Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 2000
GlobalCenter Inc., a Global Crossing Company and a leading Internet services business, today announced that ClickThings Inc., provider of innovative business-to-business Web solutions, will be utilizing GlobalCenter's Commerce Service Solution for the Internet infrastructure it needs to power its site www.clickthings.com.
"ClickThings provides comprehensive business-to-business solutions throughout the world by leveraging its proprietary technology. Therefore, it's vital that the ClickThings Website is available 24x7x365, providing best-of-breed Web-based services to our customers and their end-users," said John Underwood, CEO and president of ClickThings, Inc. "Working with GlobalCenter, we are guaranteeing that our online capabilities are always available and completely scalable."
GlobalCenter's Commerce Service Solution is composed of four components that are critical to ensuring business availability and scalability: connectivity, data centers, "on-demand" utility applications and professional services. GlobalCenter seamlessly integrates its leading open systems infrastructure, applications and intelligence into services to provide a single-source solution that enables online businesses to grow and succeed.
By utilizing the GlobalCenter solution, companies get enterprise-class utility applications at a significantly reduced total cost-of-ownership with less capital outlay and fewer internal IT staff requirements. GlobalCenter's Commerce Service Solution provides businesses the Internet infrastructure to ensure the high availability, flexibility and scalability necessary to compete in the digital economy.
"We understand how important it is for ClickThings to have a solid infrastructure behind www.clickthings.com, as they provide intelligent, comprehensive business-to-business solutions for their customers," said Leo J. Hindery, Jr., chairman and CEO of GlobalCenter. "We are honored to be able to provide them with a world-class solution that incorporates best-of-breed technology for the performance requirements needed to power www.clickthings.com. That's important to us because GlobalCenter's priority now is making ClickThings' content available to their end-users."
About ClickThings, Inc.
ClickThings, Inc. is a leader in the world of creating and managing digital business-to-business relationships. ClickThings technology combines an innovative server-based platform with solid business logic to help companies and organizations of all sizes effectively compete in today's rapidly evolving Internet economy.
By providing intelligent, cost-effective solutions, ClickThings helps companies use the Web to understand their customers' needs, deliver superior value-added solutions, strengthen customer relationships, and pursue new revenue opportunities. In addition to its growing roster of Sponsorsk, which include MasterCard International and BusinessWeek Online, current ClickThings Partners include chinadotcom, Sun Microsystems and Powersys.
ClickThings has also established technology relationships with such companies as Cisco Systems, Oracle, Frontier GlobalCenter, F5 Networks, Storage Networks, RealMedia, Portal and Affina.
ClickThings, Inc. will launch additional Web-based products and services throughout 2000, including enhancements to its business Web solutions as well as extranet solutions to facilitate communication and direct e-commerce operations between companies and their partners, suppliers and customers.
ClickThings has raised $16.6 million in venture capital and has a commitment for an additional $5 million from chinadotcom corporation. Investors include chinadotcom corporation, Psilos Group, Paine Webber Group, Inc., Holden Ventures, Chase Capital Partners, members of the Rudin family, and the New York City Investment Fund along with Henry Kravis, David Rockefeller, Jerome Chazen, Perry Golkin, Michael Lobdell, Henry M. Paulson, Joseph Reich, Steve Robert, William C. Rudin and Richard Salomon.
About GlobalCenter
GlobalCenter Inc. is a subsidiary of Global Crossing Ltd. (Nasdaq:GBLX). As a leading Internet services business, GlobalCenter delivers the only integrated commerce solution designed for scale in the global "e"conomy. By seamlessly integrating its proprietary infrastructure, applications and complex Web hosting, GlobalCenter provides customers the Internet infrastructure necessary to manage complex online enterprises.
GlobalCenter's customers include many of the largest and most densely trafficked sites on the Web. Global Crossing, GlobalCenter's parent company, is building, and offering services over, the world's first global fiber optic network, which will have more than 101,000 route miles, serving five continents, 27 countries and more than 200 major cities. For more information, contact GlobalCenter at www.globalcenter.net or Global Crossing at www.globalcrossing.com.
Statements made in this press release that state Global Crossing's, its subsidiaries' or management's intentions, beliefs, expectations, or predictions for the future are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could cause Global Crossing's actual results to differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. These risks, assumptions and uncertainties include: the ability to complete systems within currently estimated time frames and budgets; the ability to compete effectively in a rapidly evolving and price competitive marketplace; changes in the nature of telecommunications regulation in the United States and other countries; changes in business strategy; the successful integration of newly-acquired businesses; the impact of technological change; and other risks referenced from time to time in the Global Crossing's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Note to Editors: The GlobalCenter service mark and logo are service marks or registered service marks of GlobalCenter Inc.
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