BuyerZone Announces Partnership with Toshiba
Telecommunications Equipment Leader Added to B2B e-marketplace's
Supplier Network
WATERTOWN, Mass., (February 5, 2004) - BuyerZone, the leading online marketplace for B2B purchasing, announced today a strategic partnership with Toshiba's Digital Solutions Division. Delivering some of the telecommunications industry's most reliable solutions for small to medium-sized enterprises, Toshiba has joined the Phone Systems supplier network within BuyerZone's Request for Quotes toolset.
"For the thousands of businesses that use BuyerZone's free Request for Quotes service to purchase Phone Systems, the addition of Toshiba further ensures that buyers will connect with the best telecom suppliers and solutions to fit their specific needs," stated Sam Zales, President and CEO of BuyerZone. "For Toshiba, connecting directly with BuyerZone's actively interested buyers will help them grow their businesses by shortening the sales cycle and improving their marketing ROI."
"Toshiba is excited about partnering with BuyerZone," stated Larry Meyer, Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Toshiba Digital Solutions Division. "We're looking forward to connecting with the portion of BuyerZone's 400,000 registered buyers that are actively researching and purchasing Phone Systems."
Toshiba's America Business Solutions Division also recently joined BuyerZone's Office Equipment supplier network. These agreements mark two more milestones in a series of strategic partnerships that BuyerZone has formed with leading national and local suppliers, industry associations, B2B Internet sites and publications to provide the best e-marketplace for business purchasing for buyers and suppliers.
About BuyerZone
Since 1992, BuyerZone has helped millions of companies save and spend wisely on products and services they need to run their businesses. Facilitating more than $1 billion in B2B transactions in 2003, BuyerZone's premier Request for Quotes toolset and award-winning procurement advice cover more than 90 types of critical business purchases.
Profitable since mid-2002, BuyerZone is a privately-held, venture backed and profitable company whose investors include UBS Capital, Flagship Ventures, BancBoston Ventures, and Women's Growth Capital Fund. Vendor partners include Lanier, Mitsubishi, NEC, Nortel, Pitney Bowes, Paychex, Toshiba and Xerox.
For more information, please visit BuyerZone's web site at http://www.buyerzone.com
About Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.
Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., TAIS is comprised of three divisions: Digital Products Division, Digital Solutions Division and the Storage Device Division. Together, the three divisions provide mobile products and solutions, communications, storage and imaging products and services. Products include industry leading portable computers, PDAs, projectors, DVD/CD recordable products and hard disk drives for computers, telephony products, digital imaging systems, cable modems, servers, wireless solutions and services.
TAIS provides sales, marketing and services for its wide range of information products in the United States and Latin America. TAIS is an independent operating company owned by Toshiba America, Inc., a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation, which is a world leader in high technology and integrated manufacturing of electrical and electronic components, products and systems. Toshiba has global sales of over $47 billion and more than 300 subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide.
For more information, please visit Toshiba's web site at http://www.toshiba.com.
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Press Contact:
Scotty Rill
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