Critical Path And iTurf Deliver Advanced Internet Messaging to Millions of Users Worldwide.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2000 iTurf Selects Critical Path to Address the Communication and Collaboration Demands of the Explosive Teen Market Critical Path Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTH), the dominant global provider of business-to-business Internet messaging and collaboration solutions, and iTurf Inc. (Nasdaq:TURF), a leading online teen network providing Internet community, content and commerce services, today announced that Critical Path will provide Internet messaging solutions to iTurf's network of teen Web sites. The agreement will make Critical Path's Internet messaging services, including advanced Web-based email Web-based email or webmail is a term referring to an e-mail service intended to be primarily accessed via a web browser, as opposed to through an application such as Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express, Mozilla's Thunderbird or Apple's Mail. , calendaring and unified messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. available to the millions of iTurf registered users worldwide. By providing targeted proprietary content, community and commerce offerings to its teen audience, the iTurf network receives over 2 million unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. per month and counts over 6 million total online registrations. With teens spending an average of 27 percent more time online than other users, reliable communication and collaboration tools are important aspects of their usage on the Internet. Critical Path's advanced Internet messaging and collaboration solutions, combined with iTurf's proprietary chat and message boards, will provide a scalable and comprehensive communication solutions to millions of users. iTurf chose Critical Path's advanced Web-based email to be the anchor of its communication center, which will also include integrated calendaring, unified messaging, multi-user voice chat and user-hosted group web touring. "A key aspect of iTurf's strategy is to offer the most advanced integrated communications platform in a context that is more meaningful to teens," said Paul Mladineo, Vice President of Business Development for iTurf. "iTurf chose Critical Path because of their ability to provide the most reliable and secure advanced Internet messaging solutions that can scale to our fast growing user base. Critical Path's broad array of messaging solutions integrate well with other applications and will provide additional services as we expand our communications center An agency charged with the responsibility for handling and controlling communications traffic. The center normally includes message center, transmitting, and receiving facilities. Also called COMCEN. See also telecommunications center. ." "The iTurf network has become a premier destination for the rapidly growing teen audience," said Dave Thatcher Thatch·er , Margaret Hilda. Baroness. Born 1925. British Conservative politician who served as prime minister (1979-1990). Her administration was marked by anti-inflationary measures, a brief war in the Falkland Islands (1982), and the passage of a , President of Critical Path. "The fact that iTurf selected Critical Path as the provider of its Internet messaging further validates Critical Path's dominant position in the market. As the brand behind-the-brand, Critical Path is able to help iTurf build customer loyalty while providing essential services to fuel its communication and collaboration strategy." About iTurf iTurf Inc. is a leading network provider of online destinations focused on consumers between the ages of 12 and 24. Through its network of web sites, iTurf provides a comprehensive offering of community, content and commerce services which include: interactive magazines, proprietary content, chat rooms, posting boards, personal homepages, e- mail, and online shopping. About Critical Path, Inc. Critical Path, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTH) is the dominant global provider of complete end-to-end Internet messaging and collaboration solutions for corporations, Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISPs), 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. companies, and Web portals. Critical Path has built an industry-leading global infrastructure with data centers connected to key Internet exchange points See IXP and NAP. , and currently reaches more than 50 million end-users through its customer relationships. Critical Path provides reliable, secure, and scalable email, and a flexible suite of enhanced messaging services to partners such as E*TRADE, CompuServe, Network Solutions, U S West, Sprint, ICQ ("I Seek You") A conferencing program for the Internet from Mirabilis, Tel Aviv, Israel (www.icq.com). It provides interactive chat, e-mail and file transfer and can alert you when someone on your predefined list has also come online. , France Telecom and British Telecom The telephone and communications carrier that provides services in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It used to be a division of the British Post Office, but was privatized in 1984 under Margaret Thatcher's administration. . Critical Path is headquartered in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , with offices in locations nationwide and in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, France, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, Argentina and Asia. More information on Critical Path can be found at www.cp.net. Note to Editors: Critical Path is a service mark and the Critical Path logo is a trademark of Critical Path, Inc. The statements in this press release relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc matters that are not historical are forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from these forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties facing Critical Path are described in its prospectus dated June 1, 1999 and with its periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov). |
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