Excara, Oracle Partner to Provide Content Solutions for Oracle Exchange Operators and Suppliers; Excara Becomes Initial Member of Oracle Exchange Partner Initiative.Business/Technology Editors BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 2001 Excara, Inc., a leading provider of product content and commerce solutions for manufacturers, today announced that it has become a member of the Oracle Exchange Partner Initiative (OEPI), a comprehensive partnership program for online business-to-business collaboration. Excara provides e-business software solutions that turn a manufacturer's product information into a strategic asset. Excara creates custom product databases from paper catalogs and other sources of product information and then provides online catalog Similar to an online library or databases in the information storage respect, ‘’’online catalogs’’’ allow potential customers to browse a company’s items for sale from a different location using the internet. presentation, syndication, management and commerce software solutions. This end-to-end content and commerce solution is the basis for a manufacturer's e-business strategy. As an OEPI member, Excara will offer a product content creation solution to Oracle's marketplace customers and their worldwide suppliers and buyers. Excara will also provide product content to OracleExchange.com, Oracle's global, open, horizontal marketplace. "The acquisition of suitable product content by e-marketplaces has been one of the Internet's greatest challenges," said Paul Baier, 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. and president of Excara. "Excara offers solutions that provide high-quality product content to Oracle's e-marketplaces and facilitates commerce transactions among the marketplace partners. Robust product content is the key to these marketplaces achieving the liquidity that they are striving for. Our new partnership with Oracle will enable fulfillment of that need." The Oracle Exchange Partner Initiative is part of the Oracle Partner Program (OPP OPP Opposite OPP Opportunity/Opportunities OPP Office of Pesticide Programs OPP Ontario Provincial Police (Ontario, Canada) OPP Office of Polar Programs (National Science Foundation) ), established in 1998 to provide partners with the resources they need to be successful in today's Internet economy The Internet Economy refers to conducting business through markets whose infrastructure is based on the Internet and World-Wide Web. An Internet economy differs from a traditional economy in a number of ways, including: communication, market segmentation, distribution costs, and price. . About Oracle Oracle Corporation provides the software that powers the Internet. For more information about Oracle, please call 650-506-7000. About Excara Excara, Inc. provides product content and commerce solutions specifically for manufacturers. Excara's offerings increase sales and reduce operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales by turning product content into a strategic asset that enables manufacturers to better control their brand, sales channels and product information. Based in Burlington, Mass., Excara is a private company backed by leading venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] including Charles River Charles River River, eastern Massachusetts, U.S. The longest river wholly in the state, it flows into Boston Bay after a course of about 80 mi (130 km). Navigable for about 7 mi (11 km), its estuary separates the cities of Boston and Cambridge. Ventures, Sigma Partners Sigma Partners is a major venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley and Boston. Sigma Partners invests in early-stage information technology companies (semiconductor, software and hardware). The firm was founded in 1984 by J. Burgess Jamieson and C. Bradford Jeffries. , Bessember Venture Partners and Rho Management. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.Excara.com or call (877) 283-0200. Excara, ContentCenter, CommerceCenter are trademarks of Excara, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other names are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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