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here's some info. for you

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---------------------- Forwarded by Justin Boyd/LON/ECT on 05/01/2001 07:34 
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Ian Brungs@ENRON
05/01/2001 04:21 AM
To: Justin Boyd/LON/ECT@ECT
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Subject: Re:  


Justin,

ISO 9000 is a a type of standard which companies can seek to bring their 
corporations in line with and supposedly its a good thing to have. I attached 
an article from a website from which you can buy the standards. If you need 
more info let me know.
see ya later y'all
Ian





ISO9.com and ANSI Establish Reselling Agreement for the ISO 9000:2000 
Standards 
New York, NY and Oakland, CA, December 11, 2000 - ISO9.com and the American 
National Standards Institute (ANSI) have announced an agreement regarding 
U.S. distribution of the ISO 9000 series of quality management system 
standards, including the soon to be published ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 9004:2000 
standards. ISO9.com sells electronic versions of the Standards on the 
Internet at http://store.iso9.com. The new version of ISO 9000 will be 
available on December 15.

"Distribution of the ISO 9000 standards is an important step for our 
organization," said Glenn Kohner, Founder and CTO of ISO9.com. "Customers on 
the Internet expect instant delivery of information. Users on our site are 
learning about Internet ISO 9000. It's only natural that they would want 
access to the actual Standards."

There are two ways to procure the ISO 9000 standards from ISO9.com. The 
Standards, which a company is required to own to be in compliance, will be 
offered both independently and bundled with the ISO9.com application. With 
the integrated version, companies will be able to view the Standard alongside 
their QMS, in a seamless format. 
"ISO9.com is one of ANSI's more unique value added resellers in that it has 
actually integrated the ISO 9001:2000 standard into its application," 
commented Bob Feghali, ANSI vice president of business development and chief 
information officer. "We are committed to fast action in the delivery of the 
new ISO 9000 revisions; partnering with ISO9.com will greatly assist ANSI in 
our ability to insure a widespread distribution of the complete ISO 9000 
family of standards."

Sergio Mazza, past President of ANSI, Appointed to Board of Directors

Oakland, CA. November 21, 2000 - ISO9.com, the world's first Application 
Service Provider to the ISO marketplace, announced the addition of Sergio 
Mazza to the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Mazza served as the president 
of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) from 1993 through 1998. 
ANSI is a private, nonprofit membership organization supported by a diverse 
constituency of private and public sector organizations which has served as 
administrator and coordinator of private sector voluntary standardization 
systems in the United States for more than 80 years. As a member of the Board 
of Directors, Mr. Mazza will bring his depth of experience and knowledge in 
both international standards and high technology to help the Company achieve 
its corporate vision.

"We are truly excited to have Sergio Mazza join our team," said Fred 
Hornbacher, CEO of ISO9.com. "He has tremendous depth of experience in our 
highly specialized field, and is uniquely qualified to help us bring our 
online vision for the quality and standards industries to fruition."

Mr. Mazza's 21 years of proven leadership experience with high technology 
service businesses and his six years as the president of ANSI will both be 
instrumental in his new role with ISO9.com. His corporate career and 
leadership experience ranges from his activity as a software entrepreneur to 
his service as president of Memorex North America and Memorex Computer 
Supplies Worldwide. Mr. Mazza has recently been working as an advisor to 
online companies. He has extensive international experience, is fluent in 
four languages, and holds a BS degree in economics from the University of 
Pennsylvania's Wharton School. 
ISO9.com Raises $5 Million in First Round of Funding

Oakland, CA. September 18, 2000. ISO9.com, the first application service 
provider to the ISO 9000 marketplace, raised $5 million in its first round of 
funding. Institutional investors included Porter Capital Management, AEOW 
2000, and Lancaster Investment Partners. ISO9.com helps its clients create a 
fully automated quality management system and dramatically saves internal and 
external costs associated with ISO certification. The company has reference 
customers and will use the proceeds to expand sales, marketing and 
engineering efforts. 
About ISO9.com: ISO9 is the first application service provider ("ASP") to the 
ISO 9000 marketplace. ISO 9000 is an international standard for quality 
management that has been adopted by 150 countries and has over 340,000 
certified sites worldwide. ISO9.com enables businesses to create a fully 
automated quality management system that complies with ISO 9000 standards. 
ISO9.com's web-based system improves efficiency and reduces the cost of 
running an ISO 9000 quality system. ISO9.com's turnkey solution is 
customizable to the specific customer's business. Through automatic email 
notification, electronic signatures, and centralized document control, 
ISO9.com is the solution that will ready a company for ISO 9000 certification 
in the fastest time and for the lowest cost. ISO9.com earns its revenue from 
providing its applications to businesses wishing to develop a quality 
management system or wishing to convert from a paper-based or software-based 
system. ISO9.com, also charges a service fee to cover all issues related to 
maintaining a company's web-based certification. 
Contact Information: Jarrod Share, (510) 808-2596, jshare@iso9.com.
1433 Webster St.
Oakland, CA 94612

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