FirstPeer`s 2.0 Real-Time, Real Inventory, E-Commerce P2P Solution Launched
SAN DIEGO--Sept. 13, 2001--As others announce their intent to build P2P market solutions, FirstPeer, the first developer to introduce an online marketplace solution based on peer-to-peer architecture, is announcing the release of the second-generation of CommerceSphere.
New features include flexible customization tools that address specific needs of different industries and improved user interface, allowing for dynamic configuration and customization, to meet the needs of supplier enablement, dynamic marketplaces, and private exchanges
FirstPeer`s innovative solution enables users to find sellers, search their inventory, cooperatively interact and transact with others sharing complementary commerce objectives.
The new version continues to focus on connecting searches directly to existing inventory at the purchase level, instead of sending users to a site entry point requiring a subsequent set of clicks through superfluous pages before reaching the desired goods and services which may or may not be in stock.
"I saw extraordinary potential for a distributed commerce model to succeed while dozens of centralized online marketplaces struggled to deliver the goods. The scope of our approach to Internet commerce could be compared to what the Dewey decimal system did for libraries a hundred years ago.
"We`ve come a long ways from there to deliver a far more efficient, logical method of posting or finding exactly what you`re looking for." Founder and CEO Brent Gutekunst, explained: "Imagine going to a library and sitting down to a computer, entering a subject, choosing exactly what you want from the results and having a librarian deliver your selections to your seat. We`re taking online commerce way beyond that."
Gutekunst, who built and operated several successful Internet marketplaces, gathered expert P2P programmers to develop a cost-effective solution, enabling small-medium sized businesses to participate in an otherwise prohibitively priced transaction medium. GnuMarkets, an open forum styled marketplace was FirstPeer`s first customer.
The core utility of the FirstPeer solution, Professional Servant, is a peer-to-peer, Java-based software application integrating and extending DNS, HTTP, XML, XML-RPC, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to enable distributed commerce. FirstPeer patent-pending technology uniquely addresses the needs and opportunities of dynamic distributed commerce.
About FirstPeer
With offices in San Diego, FirstPeer utilizes patent-pending peer-to-peer architecture to provide real-time direct commerce connectivity. FirstPeer`s innovative solution enables users to find, search, cooperatively interact and transact with others sharing complementary commerce objectives without a centralized point.
Users can find goods and services, connect directly with sellers, search inventory in real-time and conduct transactions -- all without third party technological and business intermediaries found in all existing Internet commerce alternatives. For more information about FirstPeer and its industry-specific customizable solutions, call 619/233-3800 or visit their site at http://www.firstpeer.com.
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CONTACT:
FirstPeer, San Diego
Brent Gutekunst, 619/233-3800
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