| Alibaba's Software Strategy Could Hurt eBay in China | | Posted Sunday, January 21, 2007 1:15:39 PM by Blog57 Team | | Any eBay seller can tell you the value of software to manage inventory, schedule listings and streamline customer service. eBay's Chinese competitor is paying attention, and has launched software for its customers. Online auction firm Alibaba launched a new software division, Alisoft, to provide its Chinese customers with ecommerce software to manage inventory, customer relationship management, sales force management, and also provides financial tools and marketing information management.A critical function of ecommerce software is the ability to sell on multiple channels, something eBay software does not provide (but third-party vendor solutions do provide). Alibaba said it will allow customers to sell on multiple marketplaces through Alisoft, as long as those marketplaces remain open to Alisoft.... | |
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| | | ViArt Ecommerce Shopping Cart Software Integrates Content Management System (CMS) | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 3:40:27 AM by Blog57 Team | | Stokesley, UK (PRWEB) November 7, 2006 -- ViArt (http://www.viart.com) has developed their ecommerce shopping cart software to provide users with an integrated CMS. The CMS provides users with a host of tools and features required to customise the content and design of their online ecommerce shopping cart and store. .... | |
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| | | Argent Software Teams With Vocabra to Add Voice to Alerting and Monitoring Suite | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 11:17:51 AM by Blog57 Team | | Leading systems management software firm Argent Software, Inc., and Vocabra -- a leader in voice-enabled solutions -- today announced plans to form a joint technology alliance, seamlessly linking Argent's award-winning suite of enterprise monitoring and alerting products with Vocabra's Voice Alert Portal, giving Argent customers the option of receiving interactive voice alerts. Argent Extended Technologies already has the capability to send robust alerts via email, text message and pager to the Argent Console. The integration with Vocabra provides the option to have alerts transferred to the Vocabra Alert Portal where they are transmitted to a mobile or landline phone using a natural language interface developed by Vocabra. The Vocabra Alert Portal transmits Argent-generated alerts to designated recipients according to a predetermined notification plan.... | |
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| | | eCommerce Software: Progress EasyAsk Customers Lillian Vernon | | Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 1:42:41 PM by Blog57 Team | | Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS), a supplier of leading technology to develop, deploy, integrate and manage business applications, today announced that five out of the top ten retailers representing the industrys highest online conversion rates use advanced eCommerce search, navigation and dynamic merchandising technology from its Progress EasyAsk product line. According to the Nielsen/NetRatings MegaView Online Retail report, Redcats USAs Lane Bryant Catalog, Chadwicks, Roamans and KingSize brands achieved double-digit conversion rates in the month of June 2006. Among them, leading women s apparel retailer Lane Bryant Catalog ranked first with an astounding 24 percent unique visitor -to-buyer conversion rate. Our sites are designed to offer a convenient, reliable shopping experience for customers throughout the world, said Bob Viscovich, senior vice president of online technology for Redcats USA.... | |
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| | | NationalNet Unveils New Ecommerce Hosting Services | | Posted Wednesday, November 01, 2006 3:15:12 AM by Blog57 Team | | Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) October 31, 2006 -- NationalNet, Inc., a web hosting company that offers Managed Hosting Services and IT solutions to small and mid-market enterprise organizations, announced today their launch of eMarketPlace, an ecommerce shopping cart hosting solution. In partnership with ShopSite, the leading provider of ecommerce shopping cart and catalog software for small to medium-sized businesses, NationalNet now offers ecommerce hosting solutions that facilitate simple to complex implementations. .... | |
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| | | Elastic Path Software Announces Customer-Centric Ecommerce Platform | | Posted Friday, October 27, 2006 3:11:25 AM by Blog57 Team | | Elastic Path Software, pioneer of flexible ecommerce software, today unveiled Elastic Path 5, the most recent advancement of its ecommerce platform for online retail. The re-engineered platform delivers a powerful promotion rules engine, innovative search engine marketing functionality, faceted in-site search and navigation, and full web services capabilities to mid-sized online retailers. In conjunction with the company's new AJAX-based checkout, Elastic Path One Page™ (see October 23, 2006 press release "Elastic Path Software Announces Single Page Checkout for Online Stores"), Elastic Path 5 enables online retailers to attract and convert customers profitably. Jupiter research predicts that online sales will reach $95 billion by the end of 2006. With the exceptional growth in online shopping, retailers have an unprecedented opportunity to grow revenue.... | |
