inc. and NC IDEA provided funding for StrikeIron after recognizing the significant opportunity to invest in a technology firm leading innovation of the Programmable Web and Web 2.0. For more information, visit www.strikeiron.com. |
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