Capital Blue Cross Joins RoweCom Client Base.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1999-- RoweCom Inc. (Nasdaq: ROWE Rowe , Nicholas 1674-1718. English writer whose works include drama, poetry, and an edition of Shakespeare. He was appointed poet laureate in 1715. ), the leading provider of business-to-business e-commerce solutions for managing the acquisition of knowledge resources, today announced Capital Blue Cross as a new client. RoweCom's kLibrary service will be used in Capital Blue Cross's corporate library, enabling its information professionals to purchase knowledge resources on behalf of the company's employees. Through key partnerships with such content providers as barnesandnoble.com, RoweCom has grown its catalog to over 240,000 subscription titles, 3,500 market research reports and millions of books. Capital Blue Cross joins such other prominent health-related institutions as Aurora Healthcare, Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University, mainly at Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins in 1867 had a group of his associates incorporated as the trustees of a university and a hospital, endowing each with $3.5 million. Daniel C. , and Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital Health care The major teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School, widely regarded as one of the best health care centers in the world . "RoweCom is privileged to work with Capital Blue Cross," said Dr. Richard Rowe, 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 RoweCom. "The healthcare industry is highly dependent on timely, trusted information, and our premier content and services are designed with these requirements in mind. kLibrary is an outstanding fit for Capital Blue Cross's knowledge needs and we look forward to serving them." About RoweCom Inc. A first mover in business-to-business e-commerce, RoweCom Inc. develops and operates Web-based services that enable businesses to manage the acquisition of knowledge resources such as magazines, newspapers, journals and books. RoweCom's flagship services, Knowledge Store (kStore) and Knowledge Library (kLibrary), provide new levels of control, convenience, and cost-savings, allowing companies to order, pay for and manage 240,000 subscription titles and 3,500 market research reports online as well as millions of discounted books via RoweCom partner barnesandnoble.com. With clients ranging from Fortune 1000 companies to academic libraries, RoweCom serves organizations with intensive knowledge requirements and high-volume purchases. The publicly-held company (Nasdaq: ROWE) is headquartered in Cambridge, Mass. and has numerous offices across North America, Europe and Australia. RoweCom focuses on knowledge intensive industries such as professional services, financial services, health services and high technology. RoweCom's over 20,000 clients include industry leaders such as PricewaterhouseCoopers, Arthur Andersen, Ernst & Young, KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol Prudential Securities, John Hancock, Charles Schwab (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : SCH), Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB), BASF BASF Bar Association of San Francisco (since 1872; San Francisco, California) BASF Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (German chemical products company) BASF Builders Association of South Florida (GF: BAS), Hewlett Packard (NYSE: HWP), Owens Corning (NYSE: OWC), First Union (NYSE: FTU), Aurora Healthcare and Johns Hopkins University. RoweCom also has an impressive partner list that includes barnesandnoble.com (Nasdaq: BNBN), NewsEdge (Nasdaq: NEWZ), Ariba (Nasdaq: ARBA), Commerce One (Nasdaq: CMRC CMRC Canadian Motosport Racing Club CMRC Commerce One Inc. (stock symbol) CMRC Caribbean Marine Research Center CMRC Crime Mapping Research Center CMRC Credit Management Research Centre (UK) ) and Sun-Netscape Alliance. About Capital Blue Cross Capital Blue Cross is the leading health insurance company in Central Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley. Headquartered in Harrisburg, PA, CBC (1) (Cell Broadcast Center) See cell broadcast. (2) (Cipher Block Chaining) In cryptography, a mode of operation that combines the ciphertext of one block with the plaintext of the next block. offers a variety of group, individual and complementary products to its 1.4 million customers in a 21-county area. As one of the most financially sound Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in the nation, CBC is committed to offering the best value in health care at competitive prices and has been serving its customers for more than 60 years. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release may contain forward-looking statements made under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. All forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. RoweCom's actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the company's SEC filings. |
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