National Network of Web development firms now offer iCat Electronic Commerce Solutions to business clients; Thirty-six leading Web developers join iCat to provide merchants with fully integrated and secure Internet shopping sites

Business Wire, Sept 23, 1996

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 1996--iCat Corp., the leading provider of electronic commerce software, announced today that 36 Web development companies have joined the iCat Commerce Partner (iCP) program.

These firms are now using their Web development expertise to customize and extend the iCat Electronic Commerce Suite(TM), offering their business customers the most complete and flexible electronic commerce solution for selling products and services via the Internet and CD-ROM.

"After months of evaluating e-commerce software, we chose iCat software as our catalog development tool because it had all the features we needed -- right off the shelf," said Chuck Baldi, senior engineer for new iCat partner, Didax LLC (www.didax.com). "iCat's software includes the database tools and templates to publish our catalogs as well as the Internet server software for secure transactions, which saves us considerable development time and money."

The following list of iCat Commerce Partners can assist those merchants and businesses that need help in developing commerce-enabled Web sites:

East Region: Compudoc of Warren, NJ (www.compudocinc.com) Oculus Interactive of New York, NY (www.ocu.com) Vision Graphics of Ludlow, MA (www.visiongroup.com) Didax LLC of Chantilly, VA (www.didax.com) Image Soft, Inc. of Halifax, PA Shablow/Beaumont of Birmingham, AL (www.sbmc.com) Web Adept of Daytona, FL (www.webadept.com)

West Region: Free Range Media of Seattle, WA (www.freerange.com) 01 Publishing of Seattle, WA (www.01pub.com) DigiCOLOR of Seattle, WA (www.digicolor.com) Printing Control of Seattle, WA (www.printingcontrol.com) AcmeNET of Woodinville, WA (www.acmenet.com) ComVista of Bellevue, WA (www.comvista.com) Quebecor Interactive of Bellevue, WA (www.qinteractive.com) Ogle Publishing of Lake Oswego, OR (www.oglepub.com) The Catalog Site of Santa Monica, CA (www.catalogsite.com) Hybrid Media of Palo Alto, CA (www.hybridmedia.com) Computer Network Specialists of Irvine, CA (www.netspec.com) Entrusted Design of San Jose, CA Internet Commerce Company of Exeter, CA (www.icomco.com) Intermedia Synergy of Aliso Viejo, CA (www.intermediasynergy.com) On-Line Foods of Oakland, CA (www.onlygourmet.com) Insentiv Media of Oakland, CA (www.insentiv.com) Network Architects of San Ramon, CA (www.archnet.com) Interactive Cafe of Vancouver BC (www.icafe.com) COSMO21 of Burnaby BC (www.cosmo21.com)

Midwest Region: Characters of Houston, TX (www.characters.com) POS one of Houston, TX TruNet / Truco Enterprises, Inc. of Dallas, TX (www.truco2@airmail.net) Tesseract Systems Group, Inc. of San Antonio, TX (www.liquidwebs.com) Data Pub Group of Chicago, IL (www.datapub.com) Mmedia.com Industries of Manhattan, KS (www.mmedia.com) The Virtual Flyshop of Ft. Collins, CO (www.flyshop.com) Custom Tech Systems, Inc./Cosmo21 of Milwaukee, WI (www.customtech.com) Netalliance, Inc. of Minneapolis, MN (www.netalliance.net) Pathlight Data Systems of Rocky River, OH

"Powerful electronic commerce is driving more and more Web sites, and we're very proud to have these leading Web developers standardizing on iCat software to build and deliver Internet catalogs," said Craig Danuloff, iCat's president and chief executive officer. "The days when a Web catalog was just a collection of simple HTML pages are over. Today merchants and shoppers demand advanced features and conveniences -- dynamic page designs, merchandising capabilities, varied payment processing options -- which iCat software provides and our partners can customize to the specific needs of their customers."

Marc Suzdak, general manager of Oculus Interactive (www.ocu.com), a new iCat partner adds, "We were looking for first-class software for implementing Web sites with secure ordering for our retail clients and iCat software has given us the solution we need. As a developer, it is important to have a close relationship with a software vendor, and again, iCat surfaced as the clear leader."

Web developers, value-added resellers, systems integrators, and marketing firms can sign up for the iCP program at one of two levels, depending on the volume of business they anticipate. Bundling catalog development services along with the iCat Electronic Commerce Suite(TM) creates the most complete electronic commerce solution available. Companies interested in finding an iCP in their area or becoming an iCP can check the Partners section of the iCat Web site (www.icat.com) for more information. iCat also has a partner program for Internet Service Providers who offer Web site hosting services.

iCat Electronic Commerce Suite

The iCat Electronic Commerce Suite, Version 2.1, is shrink-wrapped software that can create and deliver powerful interactive catalogs on the Internet or CD-ROM. The iCat Electronic Commerce Suite(TM) is comprised of three distinct products. iCat Commerce Publisher(TM) permits users to collect, organize and lay out product information and publish ready-to-use Internet or CD-ROM catalogs. iCat Commerce Exchange(TM) adds secure transaction-processing capabilities to any Internet server, including the ability to accept, process and track electronic orders and shopper registrations. The suite's third component is a trial version of iCat Commerce Player(TM), which delivers cross-platform CD-ROM catalogs with custom designed full-screen, full-motion capabilities.