Paul Nicholls

Excite and cybermeals, an online restaurant ordering system, signed a $15.5 million deal to allow Excite’s Web surfers to order take-out and delivered meals over the Internet. Excite said it will offer the online delivery service in the Lifestyle, Shopping, Travel and other upcoming channels on Excite.com. Under the terms of the four-year sponsorship deal […]

A Bellevue, WA company is planning to launch an online grocery service to serve the Seattle area early this year. Called HomeGrocer.com, the service claims it will be the first online grocery shopping and home delivery service in the Puget Sound area, and one of the few with free deliveries for orders more than $75. […]

Lycos Inc. said it has partnered with AutoConnect to be the premier used automobile vendor within Lycos’ commerce area, the Lycos Shopping Network. AutoConnect also will be featured with integrated links throughout the Lycos site. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. AutoConnect’s site is being redesigned for a re-launch this spring with substantial […]

Network security leader CyberGuard Corporation announced today it added Year 2000 (Y2K) extensions to its current certificate authority and firewall product lines. Millennium-Guard is described by the company as an enforcement tool that’s designed to safeguard Y2K-compliant applications from contamination from noncompliant applications. CyberGuard reports Millennium-Guard’s “gatekeeper” capability enables companies to implement their Y2K policy […]

MasterCard International announced today a modification to its presentment process for merchants aimed at promoting the use of the Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) protocol. Taking effect April 1, 1998, the policy change provides an extra level of security during the verification process. The change aims to reduce the number of claims in which customers report […]

Reston, VA-based Proxicom, a developer of Internet-based business solutions, said that Somm & Partner will be developing e-commerce-focused Internet communities using the Proxicom Community Suite. As a result of the agreement, Somm & Partner will develop a turn-key community system–initially for German, Swiss and Austrian users and later spreading across Europe–that enable users to research […]

software.net, an Internet-based software superstore, signed an exclusive global agreement to use Preview Software’s TimeLOCK to provide “try-before-you-buy” functionality for the thousands of PC software applications offered for download at its electronic software stores. The agreement between software.net and Preview Software extends to all of the software.net sites, including: software.net, the Netscape Software Depot by […]

Akron, PA-based Priority One Electronic Commerce Corp. named Thomas K. Goldman as vice president, marketing. He will be responsible for developing and coordinating a nationwide network of sales consultants. Goldman has been in the financial services industry since 1983. As an entrepreneur, he was instrumental in several large acquisitions in the Northeast with market valuations […]

Macromedia and Release Software announced today the companies have entered into an Electronic Software Distribution (ESD) agreement. Release Software, which distributes and markets software sold on the Internet, will provide ESD packaging, security technology, and Electronic License Clearinghouse services for Macromedia software distributed via the Net. Macromedia’s Dreamweaver Web site creation tool will be one […]

Many online merchants reported holiday season sales increased two to three times over results for 1996, according to a trade publication. As an indication, the Gap’s online store, which opened in time for the 1997 holiday season, already is on the verge of becoming one of the chain’s biggest stores in terms of sales volume. […]

First Data Corp. said that Nationwide Credit Inc., its Atlanta-based receivables management business unit, has been acquired by NCI Acquisition Corp. The latter is an investment partnership formed by affiliates of Centre Partners Management LLC and Weiss, Peck and Greer LLC, both of New York.. Hackensack, NJ-based First Data, whose products include payment systems, electronic […]