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| | | NetSuite Announces Keynote Speakers for NetSuite Revolution 2006 Partner Conference | | Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 11:10:42 PM by Blog57 Team | | NetSuite, Inc., the leader in on-demand business software suites, today announced the keynote speakers for NetSuite Revolution 2006, NetSuite's partner conference to be held October 25-27 at the Argent Hotel in San Francisco. NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson will kick off the conference with an opening keynote speech entitled "The New SaS -- Service as Software." NetSuite Founder and CTO Evan Goldberg will give an overview of the future directions of the NetSuite application in his keynote. Additionally, NetSuite cherry picked industry luminaries as guest keynote speakers including Bob Anderson from the Gartner Group, Heather Clancy from CRN (Computer Reseller News), Rieva Lesonsky from Entrepreneur Magazine and Paul Greenberg from The 56 Group. For more information about the conference or to register please visit: http://www.netsuite.com/keynote .... | |
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| | | Leading India Certificate Authority Deploys Thousands of Aladdin eTokens | | Posted Wednesday, October 18, 2006 11:14:10 PM by Blog57 Team | | Aladdin Knowledge Systems , the leader in Software DRM, identity management and content security solutions, today announced it continues to experience significant growth of its strong authentication solutions business throughout India. In just twenty months, (n)Code Solutions, a division of GNFC Ltd. and one of India's leading licensed certifying authorities, has provided its customers with tens of thousands of USB-based Aladdin eTokens for powerful, yet simple storage of customers' digital credentials. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040416/CGALADDINLOGO ) Aladdin eToken is used by (n)Code Solutions customers, including individuals, corporations and governments, in order to secure online B2B/B2C applications and other online transactions. As part of GNFC's major initiative in the Internet security domain, its division (n)Code Solutions CA offers a world class PKI facility to promote trust in eCommerce.... | |
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| | | Online Gambling Player Protection More Essential Than Ever | | Posted Saturday, October 14, 2006 7:09:59 PM by Blog57 Team | | The non-profit online gambling standards and player protection body eCOGRA (eCommerce and Online Gambling Regulation and Assurance) http://www.ecogra.org/ has reiterated the critical importance of consistent and monitored standards for professional online casino and poker room operations to ensure players receive a fair gaming experience and good customer service all backed up by a strong dispute mediation service. Andrew Beveridge, the Chief executive of eCOGRA, said that recent legislative developments had the potential to create a situation where players could be vulnerable to under-funded, unregulated and unprincipled gambling sites filling the space left by companies that had felt the need to exclude gamblers from certain territories. "Professional and integrity-driven conduct to best practice standards by properly monitored online gambling establishments is critical to the future success of the industry," Beveridge said, urging software providers and operators alike to consider joining standards and player assurance programs such as eCOGRA, where 112 online gaming sites have already committed themselves to responsible codes of conduct.... | |
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| | | Procore Technologies Announces First Close of Series B Financing | | Posted Wednesday, October 11, 2006 1:21:51 PM by Blog57 Team | | SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Procore Technologies, provider of the Procore software-as-a-service (SaaS) online tool for construction project management, today announced that the company has successfully funded more than half of its Series B Preferred financing. The investment round is being led by local micro venture firm, Great Pacific Capital. "We are extremely pleased with the additional financing we have secured with Great Pacific Capital and other private investors," said Tooey Courtemanche, CEO of Procore. "We're on track to close this round before the end of 2006 in order to accelerate our sales and marketing efforts going into 2007." The construction project management industry is estimated to be a $4 billion national market which has only recently begun to integrate Internet-based, on-demand applications into its day-to-day processes.... | |
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