Stock Watch: Quantum Deal Boosts pcOrder.com

Shares of pcOrder.com (Nasdaq: PCOR), which provides e-commerce solutions for the computing industry, gained more than 21 percent on Monday, climbing 10-1/2 to 60 after the company announced a deal with storage supplier Quantum, which manufactures products including hard disk drives. Quantum has licensed eStation, pcOrder's scalable platform as part of its e-commerce initiatives. The companies are also working together on personalized applications, content, services and back-office coordination. This deal is pcOrder.com's first with a storage provider. The company's current customers include industry leaders such as IBM (NYSE: IBM), Inktomi, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Dell, Compaq and Onsale. E-commerce infrastructure is clearly hot right now, and pcOrder.com looks like a solid e-commerce infrastructure company.