Infrastructure Survey: Small Merchant Services
December 15, 1998
Service provider
Telephone
Number of sites hosted
Average catalog entries/site
Platform
Web server
Commerce software
Frameworks
Client framework
Search engine product
Business-to business software
Firewall product
Security, encryption products
SSL2 support
SSL3
64-bit encryption
32-bit encryption
16 bit encryption
Other encryption
Accesspoint Corp.
(714) 781-2288
100+
2,500
Intergraph (NT 4.0), SQL Server clustered using Webscale
MS IIS4.0 and SQL Server
proprietary
ASP, SQL, Java, Javascript, C, C++, Visual Basic
HTML, ASP, Javascript
Proprietary
proprietary
proprietary
SSL, PGP
yes
no
no
no
no
no
Adventure Web Productions
(410) 788-7007
74
150
Sun Sparc
Sun Microsystems
VeriSign
CGI, Java, Perl,
HTML
Yahoo
VeriSign
VeriSign
PGP
yes
no
no
yes
no
no
Affordable Virtual Servers
61-2-4283-1582
500+
20
Pentium II 333-Unix/Windows NT
N/A
Kool Kat (free single page cart)
Java, CGI, Perl, CORBA, C++, TCL, python
HTML
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
no
no
no
no
no
no
AIS Network Corp.
(847)882-0493
20
N/A
NT IIS Site Server
NT IIS
Site Server 3.0
ASP SQL
HTML, ASP, SQL
SQL queries and Index server
Site Server
Proxy& Cisco
SSL, PGP
no
no
no
no
no
no
Alpine Development
(801) 358-0890
79
2
Pentium II/ BSDI Unix
Apache, Miva
Apache/Miva
Miva, CGI (C++)
HTML, proprietary
Custom
Open Market
MS Proxy Server/ Router
PGP
no
no
no
no
no
no
American Data Technology
(919) 544-4101
700+
50/100
Unix and NT
Apache and IIS 4.0
Cart 32, CyberCash, Minivend, Perlshop
CGI, ASP
HTML
built into product and Cold Fusion
N/A
Unix based
SSL and PGP
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
PGP
AnaServe (A Concentric Network Co.)
(949) 250-7262
2,000
20
Unix-Solaris or BSDI
Sun Solaris servers
ShopSite by OpenMarket and INEX
CGI,Perl,Sybase,Microsoft Commerce Server,Microsoft Sl Server
HTML
N/A
N/A
N/A
SSL, PGP
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
Cart32
(613) 721-6097
20+
15
Pentium II/BSDI Unix
Pentium ll 350, OS-Windows NT
Webserver-IIS 4.0
N/A
HTML
N/A
N/A
Checkpoint
SSL, Thawte/VeriSign, PGP
no
yes
no
no
no
no
Data Matrix
(610) 701-5814
4
20
Sun and generic running Solaris/Linux
Apache
DocumentMaster
CGI, Perl, C++
HTML
DocumentMaster
N/A
Raptor
SSL, PGP
no
no
no
no
no
no
Extreme Web
(410) 721-1372
50
5
Intel Pentium II w/NT Server 4.0
N/A
custom
ASP
HTML
Add-Web
N/A
Thawte Consulting
N/A
no
no
no
no
no
126-bit
Forman Interactive
(212) 627-4988
1005
25
N/A
Linux, Unix
N/A
VBI, Perl
HTML
Excite
N/A
N/A
PGP
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
Hewitt Code
(317) 577-8937
10
35
Mac OS 8.1
WebTen (Apache for Mac)
HCW-Cart
CGI, C++, Perl
HTML
HCW-cart
N/A
hardware router
PGP
yes
yes
no
no
no
no
iland Internet Solutions
(713) 610-3701
20
50
Windows NT
Microsoft Internet Information Server
Custom Built, StoreFront
ASP
HTML, Java, custom controls
custom
custom
N/A
SSL3.0
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
InfoDial
(818) 316-0367
100+
N/A
Windows NT
IIS
Cashier 3D
N/A
HTML
Microsoft
Cashier 3D
N/A
SSL
yes
yes
no
no
no
no
International Computer
(613) 394-6799
10
100
