Cable & Wireless Provides 2Way Web Services to Factiva; Cable & Wireless' 2Transact and 2Deliver Web Services Ensure Enhanced Performance for Factiva.com.Business Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 2002 Cable & Wireless (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CWP CWP Coal workers' pneumoconiosis, see there ), the global telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. group, announced today an agreement with Factiva(TM), a Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance & Reuters Reuters British cooperative news agency. Founded in 1851 by Paul Julius Reuter, it was initially concerned with commercial news but began to serve a growing newspaper clientele after the London Morning Advertiser subscribed in 1858. Company, to provide 2Way 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. (TM) to support Factiva's new Web-based global news and business information service, Factiva.com. Factiva selected Cable & Wireless to deliver Factiva content, which in total, appears on more than 1.5 million corporate desktops worldwide. Cable & Wireless' 2Way Web Services enable Factiva to leverage the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the to its fullest potential to increase revenue, reduce costs and provide industry-leading Web-based news and information services See Information Systems. to partners and customers. Factiva is using Cable & Wireless' 2Transact An earlier e-commerce system for the Web from Open Market that included order capture and secure order fulfillment using credit cards, ecash and other payment systems. It included customer service and subscription administration capabilities as well as an integrated database for reporting (TM) and 2Deliver(TM) services, which provide reliable and secure Web infrastructure and services that scale to meet the needs of Factiva.com's growing user base and improve the performance of its online business services. Exodus Exodus (ĕk`sədəs), book of the Bible, 2d of the 5 books of the Law (the Pentateuch or Torah) ascribed by tradition to Moses. The book continues the story of the ancestors of Israel in Egypt, now grown in number to a large landless , a Cable & Wireless Service, the organization formed by the integration of Digital Island with the Exodus business, will deliver the services. 2Transact services provide a scalable, reliable and secure environment for delivering Factiva's global news and business information, which includes the Dow Jones and Reuters Newswires and The Wall Street Journal, plus nearly 8,000 other sources from around the world. These sources provide current news, historical articles, local-language articles, market research and investment analyst reports and stock quotes. The 2Deliver services improve the performance of Factiva's Web site and other online business information services by bypassing the typical congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. points of the public Internet and delivering Factiva's news and business information worldwide with the highest performance possible. This enables Factiva to provide even better service to its customers worldwide who are accessing information from more than 900 non-English sources and content in 22 languages from 118 countries not available on the free Web. "Factiva's global customer base requires reliable delivery of critical news and business information so they can monitor their customers, competitors and markets," said Stacey Gelman, chief product officer for Factiva. "Cable & Wireless allows us to provide top performance to our customers, which makes their business intelligence monitoring and researching transactions as effective and productive as possible." "Cable & Wireless meets Factiva's needs by offering a fast, reliable and secure end-user experience," Charles Picasso, chief commercial officer, Exodus, a Cable & Wireless Service. "For Factiva to maintain its momentum as a rapidly growing global company and effectively meet the needs of its customers around the world, it's imperative to have the right Internet infrastructure provider, enabling profitable e-business transactions, reduced costs and the ability to develop deeper customer relationships." Factiva's Web site supports thousands of visitors each day who go to the site to obtain information about Factiva's services and to log in to the various online information services that Factiva offers. Factiva.com is a Web-based service providing companies with powerful tools for researching and monitoring business news and information from a unique collection of world-class content. 2Transact services include distributed hosting and global private network services that enable storage and delivery of Factiva's news and information services and execute online transactions and interactions in a high-performance and secure environment. 2Deliver services address the need for fast response time by using Cable & Wireless' content delivery network, which includes patented Best Distributor Selection (BDS BDS abbr. Bachelor of Dental Surgery BDS Bachelor of Dental Surgery BDS n abbr (= Bachelor of Dental Surgery) → tÃtulo universitario BDS ) technology, allowing end-viewers' requests to be directed to the most optimal content distributor. "Optimal" is determined by factors such as the conditions of the Internet, the Internet, the, international computer network linking together thousands of individual networks at military and government agencies, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, industrial and financial corporations of all sizes, and commercial enterprises load status of content distributors and the network location of the end-viewer requesting the content. About Factiva Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company, provides world-class global news and business information through its Web sites and content integration solutions. Factiva's mission is to be the indispensable provider of business information and customized solutions, which inspire its customers' best business decisions, globally and locally. Factiva's business information includes Dow Jones and Reuters Newswires, The Wall Street Journal, and nearly 8,000 other sources from around the world, plus 9,000 business-related Web sites. These sources provide current news, historical articles, local-language articles, market research and investment analyst reports, and stock quotes. Customer service is key to Factiva's success. With 47 offices in 28 countries and customer help desks covering Europe, Asia and the Americas, the company is committed to ensuring that customers in every part of the world receive the service they require. For more information visit: www.factiva.com/press About Cable & Wireless Cable & Wireless is a major global telecommunications business with revenue of over (pound)8 billion (US$11 billion) in the year to 31 March 2001 and customers in 70 countries and consists of two core and complementary divisions: Cable & Wireless Regional and Cable & Wireless Global. Cable & Wireless Regional offers a full range of telecommunications services In telecommunication, the term telecommunications service has the following meanings: 1. Any service provided by a telecommunication provider. 2. in 27 countries around the world. Cable & Wireless Global's focus for future growth is on IP (internet protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. ) and data services and solutions for business customers. It is developing advanced IP networks and value-added services A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. in the US, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region in support of this strategy. With the capability of its global IP infrastructure and its financial strength, Cable & Wireless holds a unique position in terms of global coverage and services to business customers. For more information about Cable & Wireless, go to www.cw.com. Important Notice: 2Way Web Services, 2Transact services, 2Deliver services and 2Manage services are trademarks of Cable and Wireless. All other marks are property of their respective owners. |
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