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StoreSense – Kurant’s Flagship E-Commerce Solution –
To Be Integrated Into vJungle’s OpenEX Platform
SAN FRANCISCO – May 29, 2001 – Kurant Corporation, the leading provider of e-business software and services, today announced a strategic partnership with vJungle, a leading ASP integrator, to deliver an integrated solution that incorporates StoreSense™, Kurant’s flagship e-business software platform, into vJungle’s OpenEX™ platform, an integrated web-based suite of business applications and services for the small business market. StoreSense will serve as the exclusive e-commerce component of OpenEX and will be available to vJungle customers as an enhanced service of the platform this summer.
The StoreSense-powered OpenEX solution will offer small businesses a full range of e-commerce functionality, beginning with entry-level catalog, shopping cart and real-time secure transaction processing and extending to high-end inventory management, sophisticated supply chain communication, and mobile commerce capabilities. OpenEX customers will be able to build customized online catalogs, run special promotions, offer affiliate programs and frequent buyer clubs, cross-sell and up-sell products, perform detailed tracking of business metrics, and more.
StoreSense is an award-winning e-business platform that enables corporations to deliver branded e-business services to the SMB market. The product’s ground-breaking architecture -- including an XML transaction engine and Java-based framework -- provides unprecedented scalability and seamless integration with other applications. With its template-based interface, StoreSense can be fully customized for delivery under a vendor’s existing brand name.
“StoreSense is an award-winning, best-of-breed leader in e-business software solutions. When looking for ways to extend the value of OpenEX for our platform customers, StoreSense was the natural choice,” said Deepak Amin, CEO and founder of vJungle. “Further, we were able to fully integrate StoreSense with our existing platform, ensuring a consistent, high-quality user experience.”
“With distinguished customers like Hewlett Packard, Office Depot and the Small Business Administration, it’s clear that vJungle truly understands the needs of both the SMB market and the vendors who deliver business services to this market,” said Curtis Pierce, CEO of Kurant. “OpenEX’s hosted integrated approach is a compelling formula for success in serving today’s growing small business market. The new StoreSense-powered OpenEX platform will open up even more opportunities for vJungle’s partners to generate revenue, strengthen competitive advantage and increase customer acquisition and retention.”
OpenEX is a hosted platform for integrating and customizing web based services. The platform enables vJungle’s blue chip customers to simplify the deployment of web services in an integrated and customized manner through multiple channels and multiple devices. The platform enables value added features such as single sign-on and unified billing. Leveraging the core competencies of leading vendors like Kurant, CommerceFlow and Bizfilings, the platform effectively positions channel partners, which include Hewlett Packard, Office Depot and Small Business Administration, to immediately begin offering business applications and services to small business customers.
About vJungle
vJungle provides an web services integration solution, called OpenEX, which empowers service providers and distribution partners to deliver business applications and services to the small-business market. OpenEX provides the secure, scalable environment necessary to independently and rapidly integrate disparate services and customize its delivery through various distribution channels. Partners including Hewlett-Packard, Office Depot, and Working Woman Network have selected the OpenEX platform, enabling them to immediately offer small-business customers a wide range of business services and applications for streamlining operations. vJungle partners also benefit from a diverse network of services and applications offered by other partners, like CBS Payroll and Paytrust, new channels for distribution and an expanded customer base. Founded in 1999, the company is privately held and has operations in Redmond, Wash., and Bombay, India. Visit vJungle at http://www.vjungle.com.
About StoreSense
StoreSense is an award-winning e-business software platform that allows large corporations with respected brands to deliver tightly integrated, web-based services to their small and medium-size business customers. With StoreSense, corporations can provide their customers with the core software tools and services needed to conduct business online, including electronic commerce and mobile commerce, supply chain communication and inventory, sales and customer management. Available through an extensive global network of partners, StoreSense is offered on a cost-effective subscription basis and runs on Windows 2000, Windows NT, Linux and Solaris platforms. For more information, contact Kurant at www.kurant.com or (888) 463-2696.
About Kurant
Kurant Corporation (http://www.kurant.com/) specializes in software solutions that allow business aggregators to build and host e-business services. Kurant’s flagship product, StoreSense, has garnered numerous industry awards, including Web Hosting magazine’s 2000 Editors’ Choice Award for “Hottest New E-Commerce Software Contender”, Smart Business magazine’s 2001 MVP Award for “Best E-Commerce Storefront Hosting”, Yahoo! Internet Life magazine’s Gold Star Site distinction for “Best Fee-Based Services”, and Computer Reseller News’ 2000 Editor’s Choice for “Best Storefront E-Commerce Software”. Founded in 1996, San Francisco-based Kurant is privately held and has received investments from Deep River Ventures, Cobalt Networks, Garage.com, Group One, and TransAtlantic Partners.
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