Epicentric(TM) Inc., the leading provider of next generation e-commerce portals, today announced that ProducePoint.com is using the Epicentric Portal Server to build a first of its kind portal for delivering real time market data to buyers and sellers of produce. ProducePoint.com will provide its portal users with a comprehensive set of information and resources regarding produce sales including a real time pricing ticker, produce news, market analysis, charts, financial and legal resources, weather and more. ProducePoint.com selected Epicentric because of its powerful capacity to integrate content, services and applications and then deliver them to portal users in a personalized, easy to use format.
“Epicentric’s Java-based framework gives ProducePoint.com the ability to rapidly synthesize a wide variety of information and custom built modules to serve our users,” said Rock Clapper, CEO of ProducePoint.com. “It’s important to our business that we are able to adapt to the changing needs of the produce industry, and that our users can personalize our service for their maximum benefit. Epicentric has us covered on both ends.”
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Buyers and sellers of produce are expected to see a clear advantage in the use of the ProducePoint.com portal. Previously, pricing information for commodities such as lettuce were typically not available until 24 or 48 hours after the fact. Pricing and market data can now be delivered to buyers and sellers in real time for better informed business decisions. In addition, users can personalize the portal to provide the strategic information they need most to succeed. For instance, weather reports can be viewed alongside pricing predictions and market news for targeted crops such as celery or tomatoes. Because of the perishable nature of produce and the volatility of the market, users can rely upon the portal for immediate answers to urgent questions.
“Because of the innovative direction of ProducePoint.com’s service, it required a solution that wouldn’t place any limits on what it could do,” said Michael Crosno, CEO of Epicentric. “Epicentric’s open architecture and modular framework were specifically designed with this type of scenario in mind. Our portal server works in any IT environment and easily integrates with third party or custom built content, services and applications for unlimited potential and flexibility.”
About Epicentric
Epicentric, Inc. is the leading provider of next generation portals and portal networks that enable enterprise and dot.com companies to quickly launch fully integrated and personalized solutions that power the Internet relationships driving e-commerce. Epicentric’s portal network solution enables any end user to create, customize and publish an enterprise class portal directly from a web browser. Founded in 1998, Epicentric, Inc. has provided portal solutions for customers such as Autodesk, Business Information Group, ChemConnect, Cofix, eDaycare, General Electric, Jguru, Lockheed Martin, Mucho.com, SCom, Unilink, and Valleynet. Epicentric, Inc. is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Austin, Chicago, New York, and Washington D.C. International headquarters located in Atlanta with offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, and France. Investors include Bowman Capital Management, LLC; Putnam Investments; Capital Research and Management Company; Chase H&Q’s Access Technology Partners, L.P.; J.P. Morgan; Sandler Capital Management; US Bancorp Piper Jaffray; Autodesk; Dain Rauscher Wessels; Essex Investment Management Company, LLC. For more information visit the company’s website at www.epicentric.com
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ProducePoint.com provides real time price and volume information to the produce industry. Its patent-pending technology delivers farm fresh information on fresh fruits and vegetables. Located in the heart of produce country in Salinas, CA, ProducePoint was founded by President Richard Kaiser, a long-time produce industry analyst, and CEO Rock Clapper, former CEO of GotSavings.com.
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