ClickThings, Inc., a New Technology Company, Enables Leading Companies to Offer a Personalized Web Presence to Their Small Business Customers.Business Editors, Hi-Tech Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--February 16, 2000 ClickThings, Inc., an Internet technology company, today officially announced its launch (http://www.ClickThings.com). ClickThings' proprietary technology enables leading companies and organizations the ability to offer their small-to-medium-sized business customers a Sponsor-branded Web site solution. ClickThings technology empowers the end-user to create a professionally designed business Web site combined with a suite of e-commerce capabilities. ClickThings has raised a total of $16.6 million in venture capital. Investors include Psilos Group, Paine Webber Paine Webber and Company was an American stock brokerage firm that was acquired by the Swiss bank UBS AG in 2000. The company was founded in 1880 in Boston, Massachusetts, by William Alfred Paine and Wallace G. Webber. Group, Inc., Holden Ventures, Chase Capital Partners, members of the Rudin family, and the New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Investment Fund along with Henry Kravis Henry R. Kravis is an American business financier and investor, notable for co-founding and heading the leading private equity firm, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR). With an estimated current net worth of around $5. , David Rockefeller David Rockefeller, Sr. (born June 12, 1915) is a prominent American banker, philanthropist, world statesman, and the current patriarch of the Rockefeller family. He is the youngest and only surviving child and grandchild, respectively, of the prominent philanthropist John D. , Jerome Chazen, Perry Golkin, Michael Lobdell, Henry M. Paulson, Joseph Reich, Steve Reich, Steve (Stephen Michael Reich), 1936–, American composer, b. New York City. A well-known exponent of minimalism, he attended Cornell (B.A., 1957), the Julliard School of Music (1958–61), and Mills College (M.A. Robert, William C. Rudin, and Richard Salomon. &uot;ClickThings meets the needs of small businesses who want to build or upgrade their Web sites with professionally designed sites without the `professionally designed' price tag,&uot; said John Underwood This article is about the early 17th century actor. For the U.S. Representative from Georgia, see John W. H. Underwood. John Underwood (d. October 1624) was an early 17th century actor, a member of the King's Men, the company of William Shakespeare. , Chief Executive Officer and President, ClickThings, Inc. &uot;We enable sponsors to deliver the most cost-effective, intelligent Web solution to their small business customers, complete with interactive content and e-commerce capabilities.&uot; ClickThings has formed &uot;Sponsor&uot; relationships with leading organizations, including MasterCard International, BusinessWeek Online, Crain's New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Business, Expert Practice.com, USLaw.com, and Riley Sales, Inc. ClickThings' proprietary technology enables Sponsors to offer superior, Web-based solutions to their customers. This helps Sponsors strengthen relationships with customers, promote their company brands to current and new customers, and generate new sources of revenue. By utilizing ClickThings' technology, Sponsors are able to deliver their small-to-medium-sized business customers the ability to easily establish and manage a cost-effective, professional, customizable, and comprehensive Web presence with full e-commerce capabilities. The technology provides unique applications, including: -- A simple point-and-click interface that is easy to use, even for the non-technical user -- A questionnaire-based interface that enables the end-user to quickly and easily generate a customized Web site solution, including relevant, industry-specific text and images -- 1+ billion different design combinations and high-quality photo library that provide full creative expression and the ability to enhance the Web site on an ongoing basis -- Comprehensive e-commerce capabilities that provide the opportunity to promote and sell products 24/7 -- Specialized tools that help a business to manage its day-to-day operations - from email and fax services to currency converters ClickThings, Inc. - Headquartered in New York City's Silicon Alley An area in New York that has become known for its companies devoted to multimedia and the Internet. It is located in Manhattan's "Soho" district, which does not stand for Small Office Home Office, rather it is SOuth of HOuston Street. , wired at 110 Wall Street, ClickThings, Inc. is an Internet technology company that combines an innovative server-based platform with solid business logic to help companies and organizations effectively compete in today's rapidly evolving Internet economy The Internet Economy refers to conducting business through markets whose infrastructure is based on the Internet and World-Wide Web. An Internet economy differs from a traditional economy in a number of ways, including: communication, market segmentation, distribution costs, and price. . ClickThings helps businesses use the Web to understand their customers' needs, deliver superior value-added solutions, strengthen customer relationships, and pursue new revenue opportunities. In addition to Sponsors, current Partners include Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Outblaze and Powersys. ClickThings has established technology relationships with companies such as Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Oracle, Frontier GlobalCenter, F5 Networks, Storage Networks, RealMedia, Portal, and Affina. ClickThings, Inc. will launch additional Web-based products and services throughout 2000, including further business Web solutions and extranet solutions to facilitate communication and direct e-commerce services between companies and their partners, vendors, and customers. ClickThings' products and services support the company's mission of becoming the dominant content manager for Web-based materials and creating distribution channels for server-based content inclusive of media and applications. |
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