Press Releases

Div2000.com Multicultural Virtual "Chamber of Commerce"

June 14, 2001

Southport, CT - Div2000.com, the nation's leading multicultural business to business Internet portal, introduces DivChapters. DivChapters is the innovative e-commerce technology that allows multicultural owned businesses to start local virtual "chambers". DivChapters will facilitate local business organizations' ability to include diversity owners as part of their agenda.

It has been identified by Div2000.com that there is tremendous value to the mutual communications and business exchange that has come to be referred to as "Chambering". "Chambering" includes activities like mentoring, local information dissemination, success story sharing, networking opportunities, lobbying functions and others. As the name indicates, these are functions traditionally associated with the local Chamber of Commerce or similar organizations. For a variety of reasons, multicultural business owners have not been adequately served by the traditional “chambering” organizations. Even if the multicultural business owner belongs to his or her local Chamber of Commerce, based upon our surveys there is a component of business camaraderie that many find missing. To address this void, Div2000.com has announced the formation of DivChapters.

DivChapters will be delivering the opportunity for an individual company or organization to initiate and provide chambering functions to multicultural businesses in their local area. At the click of a button, the technology creates a virtual organization for each chapter that contains a member list, newsroom, events calendar and discussion board. The technology removes the cost constraints many local organizations may have in developing and maintaining their own websites. "All Women and Ethnic business organizations have a vehicle for communications in their local areas and for participation on a national level. This no-cost solution allows all organizations to immediately create a website and leverage the Div2000.com technology and its scoop of services." According to Kenton Clarke (Div2000.com CEO).

Div2000.com is a multicultural, procurement, applications services portal that addresses the business needs between large organizational buyers and multicultural suppliers. Div2000.com has developed proprietary diversity websites for corporations such as Pitney Bowes, Deloitte and Touche and United Technologies Corporation. Div2000.com has been in continuous operations since 1999, winning numerous awards and has gained national recognition for its content and site design. . Div2000.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of Computer Consulting Associates International, Inc. (CCAii.com), located in Southport, CT.

Contact:

            DeRon Franklin
            Div2000.com
            (203) 255-8966
            http://www.diversitybusiness.com