Computer-products Distributor Ingram Micro to Offer Internet Commerce On Behalf of Its Resellers, Reports InternetWeek.MANHASSET, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 1998--Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : IM), the $16.5-billion computer-products distributor, is planning to take its extranet and Internet commerce strategy to a new level by hosting "and at least partially funding" branded transaction sites on behalf of its computer-reseller customers, 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. an exclusive story posted online today by InternetWeek (http://www.internetwk.com). CMP CMP (cytidine monophosphate): see cytosine. (1) (CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, NY, www.cmp.com) Part of United Business Media, CMP is a leading integrated media company that offers a wide variety of publications and services in the information Media's IP networking and computing newspaper reports that the effort is aimed at keeping otherwise fickle fick·le adj. Characterized by erratic changeableness or instability, especially with regard to affections or attachments; capricious. [Middle English fikel, from Old English ficol, resellers, who aggressively shop multiple distributors for the best price, in the Ingram fold by making it easier for them to conduct business in a low-cost Internet environment. Coupled with other market-leading initiatives, the strategy elevates Ingram to the ranks of bellwether Bellwether A leading indicator of trends. Notes: A bellwether stock is a stock that is used to gauge the performance of the market in general. General Motors was an example of a bellwether stock, hence the saying "What's good for GM is good for America. E-commerce players 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. and Dell Computer. "Key to the strategy is a packaged Internet electronic-commerce application," writes Editor at Large John Evan John Evan (born John Spencer Evans, 28 March 1948, in Blackpool, Lancashire) played keyboards for Jethro Tull from April to December 1970, and then from January 1971 to June 1980. Frook. Ingram is expected to announce next Tuesday, July 14, a deal to license Open Market Inc.'s Transact server and database software for use by value-added resellers (VARs). The licensing deal will enable resellers to offer their end-user customers real-time inventory, sales-tax calculation, 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. , shipping and personalization Custom tailoring information to the individual. On the Web, personalization means returning a page that has been customized for the user, taking into consideration that person's habits and preferences. on their own branded site. "Our Open Market strategy includes both an end-to-end turnkey solution, and also breaking certain portions of the Transact solution out and putting them into reseller environments where the reseller already has some Web-site activity," David Carlson, Ingram senior vice president and chief technology officer, told InternetWeek. Ingram will provide VARs with Internet commerce services from its own hosted intranet application, but all interface with end users will present the VAR's identity. Expanding on today's Web summary, at http://www.internetwk.com, Frook's full report will appear in InternetWeek's July 13 issue. InternetWeek provides news, reviews, case studies and business analysis to 215,000 information-technology buyers focused on the Internet, corporate networks, intranets and extranets. The newspaper's award-winning coverage focuses on electronic commerce, intranet applications, clients and servers, bandwidth developments, security management and business news. 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