San Francisco, CA., February 8, 2005 - Xionetic Technologies, a leading developer of advanced enterprise location software, and Fluid, Inc., a San Francisco-based digital application design and development firm, announced today the formation of a strategic alliance between the two companies. The alliance will allow Fluid to deliver advanced location and web based mapping solutions to their customers, while providing Xionetic's customers with leading edge web site design, e-commerce solutions, and Rich Internet Applications (RIA's).
"Xionetic's Locator Web solves a key need for our retail, e-commerce and manufacturing clients," said Kent Deverell, Director of Business Development at Fluid. "We believe that Xionetic has the most cost-effective, easy to implement, and feature-rich solution we've found on the market."
Craig McCormack, President and CEO of Xionetic commented, "We get unique web development and application requests all the time. Our relationship with Fluid provides us with a trusted partner where we can refer requests for innovative e-commerce products and services."
Both companies see this relationship as an excellent opportunity to leverage their unique skill-sets to provide a complete range of services to their respective customer bases. "We look forward to the opportunity to better serve our customers and in expanding our relationship with Fluid," McCormack added.
About Xionetic Technologies
Xionetic Technologies, Inc. develops advanced enterprise location software for fast-growing, progressive companies across multiple industries. With more than 6,000 companies currently using Xionetic's suite of geographic locator and business analytics applications, Xionetic Technologies is a leader in the geographic locator and Zip Code based proximity and demographics business software market. Founded in 1991, Xionetic Technologies is a privately held company based in Bozeman, Montana. On the web, visit http://www.xionetic.com for more information.
About Fluid, Inc.
Fluid is a San Francisco-based digital solutions firm that has been providing digital experience design and Internet application development services since 1990. Fluid specializes in the delivery of user-centric solutions that combine inspired design, rigorous usability and innovative technology to help clients build their brands and improve their bottom lines through better interactions with customers, consumers and employees. A leader in Rich Internet Applications (RIA), Fluid?s services include web site design and development, kiosk design and development, guided selling and e-commerce solutions, user experience design, and usability analysis. Fluid's clients include Charles Schwab, Macromedia, Amerada Hess, Mattel, General Electric, Wells Fargo, Yahoo!, Avery Dennison, The North Face and The Leakey Foundation. More information about Fluid is available at http://www.fluid.com/.
FLUID CONTACT: Kent Deverell, deverell@fluid.com, 415 369-3204.