Dain Rauscher Wessels Report On Preview Systems Says Company is Well Positioned for Digital Goods E-commerce Market.Business Editors NOTE TO EDITORS: The following is an investment opinion issued by Dain Rauscher MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2000 Dain Rauscher Wessels Internet infrastructure analyst Stephen Sigmond recently issued a research report on Preview Systems (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : PRVW PRVW Preview ), $46.13, with a reiteration of his Buy-Speculative Risk rating. Sigmond has a 12-month price target of $125. In the report, Sigmond mentions that Preview is well positioned to take advantage of the high rate of growth in the emerging market for digital goods e-commerce. Instead of offering a point solution that focuses on digital rights management, Preview delivers an end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. for the distribution of multiple digital goods, including software, music and video. "Preview's highly flexible and scalable solution will allow the company to establish itself as a de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, as the market for digital goods e-commerce develops," Sigmond said in a report. "As Preview begins to distribute multiple digital goods on its global platform, we expect a powerful `network effect' to develop where each content publisher and distributor that standardizes on Preview creates new value for both existing and potential customers. "In addition, Preview has a highly attractive business model, in our view, that includes recurring transaction fees, service fees and committed minimum orders." Institutional investors interested in receiving more information should contact their Dain Rauscher Wessels salesperson. Media interested in receiving Sigmond's report should call (612) 371-7752. The Dain Rauscher Wessels division includes equity research, equity trading In finance, equity trading is the buying and selling of company stock shares. Shares in large publicly-traded companies are bought and sold through one of the major stock exchanges, such as the New York Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange or Tokyo Stock Exchange, which serve as , institutional equity sales and corporate finance. The division's 38 analysts focus on five industries: consumer, energy, 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. , health care and technology. Currently, the analysts follow more than 400 companies. The division, which employs 350 people, has offices in Austin, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Dallas; Houston; Menlo Park Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. 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