StarCite, Inc. and McGettigan Partners Announce Strategic Business Partnership.PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 1999-- StarCite, Inc. and McGettigan Partners t oday announced a strategic business partnership that will facilitate the use of StarCite's proprietary Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the application for end-to-end end-to-end a pattern of anastomosis in which severed ends are matched and united, in contrast with other patterns such as end-to-side or side-to-side. Usually applied to anastomosis of the intestine. meeting planning by McGettigan associates and customers. Under the terms of the agreement, McGettigan associates and their customers will have the ability to utilize customized versions of StarCite.com for their meeting sourcing, meeting management and consolidation activities. McGettigan itself manages over 1,000 meetings per year on behalf of customers, and expects to garner significant savings through the use of StarCite. McGettigan Partners is a leading meeting and incentive management company with annual sales exceeding $250 million. As the leader in meeting consolidation services, McGettigan enables corporations to control costs, increase productivity, and streamline communications through strategic management of meetings and events. The company is also credited with creating the CORE Discovery ENTM software, the first software to span the critical phases of meeting planning, including budgeting, sourcing, contracting, negotiating, and managing program logistics. StarCite, Inc. is the provider of the first Business-to-Business  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. (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 ) Internet site exclusively designed to enable the meeting industry to transact An earlier e-commerce system for the Web from Open Market that included order capture and secure order fulfillment using credit cards, ecash and other payment systems. It included customer service and subscription administration capabilities as well as an integrated database for reporting business online. StarCite.com offers a total solution that facilitates end to end meeting planning and management and boasts the industry's largest database of meeting suppliers, comprehensive meeting planning tools, electronic submission and receipt of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), and unique online purchasing capabilities such as auctions. Under this new strategic business partnership, companies that utilize the meeting management services of McGettigan will have the capability to further analyze and manage meeting expenditures through a unique StarCite.com feature that tracks total meeting spend across an entire organization. Additionally, companies will benefit by being able to uniformly communicate preferred vendor and travel policies, store and retrieve historical data on organizational meetings and maintain a centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. calendar of corporate events and activities. "StarCite is a natural extension of our current planning capabilities to a web-based application See Web application. that will provide a consistent and comprehensive meeting management and consolidation solution to organizations around the globe," said Mimi McGettigan-Kehan, President & Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of McGettigan Partners. "We see this technology as a significant resource to enhance our meeting consolidation services, improving the performance of corporate meeting and events while controlling expenditures." "StarCite's technology effectively capitalizes on the power of the Internet to keep people connected, regardless of location. With StarCite.com, organizations with meeting planners in multiple states can effectively share information, replicate rep·li·cate v. 1. To duplicate, copy, reproduce, or repeat. 2. To reproduce or make an exact copy or copies of genetic material, a cell, or an organism. n. A repetition of an experiment or a procedure. RFPs and details from prior company meetings and produce financial reports and calendars," she added. "McGettigan Partners has shown a true commitment to improving the efficiency of the meeting planning process with the creation of the CORE Discovery ENTM software," said John P. Lavin, StarCite President and Chief Operating Officer. "We are pleased to be in partnership with an organization that has demonstrated such foresight (graphics, tool) Foresight - A software product from Nu Thena providing graphical modelling tools for high level system design and simulation. and innovation in the time-honored business of meeting planning." About McGettigan Partners McGettigan Partners provides global meetings and incentive management, planning and consolidation solutions. Headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, with regional offices in Chicago, the San Francisco Bay area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay , the Boston metropolitan area, and Indianapolis, the company is a single-source provider of meetings and incentives services including communications, Internet registration, meetings consolidation and corporate gifts. McGettigan is one of the top meeting and incentive management companies in the nation, with approximately 400 employees nationwide. About StarCite, Inc. Building upon their history of creating highly successful software tools for the meeting planning industry, StarCite, Inc. was formed in January 1999 by an experienced team of meeting planning and travel management executives. Utilizing extensive input from meeting planners, hotel executives and other suppliers, as well as seasoned Internet technology veterans, the company launched the Internet's only comprehensive approach to end-to-end meeting planning, , on November 30, 1999. StarCite.com is a business-to-business E-Commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. meeting marketplace offering a fast, easy-to-use total solution for meeting planners and suppliers. Dedicated to "Make Meetings Happen," StarCite is a partner company of Internet Capital Group (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 : ICGE), one of the most recognized Internet holding companies specializing in business-to-business E-Commerce. StarCite, Inc. is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA. |
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