Hostway and Miva Donate Services for Education - Leading Technology Companies Parter with Harold Washington College

Chicago—March 29, 2001—Two cutting edge ecommerce leaders have donated goods and services to Harold Washington College in Chicago. The Hostway Corporation and Miva Corporation have combined to give Harold Washington College the technology to be at the forefront of ecommerce education. Miva has donated 35 licenses for their Miva Merchant ecommerce software package and Hostway will be providing the server to support the software. The value of these donations is over $25,000.

"The partnership between Miva, Hostway and Harold Washington College allows us to provide a low-cost ecommerce curriculum to the residents of Chicago," said Harold Washington College President Nancy De Sombre. "With the explosion of Internet based retailers demand has been high for us to offer courses in ecommerce. Thanks to the generosity of Miva and Host way we are able to fill this need," continued President De Sombre.

Hostway was founded in 1996. The company makes its home in Chicago and is a leader in the Web hosting industry specializing in ecommerce sites. They are broadening the expectations of what an ISP should be.

The Miva Corporation was founded in 1996 and is based in San Diego. They have partnered with over 800 high-tech companies and are leaders in providing the leading ecommerce platform for small to mid-size businesses. Their strength is superserving smaller businesses with their powerful network of partners in the high-tech world.

The City Colleges of Chicago is comprised of seven separately accredited public community colleges serving over 180,000 students in credit, non-credit and Adult Learning Skills programs. Daley College, Kennedy King College, Malcolm X College, Olive Harvey College, Truman College, Harold Washington College and Wright College and are the affiliated institutions.