Combined InterWorld-Selectica Solution Enables Companies to Maximize
Revenues Through an Enhanced Online Selling Process
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Selectica Inc., the industry's leading Internet selling system (ISS) provider, today announced that it has entered into a strategic alliance with InterWorld(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: INTW), a leading provider of enterprise commerce software solutions. Through the joint marketing, sales and technical agreement, the companies will deliver an integrated selling solution that increases the browser-to-buyer ratio through an intuitive selling process, resulting in enhanced customer loyalty and greater online revenues.
Selectica's ACE(TM) 4.0 ISS software brings expert sales assistance to the Internet by interactively helping online buyers to pick the products and services that precisely meet their needs. InterWorld's mission-critical Commerce Exchange solution enables manufacturers, distributors and retailers to quickly establish an enterprise commerce site that supports the entire online selling process and links online activities with those in other channels. Together, the combined InterWorld-Selectica solution provides businesses with an online store that generates more revenue for them while providing a more convenient experience for their customers. Key benefits of InterWorld Commerce Exchange and Selectica ACE 4.0 include:
* Speed-to-market. InterWorld and Selectica provide advanced built-in
functionality and graphical tools that enable companies to rapidly
deploy their enterprise commerce sites and then quickly update live
sites -- responding to business changes in "Internet time." This
enables companies to stay ahead of the Internet market curve.
* Ability to grow and evolve. Both InterWorld and Selectica software is
highly scalable to support large-scale, high-volume enterprise commerce
sites that can cost-effectively handle millions of users. The combined
software is also inherently flexible to evolve with today's ever-
changing market and technology conditions.
* Convert more browsers to buyers. InterWorld enables companies to create
interactive catalogs and personalized promotions to optimize the online
buying and selling experience. Selectica's unique needs assessment,
configuration and quotation functionality helps buyers to choose,
evaluate and compare products and services to determine the ones that
best meet their needs. Combined, the solution helps increase the
browser-to-buyer ratio and provide a convenient experience for online
buyers.
* Integrate online business with existing business processes and systems.
InterWorld and Selectica support integration between the Web commerce
site and other operational systems such as enterprise resource planning
(ERP) and manufacturing. This enables companies to deliver true build-
to-order functionality to their customers and distribution partners.
* Conduct online transactions that everyone can trust. The underlying
configuration engine of Selectica's ACE 3.0 provides unmatched accuracy
to ensure that customers are only offered valid product, service and
pricing options. InterWorld offers a robust, secure commerce platform
that supports industry-leading security technology for completing safe
online transactions.
"We are very excited to partner with Selectica, which offers world-class software for helping customers and partners choose the products and services that best meet their needs -- along with back-office integration to facilitate fast, efficient delivery," said Alan Andreini, president and CEO of InterWorld. "We've always been 100% focused on commerce and enabling our customers to maximize their online revenues. Our partnership with Selectica extends our customers' ability to convert browsers to buyers and generate more revenue, while providing their customers with a convenient online experience that encourages long-term customer loyalty."
"The promise of enterprise-scale e-commerce resides in the ability to introduce a new level of market responsiveness by extending the instant, global reach of the Internet throughout all the operations tied into selling, building and delivering products and services," said Raj Jaswa, president and CEO of Selectica. "We are thrilled to partner with InterWorld, whose industry- leading software provides the comprehensive, scalable end-to-end platform that businesses need to build high-performance enterprise commerce systems that address all phases of the selling chain."
About Selectica
Selectica, Inc. develops and markets the industry's leading Internet selling system software, which empowers customers to assess, configure and purchase products online using standard Web browsers. The 100% Java, open architecture of Selectica's ACE product suite makes it fast and simple for businesses to create, maintain and deploy e-commerce systems on their Web sites, and it inter-operates with existing legacy applications and environments to enable true build-to-order systems. Today, key customers include BMW, 3Com, ClubComputer, Fujitsu PC, Hewlett-Packard, and Samsung Electronics. Selectica is a privately held company headquartered in San Jose, California. The company's Web site is located at www.selectica.com.
NOTE: Selectica and ACE are trademarks of Selectica, Inc. InterWorld Corporation is a registered trademark of InterWorld Corporation. All other trademarks are acknowledged in the United States and other countries. All other product and company names may be trademarks of the companies with which they are associated.
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