Globopolis.com Picks Pyxis To Lead Site Redesign

PRAGUE, Aug 14 (PROTEXT) - Globopolis.com, the first multilingual content and commerce website providing lifestyle information and online commerce for cities in Central and Eastern Europe, has chosen Pyxis International to lead the redesign of its highly touted site. Pyxis, an international web service company with offices in Chicago, Hyderabad, Prague and Zürich, will be using its international experience to help its Prague neighbor Globopolis.com provide its customers with enhanced services including faster site searches and easier navigation. Fresh from their US$6 million venture capital infusion, Globopolis.com continues to expand its network of city coverage, offering both tourists and city residents insider information on how to get the best out of some of the world's most interesting cities. To help accomplish this, Globopolis.com chose Pyxis. Having successfully completed projects with Nestlé Worldwide, the Chicago Transit Authority, and 12Snap.com, Pyxis brings with it the international experience and technical expertise that a multilingual and user-responsive site like Globopolis.com demands. "After working on projects throughout the U.S. and Western Europe, we're happy to be working with Globopolis.com, our neighbor here in Prague," says Julia Bryan, Vice President of European Operations. "The Internet, e-commerce, and wireless access are the biggest things happening right now in Central Europe, and Globopolis.com is leading the charge by leading its users to the local and regional information they need." "We were extremely impressed with Pyxis' comprehensive knowledge of available technologies, professional process and 'do-whatever-it-takes' attitude," said Scott Rogers, Globopolis.com CEO. "We look forward to working with this team that has the very same attributes as the Globopolis.com team." The first phase of the new design is scheduled to roll out by September 15, corresponding to the launch of a major ad-campaign for Globopolis.com. About Pyxis Consulting Since its founding in 1998 Pyxis has applied its powerful and flexible global methodology to bring its clients tailored solutions to complex e-business/e-commerce projects. Pyxis has successfully worked with Nestlé Worldwide, the Chicago Transit Authority, 12Snap.com and other high profile projects doing everything from web applications to WAP communications. In the next year Pyxis will open sales and development offices in several locations around the world, applying its global methodology to create Internet solutions for a world's worth of businesses. About Globopolis.com Globopolis.com is a first-to-market content and commerce website consisting of a network of local city guides to Central and Eastern Europe. Globopolis.com provides users with up-to-date information and services on lifestyle, leisure, and tourism in local languages as well as in English and German. With the arrival of the wireless Internet (WAP), Globopolis.com users will be able to execute their lifestyle and tourism transactions on the fly. Globopolis.com currently covers Prague, Budapest, Warsaw, Krakow, Berlin, Vienna, Ljubljana, Bratislava, and Zagreb, with ambitious plans for Central, Eastern, and Western European expansion. For further information please contact: Will Barnard Communications Manager Pyxis Consulting wbarnard@pyxis.net phone: 42.02.2222.2123 fax: 42.02.2222.2089 Corri Coulter Globopolis.com corri@staff.globopolis.com phone: 42.02.2224.6334 fax: 42.02.2491.6301 Subscribers please note that material bearing the slug "PROTEXT" is not part of CTK's news service and is not to be published under the "CTK" slug. Protext is a commercial service providing distribution of press releases from clients, who are identified in the text of Protext reports and who bear full responsibility for their contents. PROTEXT