Dual Intel P2-300MHz; NT Server 4.0, IIS4, Cold Fusion 3.0
N/A
Cold Fusion or ASP
Cold Fusion or ASP
HTML JavaScript
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
no
no
no
no
no
Netcetera
01-6-2461-2948
100
50
Compaq Servers and NT
IIS4
Net-Store E-commerce Suite
COM, ASP
HTML
proprietary
N/A
N/A
VeriSign, SSL
yes
no
yes
no
no
no
Netcom Online Comm. Services
(408) 881-2000
N/A
50
Pentium running Linux
Apache
Open Market ShopSite Software
N/A
N/A
Proprietary
proprietary
proprietary
proprietary
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
OneHost
(888) 846-7143
100
N/A
Sun servers running Solaris OS
Apache Stronghold
OneHost custom shopping cart program
Perl
HTML
htdig
N/A
Sun Solstice Firewall
PGP
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
no
PairNet
N/A
36
50-75
Cyrix M2-300 with NT4 Server and WebSite Pro 2.3.5
iMerchant
iMerchant
ISAPI
HTML
Excite for Web Servers
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
yes
no
no
no
40, 128-bit certs
PrimeConsult
(703) 975-0391
24
20,000
Intel Pentium/Pentium ll, Linux
Apache
Apache/Stronghold
Perl, PHP3
HTML
MySQL, Proprietary Perl Based
N/A
N/A
SSL, PGP
yes
yes
no
no
no
no
Pro3Net
(617) 376-2448
150
50
Unix/IBM 4 Gig 128 MB CPUs
Unix (Netscape Enterprise); NT (MS Site Server)
PRO#.NET Web Store
Perl
Perl
Web Store
N/A
N/A
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
Sage Networks
(617) 374-4700
850
50-100
Compaq/BSDI and NT or Sun Solaris
Netscape Enterprise, Apache, or IIS 4.0
Mercantec, Open Market, Multiactive, Miva (KoolCat); Ibill, AVN Java
Perl, SQL database
HTML, ASP, JDK 1.2, JDBC, MS Frontpage, Cold Fusion
Submit It, Register It, Excite
N/A
Checkpoint's Firewall and Cisco's PIX
SSL 3.0, SET
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
N/A
SDTek Web Services
(808) 629-3760
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Speedsoft.com
(817) 419-0612
20
50
Pentium servers, Unix BSDI OS
Apache
Custom Built, StoreFront
Perl only
HTML
custom
N/A
N/A
VeriSign
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
N/A
Technology Horizons
(413) 253-7700
25
400
Solaris 2.6 on Sparc
Apache webserver plus Minivend plus database
Minivend
CGI/Perl
HTML
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
yes
yes
no
no
no
The Dover Group
(818) 407-4640
152
25
Pentium, Linux
Apache
Mercantec's SoftCart
CGI, Perl, Java
HTML
Excite
N/A
N/A
VeriSign
yes
yes
no
no
no
no
The Software Group
(805) 529-1919
20
5
Intel Unix
Apache
N/A
CGI-Perl
HTML
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
The WWW Service Provider
(303) 426-6413
200+
20-30
PII servers running NT
Internet Information Server 4.0
Mercantec's Softcart
Perl, CGI, Java, ASP
HTML, ASP
Excite, Snap.com
IIS4, Siteserver Commerce
N/A
Thawte, SSL
yes
no
no
no
no
no
Word.Net Communications
(501) 985-7503
300
10
Pentium Pro/BSDI Unix
Apache
SSL
CGI, Perl
HTML
Excite
Filemaker Pro
Firewall+
N/A
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Wythe Web Works
(757) 928-0336
26
40
Sun Ultra Sparc Enterprise Servers/Solaris
Apache SSL
N/A
Perl, CGI
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
yes
no
no
no
no
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