Convio Partners with Award-Winning Web Crossing to Provide Market-Leading Tools for Building Strong Online Communities.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2004 Web Crossing Is Latest Addition to Convio's Solutions Partner Program and Popular Choice Among Top Nonprofits and Universities Convio Inc. today announced a new partnership with award-winning Web Crossing Inc. to provide nonprofits and higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. institutions with the market-leading Internet tools for building strong online communities. Convio is the top provider of software and services to help nonprofits use the Internet for developing strong constituent relationships that drive fundraising, marketing, advocacy and other forms of support. Organizations using Convio can now add Web Crossing's Internet tools for online discussion boards, chat rooms, "blogs" and email lists to their Web sites. In turn, constituents can connect and communicate directly with each other -- the foundation for building an online community. An online community is a powerful vehicle for engaging constituents because it increases exposure to a nonprofit's mission, fosters affinity with the group and primes supporters to donate, sign a petition or take other supportive action. Web Crossing is the latest company to join Convio's growing Solutions Partner Program (online auction company, cMarket, also joined recently -- for more information, see http://www.convio.com/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=2601186). The program, designed to offer choice to nonprofits without sacrificing integration, allows Convio to combine its solution for developing constituent relationships and driving results online with complementary, best-in-class products from other top companies. Convio clients benefit because, through a single vendor, they are able to get all functionality they need to be successful on the Internet. (For more information about Convio's Solutions Partner Program, visit www.convio.com/solutionspartners.) "To cultivate strong relationships with constituents, our customers are increasingly turning to blogs, chat rooms and email lists to build true online communities," said Gene Austin, 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. , Convio Inc. "We're partnering with Web Crossing, the leader when it comes to these capabilities, to make it simple and easy for our customers to incorporate them into their Convio solution." Web Crossing: Popular With Nonprofits and Universities Web Crossing and Convio integration is transparent to people visiting a Web site powered by both companies' products and services. Visitors move seamlessly from Convio-powered sections of the site to Web Crossing-powered sections. They can access "members only" areas of a nonprofit's site using a single password (known as single sign-on An identification system that lets users log into multiple Web sites on the Internet with one username and password. Single sign-on systems are also used within an enterprise, enabling users to access all authorized resources in the local network using the same username and password. , or SSO See single sign-on and CSO. SSO - single sign-on , capability) regardless of whether Web pages are powered by Convio or Web Crossing, eliminating the hassle of using multiple passwords. "Web Crossing's leadership position in the online community market is due, in part, to easy customization that lets us integrate so seamlessly into a system like Convio," said Tim Lundeen, president and CEO of Web Crossing Inc. "The final result is an online presence that simply looks right, empowers people to communicate directly with each other, and provides a meaningful experience -- the basis for building relationships and community." Many leading nonprofits, including higher education institutions, use Web Crossing's award-winning software. They include the Smithsonian, National Public Radio, National Institute of Health, University of Wisconsin, Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. Graduate School, Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. , University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). - Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, . Convio client CauseForce -- an international producer of large-scale fundraising events -- is using Web Crossing tools for two projects: the Weekend to End Breast Cancer in Toronto (http://on.endcancer.ca/site/PageServer) and the Weekend to End Breast Cancer Walk in Vancouver (http://bc.endcancer.ca/site/PageServer). Registered members can access the Web Crossing-powered message boards and speak to other constituents about a variety of topics. "The Web Crossing message boards really facilitate a feeling of community on our sites," said Brian Pendleton, President of CauseForce Inc. "Constituents can log on and share helpful information with each other, organize a team for a walk, etc. -- all without staff members being involved. We've seen constituents inspire and encourage each other, build relationships -- it's been amazing." About Web Crossing Inc. Privately held, Web Crossing Inc. is a leader in collaboration tools, committed to providing high-quality software and related services at a fair price. Award-winning Web Crossing is a scalable, tightly integrated collaboration tool serving a broad-spectrum of functionality and serves millions of pages per day at thousands of sites, including well-known, high-traffic sites as eBay.com, The NY Times, Salon's TableTalk and Electronic Arts. Team Crossing, Campus Crossing and Support Crossing are turnkey solutions for the group collaboration, online education and technical support markets respectively. Web Crossing Express is a free package, offering superb server functionality for Web, email and FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to services. Available licensed or ASP, all Web Crossing software is easily customizable and highly extensible without programming. Further information on can be found at http://www.webcrossing.com. About Convio Inc. Convio is the leading provider of software and services that help nonprofit organizations and higher education institutions use the Internet to build strong constituent relationships to drive support and participation. Convio has online solutions for fundraising and membership, advocacy, special events, volunteer fundraising, Web site management and email communications. All solutions include the Constituent360(TM) platform, a sophisticated, online marketing database that centralizes constituent data and integrates with offline databases. This gives organizations a unified view of constituent interests and motivations -- key for personalized and targeted outreach and communications. Convio also provides services and consulting to help organizations achieve success online. Convio's clients include the American Diabetes Association The American Diabetes Association, or the ADA, is an American health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. Founded in 1940, the American Diabetes Association conducts programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, reaching hundreds of , American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (A.S.P.C.A.), chartered in 1866 in New York by Henry Bergh to shelter homeless animals, to assist farmers in caring for their livestock, and to cooperate with law enforcement agencies in the prosecution of , AVON Foundation, Brady Campaign United with the Million Mom March The Million Mom March had its roots in August 1999, when Donna Dees-Thomases, a New Jersey mom with a public relations background and political connections, was horrified that a gunman shot at children in Granada Hills, California. , Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
KCET Kamaraj College of Engineering and Technology Community Television of Southern California, Mothers Against Drunk Driving Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is a nonprofit organization with more than 600 chapters nationwide. MADD seeks to find effective solutions to the problems of drunk driving and underage drinking, while also supporting those persons whose relatives and friends have been killed by drunk , National Trust For Historic Preservation Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and the Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization. For more information, please visit www.convio.com. |
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