Avicend announces the launch of Folderin V1, an advanced publishing platform to create, manage and monetize business information on the Web

Avicend announces the launch of Folderin V1, an advanced publishing platform to create, manage and monetize business information on the Web.

San Francisco, CA, USA and Paris, France - January 9th, 2007 – Avicend S.A.R.L
Chamber of commerce, professional associations, businesses, magazines and press groups, event organizers, universities are now able to easily publish and monetize a database of partners, resumes, articles, job offers, events and more on the Web.

Anyone can use Folderin for free on their web site. Folderin is flexible and allow for most business models including subscription and pay per play. Folderin uses the latest Web technologies, integrating a powerful search engine and a Graphical User Interface based on Ajax. This technology allows for the addition of a wealth of functionalities compare to current solutions. The bottom line; users are more productive, and Web sites using Folderin enjoy longer visits and enhanced revenues.

Folderin V1 has already been chosen by some publishers. "Folderin is a novel publishing platform. It is free to use and it ensures superior search engine visibility for our data set. Folderin means more qualified visitors to our site, and more ad revenues." Says Gilles Balmisse (www.gillesbalmisse.com), founder of ITSpotter. Ma'amar Bouheraoua, the visionary behind Folderin adds: "Folderin is a lot more than an e-commerce platform; it's a new paradigm for business information publishers, whether semi-pros or professionals, specialized or generalists. In the upcoming months, we will release new Folderin features that changes the way business information is accessed, utilized and monetized on the Web."

As part of its publisher recruiting efforts, Avicend offers exceptional incentives to the 50 initial publishers joining the Folderin platform.
About Avicend:

Avicend S.A.R.L is a French limited company, located in Provence, with a distributed workforce across the world, and a commercial sourcing agreement with Dun & Bradstreet, the worldwide business information leader. Avicend is led by business information, Web publishing, and Internet marketing specialists. Avicend Folderin enables publishers, users, and businesses to collect, organize, find and utilize business information on the Web. As part of its publisher recruiting efforts, Avicend offers exceptional incentives to the 50 initial publishers joining the Folderin platform.

For more information and a demo, please visit www.avicend.com or contact Michel Leconte at +1 (415) 869 2993 mleconte@avicend.com or Ma'amar Bouheraoua +33 (0)6 99 40 01 08 at mb@avicend.com in Europe.