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FRAMINGHAM (02/04/2000) - Microsoft Corp. and VerticalNet have announced a joint effort aimed at delivering business-to-business e-commerce services to small and midsize companies in vertical markets. Under the agreement, Microsoft will invest $100 million in the Horsham, Pa., company VerticalNet, which operates 55 industry-specific vertical trade Web sites, the companies said in a joint statement. Microsoft will also provide VerticalNet with distribution and marketing support through several of its Internet units, including its small-business portal site, bCentral, and the MSN Internet service network.

VerticalNet, in turn, promised to speed up its adoption of Microsoft products and technologies, including upgrading its operating system platform to Windows 2000 Professional Edition.

LabCal Technologies Inc. next month is scheduled to ship PKIcomplete, software that lets companies evaluate different types of public-key infrastructure (PKI) products. The offering, which works in conjunction with products such as Microsoft Project, also includes a methodology for rolling out a PKI designed to secure a company's network. PKIcomplete will cost $20,000.

LabCal: www.labcal.com.

Commerce One Inc. in Walnut Creek, Calif., and Cephran in Palo Alto have signed an agreement to build a business-to-business e-commerce portal for use by the building and construction industry based on Commerce One's MarketSite software.

The companies say their first step will be setting up online catalogs for use by distributors, manufacturers and specialty contractors. Cephran supplies software services to the building and construction industries.

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