CompuServe Chooses Portal Infranet as Strategic Technology Platform for Expanding its Multi-Service Offering.CUPERTINO, Calif. and COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- March 31, 1997--CompuServe (Nasdaq: CSRV CSRV Civil Service Rifle Volunteers (British) CSRV Coates Spherical Rotary Valves ) today announced that it will license the Infranet platform -- the industry's most comprehensive and flexible customer management and billing system for Internet and online service businesses -- from The Portal Information Network. The highly extensible and scalable Infranet platform will be used to support billing, account tracking and monitoring of core business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets for all of CompuServe's business-to-business and consumer offerings. "CompuServe offers the fullest spectrum of useful business and consumer services Consumer Services refers to the formulation, deformulation, technical consulting and testing of most consumer products, such as food, herbs, beverages, vitamins, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, hair products, household cleaners, [paints, plastics, metals, waxes, coatings, minerals, available online," said Doug Spence n. 1. A place where provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry. In . . . his spence, or "pantry" were hung the carcasses of a sheep or ewe, and two cows lately slaughtered. - Sir W. Scott. , vice president of Technical Operations for CompuServe. "To increase our advantage, we continue to add new services and migrate many existing services to Internet standards See Internet Engineering Task Force. . The ability to centrally view and manage the core business operations of an expanding number of value-added Internet services with one scaleable and agile system is a tremendous competitive strength." The agreement is one of seven related announcements made jointly today by Portal and the world's largest ISPs, online services, and system integrators See systems integrator. who are standardizing on the Portal Infranet platform. "CompuServe has established itself as the pioneer and leader in delivering a rich menu of useful interactive services," said John Little, 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 Portal. "And that is exactly what we designed the Portal Infranet platform to manage. We're very pleased to be a strategic technology partner of CompuServe's. It is a natural fit and, going forward, we think the extensibility and scalability of Infranet will be a big part of CompuServe's success." Using the Infranet Platform, CompuServe will be able to provide many enhanced billing features such as billing customers outside of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. in local currency, providing detailed bills electronically to business customers, and providing CompuServe Interactive (CSi) customers a more user-friendly area for monitoring their bills online in real time. "A key factor in our decision to adopt Infranet was Portal's alliance with Microsoft to run Infranet with the `Normandy' Commercial Internet System," said Denny Mateucci, President of CompuServe's Interactive Services Division. "We were the first interactive service to license this leading technology from Microsoft on which we are building all of our Internet-based products. Infranet offers us a strategic technological advantage as we migrate more and more of our content and services to the Internet." Infranet Platform Advantages Portal's Infranet platform is a software system that lets Internet service businesses manage the entire online subscriber lifecycle for multiple business and home Internet services-from enabling real-time online registration, to setting up policies that control authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. , access, customer event tracking, and the rating and billing of any Internet service event. Infranet's competitive advantages include: -- A real-time activity tracking environment that shows all of an online subscriber's activities and account information across multiple services in a single real-time view -- The industry's most powerful event-rating engine that allows providers to create custom billing rates for any type of service contemplated, even micro-transactions -- An extensible object model software design with published API's (Application Programming Interfaces) for rapid integration of new services -- A parallel processing parallel processing, the concurrent or simultaneous execution of two or more parts of a single computer program, at speeds far exceeding those of a conventional computer. architecture with proven massive scalability to millions of online subscribers -- A powerful three-layer security model to protect credit card numbers and other vital information -- Multiple paths to stored data for high reliability -- Ability to integrate easily with legacy billing systems Infranet delivers all of these advantages as a fast-to-market, off-the-shelf software platform solution designed to make Internet businesses more competitive. About CompuServe Founded in 1969, CompuServe Incorporated provides the world's most comprehensive online/Internet access through its two brands, CSi and SPRYNET. Through CompuServe, its Japanese licensee licensee n. a person given a license by government or under private agreement. (See: license, licensor) LICENSEE. One to whom a license has been given. 1 M. Q. & S. 699 n. NIFTY-Serve and its affiliates around the world, more than 5 million home and business users in more than 185 countries are connected online and to the Internet. CompuServe Network Services manages complex global data communication environments for more than 1,000 corporate customers. With world headquarters in Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital and the largest city of the American state of Ohio. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. , the CompuServe organization includes offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Switzerland and the Netherlands. About The Portal Information Network Headquartered in Cupertino, California, The Portal Information Network develops and markets Internet business software and system software to Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. and service developers. Their 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. is Infranet, the industry's first software platform for Internet services. -0- Note to Editors: This press release relates to BW0076 from earlier today. Portal and the Portal logo are registered trademarks and Infranet, Information Architecture, and The Portal Information Network are trademarks of Portal Information Network, Inc. CompuServe, CSi and SPRYNET are trademarks and/or service marks of CompuServe Incorporated and its affiliates. All other trademarks and service marks referenced above are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Thomas Associates PR Ryan Donovan, 415/596-2700 email: ryan@thomaspr.com or The Portal Information Network John Whitinger, 408/343-4463 email: johnw@corp.portal.com or CompuServe Incorporated William Giles William Giles may refer to:
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