Friday February 2, 2:21 pm Eastern Time
Press Release
The Ohio & Southwestern Energy Co: Strategic Profits Inc. - SPI, HP
Canada, TELUS Form Alliance to Deliver a Secure Internet-Based Credit Card
Payment Service
VANCOUVER, B.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2001--(OTCBB:OSWE
- news)
Strategic Profits Inc. (SPI), Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd. and TELUS
Corporation today announced they have formed an alliance to deliver a secure
Internet-based credit card payment service.
The alliance provides organizations of any size, including not-for-profits
and charities, access to a best-of-breed payment service, security, hosting,
consulting, integration, education and implementation. It is available now on a
regional and national basis.
``This alliance demonstrates e-services in action for our customers by
bringing the computing utility model to life,'' said Lynn Anderson, vice
president business marketing, HP Canada. ``Together we are providing our
customers an offering that's as easy to acquire and use as other utilities such
as water and electricity. Most importantly, our customers have the confidence of
knowing that it's all built on a secure, reliable and always-on Internet
infrastructure.''
HP Canada is providing the necessary consulting, hardware and software,
including two HP 9000 L2000 servers, s, MC/Serviceguard for high availability
and Verifone Payworks 3 as the payment engine.
TELUS is hosting the service from its state-of-the-art data centre which is
equipped with maximum security, 7 x 24 monitoring, support and high speed
Internet connectivity. The service leverages the consulting, integration,
education and implementation expertise of Strategic Profits Inc. (SPI) to enable
merchants with payment services.
The service eliminates the need to identify and contact the various different
vendors, such as consultants, programmers, integrators and payment providers,
involved in enabling an online application to take credit cards.
``Our new alliance makes it simple and easy for the customer to call one
number and get everything they need to establish online payments,'' says
Catherine Clarke Luckhurst, CEO, Strategic Profits Inc. (SPI). ``Businesses can
choose from an array of products and services that suit their particular needs.
For smaller businesses we offer an all-inclusive bundled start-up package for
one low price. Charities can offer donations online with etax receipts. A larger
business has the option to mix and match different components based on their
needs, assuring the customer of the very best in infrastructure, hosting,
security, and service.''
``As online services become an increasingly important tool for businesses of
all sizes, TELUS' protected and reliable Internet hosting infrastructure is
critical for businesses to protect their online brand equity and customer
experience,'' says John Seliga, vice president for TELUS Hosting. ``As an
industry leader in hosting Web sites and e-business applications, TELUS works to
significantly decrease service interruption risks to customers.''
About HP Canada
HP Canada has more than 1,500 employees at 19 locations across Canada. Its
revenue in fiscal 2000 was $1.8 billion (Canadian).
About HP
Hewlett-Packard Company -- a leading global provider of computing and imaging
solutions and services -- is focused on making technology and its benefits
accessible to individuals and businesses through simple appliances, useful
e-services and an Internet infrastructure that's always on.
HP has 88,500 employees worldwide and had total revenue from continuing
operations of $48.8 billion in its 2000 fiscal year. Information about HP and
its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com.
TELUS Corporation is one of Canada's leading telecommunications companies
providing a full range of communications products and services that connect
Canadians to the world. The company generated $5.9 billion in revenues in 1999
and is the leading service provider in Western Canada. TELUS also provides
voice, data, Internet, advertising and wireless services to Central and Eastern
Canada. With the purchase of QubecTel and national digital wireless company
Clearnet Communications Inc., TELUS is rapidly strengthening its position as a
leading national service provider. TELUS also operates Internet data centres
across Canada, providing Internet hosting services ranging from collocation to
fully managed, outsourced application hosting. More information about TELUS and
its products can be found at http://www.telus.com.
Strategic Profits Inc. (SPI) ``traded publicly through its parent under the
symbol OSWE - OTC:BB'' has been providing Internet commerce solutions to SME's
and not-for-profit and charities since 1994 including secure credit card
transactions since 1997. SPI provides full Internet service offerings including
online education, web hosting and design, Internet marketing, secure shopping
cart and payment order systems, as well as secure payment transactions through
Royal Bank of Canada as well as secure cash online through their partners,
Hyperwallet.com! In 1998 SPI launched the communitystorefronts.com e-commerce
pilot with their consortium partners Industry Canada, Royal Bank of Canada.
Today communitystorefronts.com is a fully commercialized portal offering online
shopping, fundraising, and turnkey e-commerce solutions.
http://www.strategicprofitsinc.com.
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