CobWeb and STEP Technology Join Forces To Offer A Best-of-Breed Solution For Commerce, Content and Community Outsourcing.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2000 CobWeb (1) A Web page that has not been updated in a long time. (2) A Web page that is rarely downloaded because the references to it are obscure or the subject is simply uninteresting. , the Pacific Northwest's leading E-Commerce Application Service Provider, and STEP Technology, a leader in developing mission critical, scalable eBusiness software solutions, today announced a strategic marketing alliance designed to offer end-to-end Web site development and hosting. The alliance creates a one-stop-shop for medium and large companies to get the very best in sophisticated, outsourced, hosted solutions. "Our customers continue to request more than just e-commerce functionality," said Richard Lancaster, CobWeb 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. , "so we need to be able to offer a more complete suite of state-of-the-art solutions for content management, community building and customer relationship management. Our partnership with STEP is designed to do just that." STEP and CobWeb intend to jointly sell their combined capabilities across the country. Both companies enjoy a strong presence on the West coast, with a Who's Who Who’s Who biographical dictionary of notable living people. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 922] See : Fame client base. Richard Lancaster states, "The synergies between our existing offerings were evident. STEP is one of the most respected Partner level Microsoft Certified Solution Providers today, and CobWeb's E-$torefront is also built on the latest Microsoft technologies." Keith Kullberg, STEP CEO continues, "Consequently we are able to jointly develop extensions to CobWeb's existing platform that will provide clients with all of the functionality they may need." CobWeb and STEP have already been working closely together on extending the E-$torefront platform. Some of STEP's 80 Internet engineers A person responsible for developing and maintaining the infrastructure that supports the public Web site, intranet and associated LANs and WANs. May be involved in developing transaction-based applications for e-commerce. See e-commerce engineer. have been hard at work developing aspects of the core offering alongside the CobWeb development team. This is a movement both companies would like to accelerate. The result of the marketing alliance and joint development effort promises to be a significantly enhanced, industrial strength, hosted solution for the mid-market that will provide a cost effective alternative to internally built websites. "At the end of the day," continued Lancaster, "this partnership is about delivering significant value to our clients. We believe that outsourcing non core competence Core competence Primary area of expertise. Narrowly defined fields or tasks at which a company or business excels. Primary areas of specialty. application development and hosting to the experts is clearly the best economic choice for most companies today." About CobWeb Founded in 1994, CobWeb is a leading E-Commerce Application Service Provider in the mid-sized company marketplace. CobWeb's E-$torefront provides B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business and B2C (Business to Consumer) Refers to a business communicating with or selling to an individual rather than a company. See B2B. merchants with a sophisticated turnkey solution that includes complete site development, hosting, order management and real-time transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. . E-$torefront keeps costs under control, frees up internal resources, and helps merchants realize a greater return on investment. E-$torefront customers include Microsoft, VitaminLife.com, BandMerchandise.com, ADIC, Tacoma Screw, Hilo Hattie Clarissa "Clara" Haili (stage name Hilo Hattie) (October 28,1901–December 12,1979) was a Hawaiian singer, hula dancer, actress and comedian. She was a featured perfomer with Harry Owens' Royal Hawaiian Orchestra; she toured the world with them and performed in their , CarToys, Cahners, Information Week and many more. About STEP Technology STEP is a leading Northwest Internet software development firm (rated Number One by Media Inc. in April 1999 and Microsoft's PacWest District General Manager Award 1999). STEP has established a strong track record for developing advanced, high performance, scalable Internet applications using advanced Microsoft technologies. With over 130 employees (80+ Internet domain experts), STEP serves clients nationally from its Development Center in Portland. STEP recently opened Development Centers in Seattle and Denver and has fully operational development teams in all three of their locations. Notable clients include netLibrary, 800.com, AON/Risknet Worldwide, Northwest Evaluation Association, Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) is the primary public broadcasting network for most of Oregon as well as southern Washington, with (as of 2006) over one million viewers throughout that region and an average of over 380,000 radio listeners each week. and Gear.com. |
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