ChiCor Inc. Chooses Comdisco for Web Hosting Services.Business Editors/High Tech Writers ROSEMONT, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2001 Comdisco to Provide Web Hosting Services A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to provide their own websites accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server they own for use by their clients as well as providing for 24X7 Access to Web-enabled Financial Management Application and Real-time Portal Access to Data and Software Comdisco (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CDO (Collaborative Data Objects) A programming interface from Microsoft for accessing MAPI-based e-mail, calendaring and scheduling servers. Originally called "OLE Messaging" and "Active Messaging," CDO wraps the Enhanced MAPI library into a COM object that provides the ) today announced that it will provide fully managed Web hosting services for Chicago-based ChiCor, Inc., an I-many company (Nasdaq: IMNY IMNY Internet Marketers of New York ). ChiCor is a leading e-commerce firm which enables companies to plan and track trade promotions, manage the collections process and analyze performance using a Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. for trading partners. Through the service agreement, Comdisco will host ChiCor's primary Web site and provide site management, monitoring and support for its complete Web environment. In addition, Comdisco will provide continuity and availability services to ensure maximum uptime for ChiCor's site. "Given that our customers use our financial management solutions to quickly analyze and understand their financial performance and growth issues, it was critical that we chose a partner with the bandwidth to provide a holistic hosting solution," said ChiCor Executive Vice President Tim Vollman. "We selected Comdisco as our primary hosting partner because of its ability to complement dynamic and complex business environments, as well as Comdisco's proven heritage in continuity and disaster recovery solutions." Allan Graham, president of Comdisco 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. , adds: "Because ChiCor's customers require 24X7 real-time access to critical financial information, they needed an experienced technology partner that could not only house and service their Web requirements, but also provide continuity and availability solutions. ChiCor is committed to continuously enhancing their offerings -- they needed a partner that could quickly scale and keep in step with their growing business-to-business offerings and vertical market reach." Comdisco Web Services offers a high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. hosting solution to both new economy and traditional brick-and-mortar companies with significant e-commerce initiatives. The services include: - Continuous Web-Availability Services, which use a combination of load balancing between geographically distributed primary and alternate sites, high availability techniques for database synchronization and high-speed networking; - ATOP(SM) Services (At-Time-of-Peak), a turnkey solution that immediately delivers additional capacity to meet planned or dynamic peaks in traffic to a customer's site; - And Rapid Recovery and Web Disaster Recovery services, which enable customers to restore their Web presence within a pre-defined time frame, using redundant technology, standby operations and alternate sites. For more information on Comdisco Web Services, call 800.272.9792. About ChiCor ChiCor, Inc., delivers Web-based financial settlement and trade fund management solutions for B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business trading partners. An I-many company (NASDAQ: IMNY), ChiCor's Settlement Suite equips businesses to manage collections and deductions, plan and track trade promotions, manage rebates and claims, and analyze performance. Its SettleLink.Net(SM) Web portal See portal. -- the first B2B site created for collaborative deductions management -- gives trading partners real-time access to data and software to settle exceptions in real time. About Comdisco Comdisco (www.comdisco.com) provides global technology services to help its customers maximize technology functionality, predictability and availability, while freeing them from the complexity of managing their technology. The Rosemont, (IL) company offers a complete suite of information technology services including business continuity, managed web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. , storage, and IT Control and Predictability Solutions(SM). Comdisco offers equipment solutions to key vertical industries, including semiconductor manufacturing and electronic assembly, healthcare, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and manufacturing. Through its Ventures division, Comdisco provides equipment leasing Equipment Leasing is a financing option to lease equipment for a certain amount of time. Leasing Benefits
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