PACIFIC BUYS EC MART TO BEEF UP E-COMMERCE OFFERINGS.
Pacific Information Systems, a Portland, Ore., subsidiary of Better On- line Solutions (BOS) Ltd., is buying EC mart, a rapidly growing developer of Internet commerce software headquartered in Palisades Park Palisades Park, residential borough (1990 pop. 14,536), Bergen co., NE N.J.; inc. 1899. , N.J. According to BOS execs, EC mart will provide a significant boost to Pacific's e-Commerce capabilities. EC mart's main areas of activity include electronic catalog and Web storefront construction, customized systems development, consulting, and marketing strategy via the Internet. Pacific is a commercial VAR and e-Commerce solutions provider. BOS makes and markets solutions for IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) mid-range-to-PC and LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. connectivity, including Internet/intranet, emulation gateways, and GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. .
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