SYDNEY – May 18, 2004 - Expanding their commitment to provide small businesses with powerful online tools and features that improve workplace productivity, enhance communications and reduce costs, destra Corporation Limited (ASX:DES) and Yahoo! Australia & NZ Pty Ltd today announced the availability of a new suite of services that are integrated with destra’s core OzHosting.com web hosting service.
The new destra & Yahoo! Small Business offerings include:
- Yahoo! Site Plus, which helps small and home-based companies quickly and economically have a professional Web site built for them;
- Yahoo! Store Plus, a comprehensive e-commerce solution that helps businesses build, manage and market an online store;
- Yahoo! Small Business Home Page a comprehensive destination that provides everything small businesses need to establish themselves online;
- Marketing Solutions, including Overture’s ‘Pay for Performance’ search engine marketing.
For destra, the new Yahoo! Small Business services expand their core OzHosting.com web hosting services. For Yahoo! Australia & NZ, the agreement will raise awareness of it’s industry-leading solutions for small businesses and provide a powerful marketing and sales engine for Yahoo! Small Business products.
"destra & Yahoo! Small Business services are now uniquely positioned to equip small businesses to better communicate and service their customers through a professional web presence that builds on the benefits of destra’s core OzHosting.com services," said Carl Olsen, Chairman, destra Corporation. "We are adding real value to our current and future customers by expanding our products and services to give small businesses a competitive advantage with unique products, excellent pricing and the ability for our customers to select services that best meet their business needs.”
"The expansion of our destra relationship gives us great confidence moving forward that Yahoo! Australia and NZ will deliver to small businesses comprehensive solutions in one convenient location with unequalled sales and service support," said Cliff Rosenberg, Managing Director, Yahoo! Australia & NZ Pty Ltd.
Additionally, the companies continue to focus on delivering high levels of reliability and security to ensure web site availability and help protect against unauthorised users and unforeseen events that could compromise customers' data.
About Lincoln Crowne & Company Lincoln Crowne & Company provided strategic advice to destra in the origination, negotiation and structure on this alliance.
About Yahoo! Australia & NZ
Yahoo! Australia & NZ is one of the most recognised internet brands in the region. www.yahoo.com.au is part of the global network of Yahoo! sites. Yahoo! provides comprehensive online products and services to over four million Australian and New Zealand consumers and businesses each month.