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NetGift Registry Utilizes the New Broadvision
One-To-One Retail Commerce Solution
Innovative Gift Network Has Robust, Secure Technology
Foundation Using ASP USinternetworking
June 15, 1999
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC - Enabling the rapid deployment and cost-effective operation
of its innovative, online, all-occasion gift registry network,
NetGift Registry, Inc., today announced that its registry will be
powered by the new BroadVision One-To-One Retail
Commerce solution.
�Our vision for an all-occasion gift registry is based around
the idea of making NetGift Registry the premier gift registry
network on the Internet,� said Steve Furst, CEO, NetGift
Registry. �We chose the BroadVision One-To-One
Commerce platform for its robust personalization and
transaction engines, which will undoubtedly make the NetGift
Registry Network a secure, enjoyable experience for our
visitors.�
The NetGift Registry network, launching this summer with
millions of potential gifts for all ages, is a revolutionary new
is being developed and managed by leading application
service provider, USinternetworking Inc., who will implement
the latest release of BroadVision One-To-One Commerce,
One-To-One Retail Commerce, as the registry�s technology
foundation.
In a separate release, BroadVision yesterday unveiled its
latest series of e-commerce solutions that will provide NetGift
Registry with applications designed for rapid extranet
creation and support for large volumes of personalized
transactions.
"NetGift Registry is a perfect fit for the latest release of
BroadVision One-To-One Commerce," said Sandra
Vaughan, vice president of marketing for BroadVision. "As
an e-startup, it�s crucial for NetGift Registry to have a secure,
scalable, and robust e-business technology platform. Our
powerful e-commerce solution meets NetGift Registry�s
current technology needs, and will certainly expand with them
as their network grows."
As the only all-occasion registry that will be visible anywhere
by anyone at anytime without leaving a portal or retailer�s
Internet site, the NetGift Registry Network allows consumers
to register their preferences and share them securely with a
Gift Circle of friends and family. NetGift will remind the
registrant of important dates in their Gift Circle and, through
the Inktomi Shopping Engine and other participating
merchants, offer millions of products from hundreds of
retailers for any gift-giving occasion. The gift will be sent
directly to the recipient, with fulfillment provided by retailers
with the best reputations for customer service and
competitive prices.
NetGift also has a program for non-profits and community
groups where commissions are shared if registrants use the
home page of their favorite charities to register and shop,
enabling gift givers the opportunity to give twice with every
purchase.
About BroadVision:
BroadVision, Inc. (Nasdaq: BVSN) is the leading worldwide
supplier of e.business applications for relationship
management across the extended enterprise. BroadVision�s
end.to.end solutions enable companies to rapidly deploy and
cost.effectively operate secure, scalable, intelligent, and
flexible e.business applications for e.commerce, financial
services and knowledge management. The company�s entire
product line has experienced exceptional growth and
increasing acceptance by Global 2000 businesses as well
as pure.play e.startups.
BroadVision has more than 300 customers in the financial
services, retail, distribution, high technology,
telecommunications, and travel industries including American
Airlines, Credit Suisse, Cyberian Outpost, Development
Hewlett.Packard Company, Intuit, Liberty Financial, Motorola,
Nortel Networks, RS Components, Toyota UK, USAA,
Vodafone, and Xerox. BroadVision is headquartered in
Redwood City, Calif. and maintains an extensive network of
subsidiaries and licensed resellers in North and South
America, Europe, and Asia. The company can be reached at
(650) 261.5100 or at www.broadvision.com.
About NetGift Registry:
Founded in 1998, NetGift Registry, LLC (Durham, North
Carolina) brings a new dimension to gift giving with the
industry�s first online all-occasion gift registry network.
Available through its extensive network of hundreds of
Internet shopping sites offering over two million unique
products, NetGift Registry will soon be providing individuals
and their gift-giving circles of family and friends an ideal way
to easily register for and buy gifts that meet their personal
preferences. No need to guess which gifts are right for any
occasion. Through NetGift Registry, it�s now possible to give
the right gift every time. Visit NetGift Registry at
www.netgift.com.
Press Contact:
Janine Kromhout
BroadVision, Inc.
650.261.5940
[email protected]
Press Contact:
NetGift Registry, Durham
Randall Gregg, 919/688-4488, ext. 111
[email protected]
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