Concentric Chooses Portera's Online Business Offering for Its Small- and Medium-Sized Business Customers.Technology, Internet, Finance and E-commerce Editors CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2000 Online Business Services Will Make Life Easier for Concentric Gateway Users Portera (www.portera.com), the leader in outsourced business infrastructure for consulting organizations, today announced a partnership with Concentric Network Corporation (Nasdaq: CNCX), a leading provider of e-business solutions for growing companies, to provide online business services for small- and medium-sized businesses. 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. the Yankee Group (the Yankee Group, Boston, MA, www.yankeegroup.com) A major market research, analysis and consulting firm founded in 1970 by Howard Anderson. It provides general consulting and strategic planning in the computer and communications field. , there are over 8 million small businesses in 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. today. These traditionally under-served businesses typically face the challenge of growing quickly and efficiently with a limited amount of resources. In response, Concentric has designed an online destination called Concentric Gateway(TM), which enables these customers to use the Internet to address their business needs through access to a comprehensive collection of task-specific e-business solutions. Users of Concentric's new site for small- and medium-sized businesses no longer have to worry about the following issues thanks to Portera: The Challenge - Remote and Mobile Workers Away from Administrative Help The Solution - Portera's Online Document Center Remote, mobile and office-based personnel can submit documents electronically through the Portera Online Document Center and have presentations, business plans or bound reports color copied and delivered to them the next day, anywhere in the U.S. The Challenges - Streamlining Communications Between Remote Employees Working On The Same Project/Expensive Software Packages That Require Extensive Customization and Training The Solution - Portera Tracker Tracker makes physical distance between office-based, remote and mobile workers, and client team members irrelevant. It is a Web-based tracking application designed to help track issues, responsibilities and status for any project, regardless of the project's nature, number of locations or how many team members are involved. Tracker enables team members to input and manage tasks and issues, including individual responsibilities, deadlines and status. It also automatically notifies new and existing team members of assigned tasks and directs them to a private URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. for more details. Tracker can be up and running within minutes and all project information can be accessed using just a browser. Tracker is available for only $10 per month for each live project. There is no limit to the number of team members per project or the number of projects that each organization can set up. Challenge - Finding New Employees/Partners For Projects Solution - Portera ConsultLink ConsultLink is the largest directory of high-tech consultants and consulting firms on the Web. It provides a cost-effective marketplace for firms to find new business leads and potential partners for current projects, as well as a method to find new employees. The ConsultLink directory has more than 24,000 high-tech consultants with expertise in all areas related to computer technology including business strategy, marketing, design, implementation, support, recruiting, and more. &uot;From hiring new employees to implementing projects and copying documents, Portera has an offering specifically tailored for streamlining communications and making life easier for business professionals,&uot; said Donna Nims, market development manager for Concentric. &uot;Having geographically dispersed employees is no longer a barrier to achieving time and efficiency savings. Portera's offering will be a powerful resource for the small- and medium-sized businesses using Concentric Gateway.&uot; Gary Steele Gary Steele is an British professional wrestler who has competed in European and North American promotions and has been a popular longtime mainstay of NWA UK Hammerlock since the mid-1990s. , 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 Portera, said, &uot;Our suite of online business services and applications were used by over 40,000 businesses in 1999. We will be launching a whole host of additional services in 2000 that will enable businesses to outsource other core competencies to enable them to concentrate on the work that makes them money.&uot; About Concentric Network Corporation Concentric Network Corporation provides complete Internet business solutions for small- and medium-sized enterprises, including DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary access, 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. and e-commerce. The company also offers data center services, virtual private networks, dedicated access, and application infrastructure services for delivering applications over the Internet or a VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. . Concentric's services are offered through a nationwide network of data centers and a private, nationwide ATM network. All Concentric services are backed by 24/7 customer care and most include service level agreements. Publicly traded (NASDAQ: CNCX), Concentric is headquartered in San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. with operations in Irvine, Calif., Chicago, Ill., St. Louis, Mo., Saginaw, Mich. and Secaucus, N.J. For more information, visit www.concentric.net or contact Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most at publicrelations@concentric.com. About Portera Portera is the only company to provide the integrated, Web-hosted application and business services that consulting firms and professional service organizations need to effectively outsource their business infrastructure. Consulting organizations worldwide - including Vodaphone AirTouch Communications (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand ), E.piphany Inc. (Nasdaq: EPNY) and Baan Company N.V. (Nasdaq: BAANF; Amsterdam: BAAN) - choose to focus on their core business of serving clients by outsourcing their business infrastructures using Portera's secure, Web-hosted Professional Services Automation See PSA. (PSA (Professional Services Automation) An information system designed to organize, track and manage all opportunities, work, resources, costs, revenues and invoices to improve the productivity and efficiency of the workforce. ) application suite and integrated, people-driven business services. In addition to enterprise application services and business services such as accounting, training, administrative assistance and document production, Portera also provides a professional marketplace, complete with an online research center and consultant directory, to connect its customers with outside resources and expertise. For more information, please contact Richard Smotkin at 212-741-5106 ext. 31 or rsmotkin@yeahwhatever.com or visit the Portera Website at www.portera.com. |
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