Clarus and Interliant First to Offer Hosted eProcurement Solution.ATLANTA and PURCHASE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 1999-- Subscription-based Offering to Accelerate Adoption of Web Purchasing Solution As a result of an alliance announced today between Clarus Corporation (Nasdaq:CLRS CLRS Center for Labor Research and Studies CLRS Central Launch and Recovery Section CLRS Claims Legal Research System ), a leading business-to-business (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 ) e-commerce solution provider, and Interliant, Inc. (Nasdaq:INIT), a leading application service provider (ASP) and 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. company, organizations can now 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"; Clarus(TM) eProcurement software on a monthly basis. Interliant will market, sell, host and manage the Clarus(TM) eProcurement application for organizations of all sizes interested in outsourcing their online procurement systems. This is the first time Clarus has offered its eProcurement product through an ASP. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. International Data Corporation, the worldwide market for Internet-based commerce procurement applications will experience tremendous growth, increasing from $147 million in 1998 to $5.34 billion in 2003. Today's announcement enables both Interliant and Clarus to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. this burgeoning opportunity. In addition to leveraging the Interliant sales channel, Clarus can now tap into Interliant's large base of more than 1,300 application hosting customers. In turn, Interliant will be able to expand its growing portfolio of Microsoft hosting solutions and e-business offerings. Clarus and Interliant will offer the electronic procurement application through a "zero capital" pricing model. This means companies pay nothing up front for the service. Instead they pay a monthly subscription fee covering all hardware, software, implementation and support costs. "By managing and maintaining the hardware and network infrastructure, ASP pioneer Interliant can provide companies with faster rollout of business applications, simplified adoption of new technologies, reduced technology risk and lowered cost of ownership," said Steve Hornyak, vice president of Strategy and Business Development for Clarus. "Alliances like this one showcase our company's outreach into the ASP industry to capitalize on today's convergence of Web-based application See Web application. technology and existing infrastructure. Interliant's industry expertise and hosting program for Clarus eProcurement are part of our innovative channel strategy designed for aggressive market penetration Noun 1. market penetration - the extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular market penetration - the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women" to companies of all sizes." "By aligning with Clarus, we're offering our customers access to a one-stop shop One-Stop Shop A company or a location that offers a multitude of services to a client or a customer. The idea is to provide convenient and efficient service and also to create the opportunity for the company to sell more products to clients and customers. for a powerful hosted e-business solution," said Jim Lidestri, president of Interliant. "Clarus' industry-leading eProcurement product, coupled with our heritage in hosting applications will enable customers to realize immediate value from this mission-critical application, including the potential to save up to 50 percent in online transactions." Clarus and Interliant are executive members of the ASP Industry Consortium (Application Service Provider Industry Consortium, Wakefield, MA) A now disbanded trade organization founded in 1999 dedicated to research and standards in the application service provider (ASP) industry. , an international advocacy group dedicated to fostering greater understanding of and guidelines for the emerging application service provider segment of the computer industry. The Consortium strives to create open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced and guidelines, as well as common definitions for the ASP industry as a whole. For more information about the Clarus eProcurement and Interliant solution, companies can visit the Clarus Corporation Web site at www.claruscorp.com or the Interliant Web site at http://www.interliant.com/ecommerce. About Interliant Interliant, Inc. (www.interliant.com) is a leading provider of Web site hosting, application hosting and enhanced Internet services. These services enable customers of all sizes to capitalize on the latest Web-based technologies quickly and cost-effectively by relieving them of the burdens associated with building, managing and maintaining the infrastructure required to support mission-critical applications. By offering a comprehensive suite of hosting and IT consulting services including, virtual, dedicated, co-location hosting solutions, and application and groupware hosting, Interliant is able to meet the needs of any size business and to grow with its customers. Interliant currently has three primary state of the art data centers located in Atlanta, Houston and the Washington D.C. area. The Company's corporate headquarters are located in Purchase, New York Purchase, New York is a hamlet of the town of Harrison, in Westchester County. Its Zip code is 10577. Purchase is home to Purchase College, which is part of the State University of New York system, Manhattanville College, a private liberal arts college, and the headquarters . About Clarus Atlanta-based Clarus Corporation (www.claruscorp.com) (NASDAQ: CLRS) is a leader in providing B2B e-commerce (Business to Business Electronic-COMMERCE) Refers to one business selling to another business via the Web. See e-commerce. applications that enable organizations to gain control of their operational resources, including non-production goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. . The Clarus Commerce solution leverages Web technology and channel partners to connect large populations of employees, management and suppliers with continuous planning, monitoring and control of resources, which can result in a dramatic impact on the bottom line. Clarus delivers its e-commerce solutions via direct and indirect channels and offers innovative "zero capital" pricing models to service very large to medium and small sized companies. The company's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Clarus eProcurement, is being used at more than 20 sites for customers including MasterCard International, MetLife, First Data Corporation, Hyatt Regency and Parsons Brinckerhoff, with planned deployment to more than 120,000 employees. NOTE TO EDITORS: THIS PRESS RELEASE CONTAINS FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 27A OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND SECTION 21E OF THE EXCHANGE ACT. ACTUAL RESULTS COULD DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE PROJECTED IN THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AS A RESULT OF CERTAIN RISKS INCLUDING THAT THE BUSINESS OR PROSPECTS EXPECTED BY THE COMPANIES AS A RESULT OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT MAY NOT OCCUR. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS CONTAINED IN THIS PRESS RELEASE ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO OTHER RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES, INCLUDING THOSE DISCUSSED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-1, THE QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 1999, AND OTHER FILINGS MADE BY THE RESPECTIVE COMPANIES WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. Interliant is a registered trademark of Interliant, Inc. Throughout this release, software and hardware products are mentioned by name. In most, if not all, cases, these product names are claimed as trademarks by the companies that manufacture the products. It is not our intention to claim these names or trademarks as our own. |
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