It offered outsourced business applications delivered over the Internet or a private network connection for an installation charge and a flat monthly fee.
The company was founded in January 1998 by Christopher R. McCleary, Chris Poelma and Stephen McManus Early investors included Grotech[1] and US West.
[5][6] On April 26, 1999, the company was named the first certified Broadvision application service provider.
[7] In November 1999, the company announced an agreement to develop Microsoft Office 2000 as an online service.
[8] In July 2000, founder Christopher R. McCleary resigned as chief executive officer of the company and was replaced with Andrew Stern.