Concentric Network and ScreamingMedia Expand Relationship.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2000 Concentric will now offer ScreamingMedia content as value-added service for Concentric Gateway(TM) customers ScreamingMedia is providing content to the Concentric Gateway(TM) site Concentric Network Corporation(TM) (Nasdaq: CNCX), a leading provider of e-business solutions for growing companies, and ScreamingMedia (http://www.screamingmedia.com/), a leading aggregator and e-distributor of content to Web sites, have expanded their relationship. Under the agreement, Concentric will join ScreamingMedia's alliance program. Small and medium-sized businesses that use the Concentric Gateway(TM) site to build and maintain their Web sites will have the option of adding custom-filtered, real-time content from ScreamingMedia. In addition, ScreamingMedia is providing content to the Concentric Gateway(TM) Web site. ScreamingMedia aggregates, filters, and integrates content from hundreds of brand-name providers directly into subscriber sites, increasing the frequency of user visits, creating &uot;stickier&uot; Web sites and giving users a more robust experience. Concentric Gateway(TM) will enhance their solution offering with content from ScreamingMedia. Clients will be able to add content that is relevant to their audiences either through ready-made filters such as healthcare business, insurance, real estate and entertainment, or through custom-built filters that meet the customer's unique needs. ScreamingMedia content will also be used on Concentric Gateway(TM). End-users seeking solutions will be able to read content pertinent to small and medium-sized businesses, as well as see the ScreamingMedia service in action. Kevin Clark Kevin Clark is an assistant men's basketball coach at the University of Rhode Island. He is probably most well-known for his stint as the head coach at St. John's during the 2003–2004 season. , 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 ScreamingMedia said, &uot;Because ScreamingMedia is focused on helping Web sites grow through the use of customized content, our partnership with Concentric Network, a leader in building e-businesses, is a natural fit.&uot; Mr. Clark added, &uot;We are delighted to welcome Concentric into our alliance program, which will allow their customers to get content that interests the targeted audiences they're trying to reach. We look forward to helping them enrich their site with content relevant to their many users.&uot; &uot;We are so impressed with the quality and content of ScreamingMedia's news feeds that we are using the service ourselves in addition to providing it as a value-added service A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. to our customers via our new Web site, Concentric Gateway,&uot; said Donna Nims, market development manager for Concentric Network. &uot;By providing news feeds relevant to the small and medium-sized businesses using our site, it will enrich their experience as well as introduce them to new ways they can utilize similar content to help make their own Web sites successful and drive repeat visits.&uot; About ScreamingMedia ScreamingMedia is a leading aggregator and distributor of real-time content on the Web. Using proprietary harvesting and filtering technology, ScreamingMedia aggregates content from a wide array of both traditional and new media publishers and streams more than half a million pieces of content monthly to hundreds of large and small Web sites, including AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. , Microsoft, Healtheon and 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. . The ScreamingMedia solution drives traffic and increases the &uot;stickiness&uot; of Web sites with continuously updated, customized content from hundreds of the world's leading publishers including The 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 Times Syndicate, Business Wire, Red Herring Red Herring A preliminary registration statement that must be filed with the SEC describing a new issue of stock (IPO) and the prospects of the issuing company. Notes: , and UPI UPI abbr. United Press International . The company is based in 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. and has over 100 employees. It was founded in 1993 by Alan Ellman, ScreamingMedia's President. Its Chairman of the Board is Jay Chiat, co-founder of Chiat/Day. 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 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, CA with operations in Irvine, CA, Chicago, IL, St. Louis, MO, Saginaw, MI and Secaucus, N.J. For more information, visit (http://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. |
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