Paris, December 10, 2009 − The French postal service La Poste has launched its new e-commerce service "Box E-Commerce" based on the ePages cloud computing platform. With this innovative solution La Poste extends its portfolio of services by offering online stores and business websites to SMEs.

"ePages is an intuitive and comprehensive platform, allowing the easy creation of websites and online stores. At the same time, it offers an impressive range of online marketing functionalities", explains Jean-Louis Carrasco, Director New Innovation Services at La Poste.

This new service from La Poste is specifically designed for small and mid-sized companies (SMEs). It offers the easy creation and management of online stores in a cloud computing environment, accessed via a web browser. Merchants dont need to make expensive hardware or software investments, or worry about updates or security issues since the platform is hosted and managed by ePages. Furthermore La Poste has integrated an entire portfolio of services, such as the payment gateway Scellius of Banque Postale, express mail by Chronopost and the parcel service Colissimo as well as integrations into PayPal and Google Analytics.

"We are delighted that La Poste has chosen ePages to support this innovative approach, offering complete e-commerce services to small businesses", comments Wilfried Beeck, CEO of ePages.

The "Box E-Commerce" (www.boxecommerce.com) is available in two options: A business website to present products and services online; and an online store to sell products and other add-on services such as online bookings, reservations and rental services.

About La Poste Group

As Europes second-largest postal operator, La Poste Group is the only one of its kind with such diverse business sectors, with so many public service missions and with a commitment to a clear, bold strategy: becoming a European-wide service group that makes responsible development the driving force for delivering performance and building general trust − customers trust in its close relationship, personalised service and capacity for innovationk; postal workers trust in its socially-aware corporate model; the companys trust in its pro−active regional and local presence and its fight against climate change. A state enterprise since 1991, the group La Poste is the largest employer in France and contributes to nearly 1% of the national GDP. www.laposte.fr

About ePages

With over 50,000 merchant customers, ePages is one of the worlds leading providers of e-commerce solutions and business websites. On the basis of the ePages platform, customers of hosting providers can quickly and cost-effectively create professional business websites and online shops − without programming experience or complicated software installations.

International hosting providers and telecommunication companies such as Deutsche Telekom, British Telecom, Orange Business Services, Strato, Host Europe, Amen and Arsys are offering preconfigured web shops and business websites with ePages. With numerous technology partners, ePages integrates to the most important online portals, search engines, marketing platforms, payment providers and ERP providers.

ePages headquarters are in Hamburg with additional offices in San Francisco, London and Barcelona. www.epages.com