BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Electronic Software Distribution
- a form of electronic shopping in which computer programs can be purchased and downloaded directly from the Internet
Additional Resources
- Software.net Snips Electronic Ribbon, Opens First Electronic Software Distribution, ESD, Online Government Software Store
- SUNNYVALE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 19, 1998--To aid the U.S. government in its mission to become paperless by the year 2000, software.net Corporation (Nasdaq: "SWNT") today unveiled the first Electronic Software Distribution ESD online store focused exclusively on the software needs of government customers. Located at http://www.software.net/gov.htm, the...
- Research articles 1998-08-19
- Software.net Snips Electronic Ribbon, Opens First Electronic Software Distribution, ESD, Online Government Software Store
- SUNNYVALE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 19, 1998--To aid the U.S. government in its mission to become paperless by the year 2000, software.net Corporation (Nasdaq: "SWNT") today unveiled the first Electronic Software Distribution ESD online store focused exclusively on the software needs of government customers.Located at http://www.software.net/gov.htm, the government-focused software store enables government...
- Research articles 1998-08-19
- The Douglas Stewart Company and BITSource to bring electronic software distribution to college book stores market; SmartShelf to provide electronic commerce benefits to $8 billion market
- MADISON, Wis. and LOS ALTOS, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 14, 1997--The Douglas Stewart Company, the leading educational distributor of computer products and consumer electronics, today announced an agreement with BITSource, an electronic software distribution ESD company to bring its new technology, SmartShelf, into college stores across the U.S. Under...
- Research articles 1997-04-14
- Overcoming obstacles to ESD. (electronic software distribution)(Column)
- Recent developments in e-commerce show that companies and trade groups are working to address security and other issues. A steady flow of news announcements in recent months indicates that the market is slowly but surely coming to grips with not just the promise, but the...
- Research articles 1997-10-01
- Wave Interactive Network to support Microsoft's initiatives to establish standards for certification of electronic software distribution; WIN to use ESD standard for its CablePC service
- LEE, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 8, 1996--Wave Interactive Network, Inc. WIN today announced it will support Microsoft Corporation's (NASDAQ:MSFT) efforts to define the criteria for establishing Electronic Software Distribution ESD standards.
- Research articles 1996-05-08
- Software Sales Online.(electronic commerce software distribution)(Statistical Data Included)
- E-Commerce is thriving, but ESD is still limited. When the concept of electronic software distribution ESD started being widely discussed about five years ago, predictions of its inroads into traditional distribution channels by the year 2000 caused some media duplicators/replicators to worry about...
- Research articles 1999-10-01
- ISRAEL: ALADDIN KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS TO EXPAND.(acquires Preview System internet software distribution business)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- According to Israel Line (Jul 19), Internet and software security provider Aladdin Knowledge Systems has completed the acquisition of Preview Systems' electronic software distribution business for $5 million, THE JERUSALEM POST reported. The Sunnyval According to Israel Line (Jul 19), Internet and software security provider...
- Research articles 2001-07-23
- IBM testing new electronic software distribution system. (Industry News)
- IBM Corporation has announced plans to provide an electronic software shopping, ordering and delivery service that will allow customers to electronically purchase and automatically install software on PCs at their locations around the world. Expected IBM Corporation has announced plans to provide an electronic software...
- Research articles 1994-09-01
- McAfee Launches Enterprise SecureCast; First to Deliver Corporate Software Via Internet Push Technology; McAfee and BackWeb Pioneer New Software Distribution Channel
- SANTA CLARA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 28, 1997--McAfee (NASDAQ:MCAF) today began beta testing Enterprise SecureCast, the world's first corporate electronic software distribution service to utilize "push" technology. Enterprise SecureCast follows McAfee's January launch of Home SecureCast, which is targeted at home and small office customers of McAfee's best-selling VirusScan anti-virus software....
- Research articles 1997-02-28
- Digital River Teams With Lotus and IBM Software to Become the First Electronic Software Distributor in Europe
- MINNEAPOLIS--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 13, 1998--Digital River (NASDAQ: DRIV), which manages the world's largest online database of software products, today announced a European distribution agreement with Lotus Development Corp. and International Business Machines Corp. IBM (NYSE: IBM). Through Digital River's online dealer network, Lotus and IBM software will be available via electronic...
