Santa Clara, California - November 9th, 1999 - MadOnion.com (formerly
Futuremark Corporation), the leading provider of PC performance and upgrade
information, today announced a strategic alliance with BAPCo®, the Business
Applications Performance Corporation, combining the strengths of Internet
integration provided by MadOnion.com with BAPCo's technical expertise in
business benchmarking. The strategic alliance enables the two companies to
develop enhanced online benchmarking products that allow users to compare
their systems globally.
Through the strategic alliance, MadOnion.com will integrate a new interface and
Internet-based engine for BAPCo's SYSmark® 2000, adding a layer to its Web
services by providing the MadOnion.com engine to drive the online benchmark.
SYSmark® 2000 is a business application benchmark supporting popular business
applications running on the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system.
Modifications to the SYSmark 2000 benchmark reflect a shift to the increased use
of the Internet.
"The alliance will give BAPCo products, already at the cutting edge of
benchmarking for corporate users, the power of global comparison in online
benchmarks," said Aki Jarvilehto, CEO of MadOnion.com. "BAPCo's business
applications, combined with MadOnion.com's online benchmark technology, enable
business users to make more informed decisions about PC purchases."
Under the terms of the alliance, MadOnion.com is also providing marketing
support and distribution services for the SYSmark 2000 online benchmark to
deliver the products to a wider corporate market.
" BAPCo and its member companies are excited about the strategic alliance with
MadOnion.com," says Andreas Uiterwijk, President of BAPCo. "This alliance will
strategically enhance the ability of both companies to create and deliver both
consumer and business benchmarking products. BAPCo's leadership in developing
industry standard benchmarks, and MadOnion.com's marketing support and
Internet-based engine, will create a synergy for success, benefiting all PC
users."
Pricing and Availability
SYSmark 2000 will be available later this month at a price of $99.95 US.
About BAPCo
A non-profit consortium, BAPCo's charter is to develop and distribute a set of
objective performance benchmarks based on popular/personal computer applications
and industry standard operating systems. BAPCo's current members include:
Adaptec (www.adaptec.com); Amdahl Corporation (www.amdahl.com); Compaq
(www.compaq.com) ; Dell (www.dell.com); Federal Computer Week (www.fcw.com);
Hewlett-Packard (www.hp.com); IBM (www.ibm.com); InfoWorld (www.infoworld.com);
Intel (www.intel.com); Microsoft (www.microsoft.com) ; NEC (www.nec.com); and
VNU Business Publications Limited (UK) (www.vnu.co.uk). BAPCo is currently
headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. For more information, please visit
www.bapco.com.
About MadOnion.com
MadOnion.com is a "layered" Web services provider, powered by an Internet-based
engine . Our world-famous 3DMark 99 - The Gamers' Benchmark - was first
released in October 1998. In March 1999, 3DMark 99 MAX was introduced. It
measures 3D gaming performance and compares the results online against
thousands of other system configurations. With their results, PC users can make
upgrading decisions. Now, with a distribution list exceeding 10 million,
3DMark is the global standard. MadOnion.com is based in San Jose, California,
with offices in Toronto and Helsinki. For more information, please visit
www.madonion.com.
3DMark, Futuremark, MadOnion.com are trademarks of MadOnion.com, formerly
Futuremark Corporation, Ltd. All other brands and names are property of their
respective owners.
For more information please refer to http://www.MadOnion.com or contact:
Sarah Burns
Senior Consultant
High Road Communications
416-368-8348
[email protected]
-or-
[email protected]
-or-
John Peterson
BAPCo
2200 Mission College Blvd., SC12-608,
Santa Clara, CA 95052
408-988-7654
http://www.bapco.com
