Digital River Markets Sunbelt Software's CounterSpy in its Online Sales Channel
MINNEAPOLIS, August 17, 2005 -- Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ:DRIV), a global leader in e-commerce outsourcing, today announced it is providing e-commerce support for Sunbelt Software, Inc., a leading provider of security solutions for the Windows® operating system. By working with Digital River, Sunbelt plans to expand the online marketing and sales of its CounterSpy™ software, a popular antispyware tool. Based on an agreement, Sunbelt is offering downloadable versions of its software through more than one thousand online retail, content and portal sites in Digital River’s oneNetwork™ online sales channel, including Circuit City Stores, Inc., PC World and Staples, Inc.
“We are pleased to welcome Sunbelt Software to our online network,” said Dave Alampi, Digital River’s vice president of marketing. “Through our oneNetwork sales channel, we are able to quickly connect publishers with a well established group of resellers as well as an expanded market of buyers. We believe oneNetwork offers an ideal situation and turnkey solution for Sunbelt to successfully market CounterSpy to online customers.”
“We are delighted to make CounterSpy available to new customers through Digital River,” said Carol Adams, vice president of channel and business development with Sunbelt Software. “By working with Digital River, we can leverage its relationships with online retailers to drive more revenue for our company.”
About Sunbelt Software, Inc.
Headquartered in Tampa Bay (Clearwater), Fla., Sunbelt Software was founded in 1994 and offers product solutions to protect and secure systems from costly inefficiencies, including spam, spyware, system downtime and security vulnerabilities.
Sunbelt Software is part of the Sunbelt International Group, which includes Sunbelt Software and Sunbelt System Software in Europe. The Sunbelt System Software group has offices in the UK, France, Belgium, Sweden and Germany.
About Digital River, Inc.
Digital River, Inc., a global leader in e-commerce outsourcing, builds and manages online businesses for more than 40,000 software publishers, manufacturers, distributors and online retailers. Its multi-channel e-commerce solution, which supports both direct and indirect sales, is designed to help companies of all sizes maximize online revenues as well as reduce the costs and risks of running an e-commerce operation. The company’s comprehensive platform offers site development and hosting, order management, fraud prevention, export controls, tax management, physical and digital product fulfillment, multi-lingual customer service, advanced reporting and strategic marketing services.
Founded in 1994, Digital River is headquartered in Minneapolis with offices in major U.S. cities as well as London and Cologne, Germany. For more details about Digital River, visit the corporate Web site at www.digitalriver.com or call 952-253-1234.
Digital River is a registered trademark of Digital River, Inc. CounterSpy is a trademark of Sunbelt Software, Inc. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other company and product names are trademarks, registrations or copyrights of their respective owners.
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