- Research articles 1998-10-13
- Preview Software certified by Microsoft; timeLOCK provides end-to-end electronic distribution solution approved by Microsoft for use by its resellers
- PALO ALTO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 23, 1997--Preview Software announced today that its timeLOCK software has completed and passed the Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Electronic Software Distribution Certification Process.
- Research articles 1997-06-23
- Quest Software and DAZEL Corporation sign agreement that will couple the DAZEL output server with Quest's VISTA Plus and NB Spool; agreement will provide a best of breed solution for electronic information distribution and viewing
- NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 14, 1996--On Aug. 9, Quest Software (Newport Beach, CA), a leading provider of electronic report distribution solutions and DAZEL Corporation (Austin, TX), the industry leader in client/server output management solutions for the enterprise, announced that they have entered into a agreement that will provide a next...
- Research articles 1996-08-14
- Netsurfer shows off new electronic distribution tools at Red Herring conference. (Netsurfer Inc.; Red Herring Venture Market South Conference)
- Netsurfer Inc. chose the Red Herring Venture Market South Conference for the first public demonstration of its SoftCast electronic software distribution technology. Netsurfer's SoftCast family of products provides automated software, file, and configuration distribution to PCs connected to an enterprise network or the Internet. The...
- Research articles 1997-03-03
- Mass merchants: "a high cost channel to service."(Toys R Us enters software distribution channel in deal with Electronic Arts and Davidson)
- Throw out the textbooks, because the software distribution business is about to undergo yet another round of changes. This time, it's the mass merchants--the big retail chains, bookstores, price clubs, and other consumer outlets--who are shaking the trThrow out the textbooks, because the software distribution business ...
- Research articles 1995-07-16
- IBM outlines plans for advanced delivery system. (International Business Machines Corp.'s new software distribution method)
- IBM Corporation today announced plans to provide an electronic software shopping, ordering, and delivery service to customers worldwide. Through high-speed networking services provided by the IBM Global Network, the advanced system will enable comp IBM Corporation today announced plans to provide an electronic ...
- Research articles 1994-11-24
- -MECKLERMEDIA: Mecklermedia signs online software distribution alliance with Digital River.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-12 October 1998-MECKLERMEDIA: Mecklermedia, "The Internet Media Company," signs online software distribution alliance with Digital River C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:081098 Mecklermedia's (Nasdaq: MECK) Internet.com network of Web sites today announced an alliance with Digital River (Nasdaq: DRIV), the ...
- Research articles 1998-10-12
- Beyond.com Chosen by GTSI to Electronically Deliver Microsoft Software
- SUNNYVALE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 3, 1998--Online software superstore Beyond.com (Nasdaq: BYND) announced today that it has been selected by GTSI to be the provider for Electronic Software Distribution of software products over the Internet to a potential of more than 200,000 seats desktop or portable computers, over the next five years...
- Research articles 1998-12-03
- ADVISORY/Media Alert; Joel Ronning, CEO of Digital River, Available to Speak On the Dramatic Shift in Retail Software Sales to the Internet
- --BUSINESS WIRE-- For example, online retailers like Amazon.com are considering adding software to their offering WHAT: Amazon.com is considering adding software to their offering, thus providing additional avenues for consumers to purchase software over the Internet. Recent studies show that 20 million people purchased...
- Research articles 1998-11-06
- Up to 45,000 Licenses of Raxco Software to be Digitally Distributed to the Defense Logistics Agency via Beyond.com's Electronic Software Distribution
- GAITHERSBURG, Md.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 9, 1999--Raxco Software, Inc., the technology leader in Windows NT Systems Resource Management, today announced that its instaNT software product is available electronically to organizations who are part of the Defense Logistics Agency DLA. Up to 45,000 instaNT licenses are available to DLA agencies under the current...
- Research articles 1999-02-11
- Intraware and Progress Software Agree That Green Is Good
- ORINDA, Calif. -- Progress Software Extends Electronic Software Distribution Through Intraware's SubscribeNet Service for Its Positive Customer, Environmental and Financial Benefits
- Research articles 2004-10-04
