Corporate Profile for Portal Software, dated March 6, 1998.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services. -0-
Published Date: March 6, 1998
Company Name: Portal Software, Inc.
Address: 20863 Stevens Creek Blvd.
Cupertino, CA 95014 USA
Main Telephone
Number: 408/343-4400
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL): http://www.portal.com
Chief Executive
Officer: John Little
Chief Financial
Officer: Dick Spalding
Investor Relations
Contact: Dick Spalding
Business number: 408/343-4400
Public Relations
Contact: Marsha Dillon
Business number: 408/343-4484
Industry: Internet software
Company description: Portal Software Portal Software was founded in 1985 as Portal Information Network, one of the first ISPs in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was founded by John Little. The company offered its own interface through modem access that featured Internet email. , Inc. develops and markets the industry's most comprehensive and flexible customer management and billing software for providers of Internet services. Designed specifically for the Internet, Portal's Infranet software unifies the management of all 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 including the ability to register, track, manage, and bill subscribers. Infranet's real-time architecture and open development environment make it a unique solution for the exploding Internet market and differentiate it from traditional billing systems. -0-
Competitive advantages include:
-- Comprehensive customer management and billing capabilities to
register, track, manage and bill customers;
-- Real-time functionality to enable increased revenue, reduced
costs and increased customer satisfaction;
-- Complete out-of-the-box functionality that can be customized to
any need;
-- Integrated management of basic and value-added services;
-- Industrial-strength, massively scalable architecture with proven
support for millions of subscribers.
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Portal's customers include Internet access See how to access the Internet. and service providers such as CompuServe, Fujitsu Australia, Grolier Online, NetChannel, and OzEmail; telecommunications-based Internet providers Internet provider - Internet Service Provider such as Sprint Internet Passport passport Document issued by a national government identifying a traveler as a citizen with a right to protection while abroad and a right to return to the country of citizenship. It is normally a small booklet containing a description and photograph of the bearer. and U S WEST; and Internet-based companies such as VeriSign and ICL (International Computers Ltd., London) The former name of Fujitsu Services, the European-centered arm of the global Fujitsu Group and one of the leading IT services companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. GamesZone. Portal has strategic alliances with CAP Gemini, CBIS CBIS Computer Based Information System CBIS Christian Brothers Investment Services CBIS Cincinnati Bell Information Systems CBIS Chinese Biodiversity Information System CBIS Certified Brain Injury Specialist , Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Netscape, Oracle, 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. . Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Portal has offices in Chicago, Washington D.C., Sydney, and London. Information about Portal and its products can be found at http://www.portal.com. CONTACT: Portal Software, Inc. |
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