“Enigma Digital, the industry’s first incubator of
genre-specific music lifestyle communities, and HomePage.com, the
leading Application Service Provider (ASP) of home page solutions,
today announced a multi-year strategic partnership to provide
Enigma Digital communities with HomePage’s proprietary and turnkey
“powered by” home page system. In May, 2000, Enigma Digital will
begin implementing its home page system for its current Internet
communities which include KNAC.com, grooveradio.com and
LuxuriaMusic.com. The two companies will work together on all
future Enigma Digital communities as Enigma Digital increases its
broadband and wireless initiatives.”
“Under the terms of the deal, Enigma Digital and HomePage.com
will integrate Enigma’s leading-edge community web sites and live
broadcasts with HomePage.com’s customized home page solutions. This
breakthrough implementation of broadband-enabled home pages will
empower community members to create and share deeply social
experiences around their lifestyles. The deal also provides
unprecedented economies of scale to both companies enabling rapid,
cost-effective deployment of integrated, branded solutions.”
“HomePage.com (www.homepage.com), an idealab! company, is the
leading ASP of home page solutions for ebusinesses. HomePage.com’s
clients include AOL’s ICQ, ARTISTdirect.com, About.com,
Discovery.com and PetsMart.com, among others. These clients use
HomePage.com’s hosted solution for building customer retention,
traffic and loyalty. The Company offers seamless front and back end
integration and works closely with clients to customize a home page
offering for their users. The heart of HomePage.com’s success
is its flexible and proprietary “Powered by HomePage.com” system
which uses a unique combination of FreeBSD and Linux operating
systems. “Powered by HomePage.com” ensures customers a
high-performance, easy-to-use, crash-free personal publishing
experience. HomePage.com is backed by idealab!, idealab Capital
Partners, J. & W. Seligman and Moore Capital Management.”