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Cleaver-Brooks Receives Prestigious Internet Award
USWeb/CKS Client Honored For Best Extranet Application
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - April 15, 1999 - USWeb/CKS (NASDAQ: USWB), a leader in Internet and marketing professional services, announced today that Cleaver-Brooks, a division of Aqua-Chem, Inc., has received "Best Extranet" during the Third Annual Business on The Internet (BOTI) Awards held yesterday in Los Angeles, CA.
Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Cleaver-Brooks is a leading manufacturer of commercial and industrial packaged boilers and boiler room systems. Cleaver-Brooks, along with USWeb/CKS, was recognized for the development of OrderNet, an application designed to automate and streamline sales processes for the company's 1,500 independent, authorized sales representatives. Providing a faster solution than traditional EDI at considerably less cost, OrderNet streamlines the time-sensitive ordering process by automating channel processes, including system configurations, order and pricing options, and sales commission calculations.
The BOTI Awards are sponsored by CMP Media's InternetWeek and Network Computing publications and are given to eleven companies judged to have developed innovative Internet applications in the areas of e-commerce, extranet, intranets and design.
USWeb/CKS (Nasdaq: USWB) is a professional services firm that works with companies to define strategies and implement innovative ways to build their businesses by combining the expertise of strategy, Internet technology and marketing communications. The Company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Additional information about USWeb/CKS is available by calling 408-987-3200.