Digital River Expands E-Commerce Agreement with Computer Associates.MINNEAPOLIS -- Digital River, Inc. (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 :DRIV DRIV Drive (street type) ), a global leader in e-commerce outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. , today announced it has signed an expanded e-commerce agreement with Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CA). Digital River has built and is hosting online software stores for CA's small to medium business products (http://ca.com/store) in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and for its consumer products (http://ca.com/consumer). Under the expanded agreement, Digital River will create and host online stores for CA in global markets. The launch of online stores in worldwide markets will be timed based upon product mix and market conditions. "With fully integrated e-commerce technologies, services and go-to-market expertise, Digital River is uniquely positioned to help companies acquire new customers, build customer loyalty and drive global online revenue growth," said Joel Ronning, Digital River's 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. . "Our relationship with CA provides important proof not only to the breadth of our services, but also to the reliability and scalability of our global e-commerce platform." CA will use Digital River's e-commerce services to support the online sales and marketing of its industry-leading software solutions for SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. and consumer markets. These services are based on Digital River's e-commerce platform, which combines online merchandising, Web analytics and advanced direct marketing techniques to help companies drive customer acquisition and retention. Software purchased from CA online is available via physical delivery or 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 download. The sites are designed to support individual and volume license purchases, maintenance renewals, subscriptions and trial offers. In addition to building and hosting the sites, Digital River is providing order management, 24x7 customer service, e-marketing and fraud detection. About Digital River, Inc. Digital River, Inc., a global leader in e-commerce outsourcing, builds and manages online businesses for more than 40,000 software publishers, manufacturers, distributors and online retailers. Its multi-channel e-commerce solution, which supports both direct and indirect sales, is designed to help companies of all sizes maximize online revenues as well as reduce the costs and risks of running an e-commerce operation. The company's comprehensive platform offers site development and hosting, order management, fraud prevention, site merchandising, advanced reporting and analytics, product fulfillment ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. , e-marketing and multi-lingual customer service. Founded in 1994, Digital River is headquartered in Minneapolis with offices in major U.S. and European cities. For more details about Digital River, visit the corporate Web site at www.digitalriver.com or call 952-253-1234. Digital River is a registered trademark of Digital River, Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks, registrations or copyrights of their respective owners. |
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