CrossTier.com Launches Next-Generation B2B E-Commerce Solutions for Value Chain Integration and E-Procurement.Business/Technology Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo available on BW PhotoWire/AP PhotoExpress, NewsCom, PressLink and on Business Wire's Web site at www.businesswire.com FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2000 Leading Internet Services Firm Focuses on Sophisticated Back-End Integration To Ensure Scalable, Reliable Solutions to Meet Rising Demands of B2B E-Commerce (Business to Business Electronic-COMMERCE) Refers to one business selling to another business via the Web. See e-commerce. CrossTier.com, a leading Internet services firm, today announced a suite of services for the business-to-business (B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business ) e-commerce market aimed at solving the rising challenges facing companies in the new networked economy. CrossTier.com's mission is to harness the power of the Internet to accelerate the growth of a client's business. CrossTier.com is solely focused on providing Web consulting and systems integration services that quickly transfer business-to-business practices and transactions successfully onto the Internet. CrossTier.com is committed to solving the problems facing the rapidly growing B2B market, including the lack of back-end e-commerce infrastructures that are scalable and robust enough to handle the explosive volumes and traffic peaks that these sites will incur as the market matures. CrossTier.com B2B e-commerce services deliver three key critical success factors for successful e-businesses: 1) speed -- getting there first; 2) strategy -- getting out on the Web with better thought-out offering than the competition; and 3) "SIAM" (scalability, interoperability, accessibility and maintainability), the key ingredients for a crash-proof, high-performance site. Without all three, any e-business will eventually fail, causing temporarily lost business at best and potentially permanently lost customers. "Year 2000 will see the number of `train wrecks' wreaking havoc on e-commerce sites grow at an alarming rate," predicted CrossTier.com President and Founder Ed Bell. "Even while more companies depend on the Internet to be their storefront or distribution channel - crashing web sites will cost corporations millions of dollars a day if not built to scale and working properly. Similarly, poorly planned e-businesses will fail just as often and crash just as hard. Scalable and integrated systems will become the holy grail Holy Grail: see Grail, Holy. A very desired object or outcome that borders on a sacred quest. There are several Holy Grails in the computer business. of e-commerce this year. E-businesses are rushing to find immediate solutions to get up and running and stay that way regardless of site volumes. We are concentrating our B2B service offerings and our premier B2B `e-SWAT' teams on helping e-commerce companies to build bullet-proof systems and prevent disastrous crashes before they happen." CrossTier.com focuses on delivering enterprise business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce solutions that extend the enterprise. Combining business and engineering acumen with enterprise Microsoft technologies, CrossTier.com partners with its clients to develop and customize e-commerce solutions to optimize customer value chains, trading relationships, corporate e-purchasing and related activities. CrossTier.com's teams of experienced advisors, developers and analysts design, build, deploy, and trouble-shoot B2B e-commerce systems in a variety of industry sectors, including telecommunications, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , manufacturing and utilities. "We turned to CrossTier.com to assist us in addressing the complex design issues that go into making a successful B2B e-commerce site," said Paula Jagemann, President and 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 eCommerce Industries, Inc., owners of CrossTier.com client onlineofficesupplies.com. "Ed Bell and his people made sure all of the e-commerce components - dynamic user interface, secure and scalable e-commerce applications, and integration with back-end, legacy systems - worked together seamlessly." The trend toward utilizing intranets and extranets as foundations for business-to-business e-commerce innovations such as supply (or value) chains, corporate purchasing and procurement, and corporate portals and marketplaces will continue to drive e-commerce sites to become increasingly scalable and reliable. Designed to address these new business opportunities, CrossTier.com's custom service offerings provide its clients with fast-track B2B e-commerce solutions encompassing e-Selling, e-Trading Communities, e-Purchasing and custom e-Commerce solutions based on standard platforms. CrossTier.com is one of a select group of Microsoft Certified Solution Provider Partners specializing in B2B e-commerce-enabling business applications. "CrossTier.com is an expert at integrating legacy systems with the Microsoft BackOffice See BackOffice. platform for e-commerce, consisting of Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. 7.0, Microsoft Internet Information Server See IIS. Microsoft Internet Information Server - Internet Information Server (IIS (Internet Information Services) Microsoft's Web server. IIS runs under the server versions of Windows, adding HTTP server capability to the Windows operating system. ), Microsoft Site Server, Microsoft Transaction Server A TP monitor for Windows NT servers from Microsoft that supports transaction-based applications on LANs, the Internet and intranets. It also serves as the infrastructure for a multi-tier system. It is used in the middle tier between the client and the database server. (MTS (1) See Microsoft Transaction Server. (2) (Modular TV System) The stereo channel added to the NTSC standard, which includes the SAP audio channel for special use. 1. MTS - Message Transport System. 2. ) and Microsoft SNA (Systems Network Architecture) IBM's mainframe network standards introduced in 1974. Originally a centralized architecture with a host computer controlling many terminals, enhancements, such as APPN and APPC (LU 6. Server. CrossTier.com has carved a niche for itself as one of few premier Microsoft Partners in high-end e-commerce by delivering a broad range of solutions that keep a company's Internet presence thriving while integrating with legacy systems," said Kevin Dolan, Business Development Director, eBusiness for Microsoft. About CrossTier.com CrossTier.com is a leading Internet professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. firm focused on delivering custom business-to-business e-commerce solutions for e-businesses. Specializing in innovative Microsoft platform solutions, CrossTier.com helps its clients to design, test, implement, maintain and customize their B2B e-commerce solutions to improve both sides of the value chain equation, supporting both purchasing and selling activities. CrossTier.com's teams of experienced advisors, developers and analysts design, build and trouble-shoot B2B e-commerce solutions in a variety of industry sectors, including telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing and utilities. Founded in 1990, CrossTier.com is located at 3877 Fairfax Ridge Road The name Ridge Road can refer to multiple streets and roads. Canada
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