B3 AND ZOOMIFY TEAM TO SIMPLIFY ADDING HIGH-QUALITY GRAPHICS TO STOREFRONTS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Sarah Tolle/John Sonego
ROGERS & ASSOCIATES
(310) 552-6922
stolle@rogersassoc.com
jsonego@rogersassoc.com
Zoomify`s patent-pending technology will enable customers of B3`s buildIT
storebuilder product to easily add high-quality graphics to their online
stores
Sherman Oaks, Calif., June 27, 2001 - B3 Corp., an e-solutions business,
today announced an agreement with Zoomify, a company providing products and
services that optimize high-quality images for use online. The agreement
will integrate Zoomify`s basic graphics editing and optimization technology
into B3`s buildIT storebuilder product, enabling merchants to easily scale
and upload high-quality graphic images into their Web sites.
"B3 offers the most feature-rich and easy-to-use storebuilder on the market
today," said David Archambault, President and CEO, B3 Corp. "Zoomify`s
technology allows us to give merchants a tool that greatly improves the
graphical quality of their Web sites. This partnership plays an important
role in B3`s commitment to developing the best and easiest-to-use products
in the industry."
"Zoomify`s technology provides merchants with tools that enable them to
create captivating Web sites," said David Urbanic, President of Zoomify.
"Our unique Web-based imaging services make enhancing, uploading and viewing
high-resolution images simple, with no special development, server or client
software required."
The integration of the Zoomify tools will be done in conjunction with launch
of B3`s new Image Manager interface. The Image Manager interface will give
merchants more flexibility in maintaining and uploading their image
portfolios. Zoomify`s basic technology will be included in B3`s buildIT and
sellIT services at no additional cost. Zoomify`s advanced image handling
capabilities will be offered for an additional cost as part of a value-added
package.
About B3 Corp.
B3 Corp. is an industry-leading e-solutions business providing a hosted,
fully integrated end-to-end commerce platform featuring storebuilder,
shopping cart, payments gateway and e-wallet capabilities. These
capabilities were developed specifically to service large corporations with
multiple divisions or organizations with large communities of small- to
medium-sized businesses, such as banks, portals, telecoms and business
services companies. Leveraging the company`s core expertise in payments
management and processing, B3 is rapidly expanding to serve m-commerce, B2B
and digital distribution of music and video on the Internet. Branded
versions of the B3`s commerce platform are currently being offered by Bank
of America (www.bamart.com), Wells Fargo Bank (www.wellsfargoestore.com) and
divisions of AOL Time Warner. B3 is a privately held company with major
equity investments from Warner Music Group (an AOL Time Warner company),
Wells Fargo Bank and Zilkha Capital Partners, LLP. For more information
about B3 products and services, go to www.bthree.com.
About Zoomify
Zoomify makes high-quality images useful for Web businesses, digital imaging
vendors and image-sharing enthusiasts. Zoomify`s advanced user interface
technologies and unique image streaming solution make large images easy to
acquire, edit, stream, share and view. Zoomify streaming images are used
just like JPEGs - simply save and host - no licensing strings, no server
software, no limits on viewing alternatives. For more information about
using high-quality images on your Web site, licensing Zoomify`s unique
technology for hardware, software or service integration, or about sharing
your images on Zoomify`s new peer-to-peer sharing service, visit
www.zoomify.com.
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