USinternetworking Inc. Announces Partnership with Liberty Financial Companies

Strategic Insights -

USinternetworking Inc. (USi), a leading Application Service Provider (ASP), has partnered with Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. to re-host and manage the financial services e-commerce sites for four Liberty Financial companies, using USi's Internet Selling e-commerce solution based on BroadVision One-To-One Commerce. The partnership aims to provide Liberty Financial with an enterprise-grade application package for high-performance electronic commerce transactions, advanced personalization, and business manager tools for remote content management and site maintenance.

The partnership will enable Liberty Financial to focus on improving the sites for its customers and partners at a strategic level, while USi takes total responsibility for providing a solution through its RAPID iMAPSM implementation methodology. USi will also deliver Liberty Financial's upgraded sites quickly through its Global Network of Enterprise Data Centers and provide an end-to-end service level agreement that guarantees the system is available to end users and performs as specified.

Key Takeaways:

  • Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. has selected USinternetworking Inc. to re-host and manage its financial services e-commerce sites using USi's Internet Selling e-commerce solution based on BroadVision One-To-One Commerce.
  • The partnership aims to provide Liberty Financial with an enterprise-grade application package for high-performance electronic commerce transactions, advanced personalization, and business manager tools for remote content management and site maintenance.
  • USi will deliver Liberty Financial's upgraded sites quickly through its RAPID iMAPSM implementation methodology and its Global Network of Enterprise Data Centers.
  • USi will provide an end-to-end service level agreement that guarantees the system is available to end users and performs as specified.
  • As part of the service, USi will host and manage the site, provide extensive security capabilities to protect confidential customer data, and dedicate a CLIENT Care team to ensure 24x7x365 support.
  • Liberty Financial will receive the comprehensive suite of solutions from USi, including BroadVision's capabilities in secure login, personalized online experience, transaction processing and management, customer support, fulfillment, content management, dynamic marketing, advertising, community building, and integration with front and back office systems.

Statistics:

  • USi's Internet Selling e-commerce solution based on BroadVision One-To-One Commerce provides enterprise-grade application packages for high-performance electronic commerce transactions.
  • The partnership aims to improve the sites for Liberty Financial's customers and partners at a strategic level.
  • Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. manages approximately $61 billion of assets on behalf of over 1.7 million investors worldwide.
  • Liberty Financial's operating companies include: Keyport Life Insurance Company, Stein Roe and Farnham, Newport Pacific Management, Progress Investment Management Company, The Crabbe Huson Group, Independent Financial Marketing Group, and Liberty Asset Management Company.
  • USi has built its own global network of enterprise data centers, a Cisco-Powered Network, to interconnect with major Internet backbone providers through contractual PriorityPeeringSM relationships.

Sources:

  • Business Wire, June 7, 1999.
  • USinternetworking Inc. press release, June 7, 1999.
  • Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. press release, June 7, 1999.
  • BroadVision Inc. press release, June 7, 1999.