Technology Solutions

Authorize.Net, a service of Lightbridge, Inc., manages the submission of payment transactions to the processing networks on behalf of its merchant customers. Since 1996, Authorize.Net has been a leading provider of Internet Protocol (IP) based payment gateway services, enabling merchants to authorize, settle and manage credit card and electronic check transactions from a Web site, retail store, mail order/telephone order (MOTO) call center or mobile device.

Business Objects/Crystal Reports is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company. With more than 30,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of the Fortune 500, Business Objects helps organizations gain better insight into their business, improve decision making, and optimize enterprise performance. The company's business intelligence platform, BusinessObjectsT XI, offers the BI industry's most advanced and complete platform for reporting, query and analysis, performance management, and data integration.

CyberSource is a global provider of eCommerce transaction services that enable the secure sale, distribution and fulfillment of products and services via the Internet, including digital products, hard and soft goods, pay-per-use and subscription services. Using CyberSource Suite of Internet Commerce Services, businesses can automate commerce transactions and allow Internet sites handle complex Internet commerce infrastructure, without giving up flexibility and control.

Paymentech processes more payment transactions than any other company in North America - and more than half of all Internet transactions - for retailers accepting U.S. and international payments via traditional point of sale, Internet, catalog and recurring payments. In 2003, Paymentech and its Canadian affiliate, based in Toronto, processed 7 billion transactions and $162 billion in card volume in 14 currencies.

PayPal, an eBay Company, enables any individual or business with an email address to securely, easily and quickly send and receive payments online. PayPal's service builds on the existing financial infrastructure of bank accounts and credit cards and utilizes the world's most advanced proprietary fraud prevention systems to create a safe, global, real-time payment solution.

QAS is a leading supplier of address management solutions. Its QuickAddress range of software helps organizations capture accurate address data and conserve integrity over time. The flexibility of QuickAddress means it can be tailored to suit any industry specific requirements and business processes.

Ringgold is based in Beaverton, OR and Bristol, England. Its mission is to help publishers and software vendors improve their marketing and reduce their costs in supplying products and services within the Information industry. Ringgold’s two branded services are OpenIdentify – providing unique identification of organizations subscribing to electronic journals, and OpenRFP – providing an online eProcurement system where software vendors present functions to libraries that use the information for creating RFIs or requests for tender.

Satoripublishes mail management software for organizations of all sizes. The Bulk Mailer 5 series is a stand-alone system, while the MailRoom ToolKit series works inside local databases. Products feature USPS PAVE presorting, standardizing and cleaning addresses to meet CASS specifications, Move Update (change-of-address) processing, duplication elimination and more.

VeriSign operates digital infrastructure that enables and protects billions of interactions across the world's voice and data networks. VeriSign offerings include SSL, SSL Certificates, and digital content solutions, Extended Validation, two-factor authentication, identity protection, managed network security, public key infrastructure (PKI), security consulting, information management, and solutions for intelligent communications, and content.

Vertex is the leading provider of tax technology products and process management services for more than 10,000 customers worldwide. Vertex technologies and services help companies streamline tax compliance processes, as well as leverage information to discover new strategic tax savings that enhance decision information across every major line of business tax including income, sales, consumer use, value added, communications, and payroll.

Service Partners

Catalysts has been helping B2B publishers with a full range of services for 17 years. Key services include content, document, subscription and security management plus online and offline publication delivery and a number of important secondary services such as hosting, support and training.

New York Review of Books is a service bureau providing circulation and fulfillment solutions for small publishers.

ViaSubscription provides subscription billing management (SBM), customer relationship management (CRM), and enterprise resource planning (ERP) in a hosted environment. We offer expertise in system integration, data conversion and web programming.