ecfirst Fast Facts

  1. PROFITABILITY: ecfirst reported a profit of over 11% in 1999 -- our first year in business.

  2. CERTIFIED MINORITY BUSINESS: ecfirst is certified by the Department of Inspection and Appeals as a minority owned, Targeted Small Business.

  3. APPLIED JAVA, LINUX, WEBSPHERE EXPERTISE: ecfirst has in-house expertise in Java, Linux and WebSphere. Experience with these and other products has enabled ecfirst to develop innovative, affordable e-commerce and e-portal solutions. The Company has completed or secured B2B consulting engagements with the following corporations: Principal Financial Group; MidAmerican Energy; Chase Manhattan Mortgage & Dorado.com; CompTIA; BusinessSolver.com; and New York Dog Spa & Hotel.

  4. EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTIONS AND BONUSES: ecfirst’s excellent employee Stock Option Plan is designed to attract, motivate and retain executives and other select employees, and reward them for making major contributions to the long-term success of the Company through capital stock ownership. In addition to offering competitive salaries and benefits, compensation packages for selected ecfirst positions include the opportunity to earn attractive bonuses based on performance.

  5. BANK’S CONFIDENCE: ecfirst secured a substantial line of credit with an Iowa-based bank, underscoring the bank's long-term confidence in the Company’s success and ensuring access to operating capital for continued growth.

  6. PREMIER LOCATION: In early 2000, ecfirst moved its executive offices to a premier location in western Des Moines, Iowa.

  7. SIGNATURE PRODUCTS: ecfirst completes development of its signature product -- e-Store. The primary architectural characteristics are: low cost, n-tiers architecture, and open technology. This concept creates an affordable Internet technology-based, turnkey appliance solution that presents significant broad market appeal and product expansion potential.

  8. AFFORDABLE, TURNKEY E-COMMERCE APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS: The e-Store application is designed specifically for the needs of small to mid-size businesses, particularly Internet and application service providers (ISPs and ASPs), seeking to provide web store hosting and management services. It is a full-function e-commerce application that offers unmatched affordability, performance and flexibility and can serve as an excellent e-commerce engine for ISPs and ASPs.

  9. AITM PRESENTATION & IOWA GOVERNOR’S CONFERENCE: ecfirst CEO Uday Ali Pabrai presented “How to Make e-Commerce Pay Off for You” to members of the Association of Information Technology and Management (AITM) of Iowa last November. Pabrai also was selected to present “e-Commerce – Now and Future” during the Iowa Governor’s Conference on International Trade, held on May 23, 2000.

  10. INTERNET WORLD INDIA 2000: ecfirst CEO Uday Ali Pabrai delivered key sessions on e-commerce security as well as on biometrics at the largest conference in Asia (and fifth largest in the world) at New Delhi, India. The conference was held on September 27-29, 2000.

  11. RSA Security Partnership: ecfirst becomes RSA SecurWorld Partner as an RSA Security value-added reseller and system integrator to deliver RSA's award-winning e-security solutions.