ADN released eStoreManager to the public in November, but ADN created it long before that. Creating each store individually was expensive to both companies, he said. So, ADN essentially created a template that could be used to create a fully functioning Ecommerce site in minutes rather than days or weeks, he said. Once the company could meet ArtistDirect's needs, ADN decided to offer the service to other businesses for a monthly fee, according to Rick Ono, ADN's vice president of marketing. While ADN handles the technology aspect of an online store, merchants can run the site, as they would a store, Ono said.
Clients can stock items, change prices, track sales and perform other retail tasks.
Nominating The Application Craig R. Barrett, president and CEO of Intel Corp., nominated the application to be a part of Computerworld's research collection after seeing ADN's work with ArtistDirect. Barrett was part of a 100-member committee that nominated applications as part of the Computerworld program. Members selected what they considered to be the best examples of technological innovation, according to the Computerworld Web site. The museum collection offers researchers access to almost 3,000 case studies of information technology applications stated the site. The program was created in 1988 and tries to capture a yearly snapshot of the industry, said Simone Ross, Computerworld's director of the collection and program operations, via E-mail.