In Creative Business Decisions, Inc. v. Magnum Communications Ltd., Inc., 267 N.J. Super. 560, 567, 632 A.2d 298 (App.Div.1993), the defendant, a Georgia corporation, and plaintiff, a New Jersey corporation, were both involved in the business of developing and providing credit management decision and control systems for banks, retailers and other credit institutions. 267 N.J. Super. at 564, 632 A.2d 298. The parties entered into a joint venture in which each company agreed to pay the other five percent of the total revenue generated as a result of customer referrals; they also entered into a "longstanding" marketing joint venture. Id. at 564-65, 632 A.2d 298. When the relationship broke down and the New Jersey corporation sued the Georgia corporation here in New Jersey, we reversed a dismissal for lack of jurisdiction based upon the simple and overriding fact . . . that defendant reached out beyond Georgia and negotiated with a New Jersey corporation to pool resources in order to obtain the manifold benefits derived from affiliation with a venture which was national in scope. The parties entered into a carefully structured long term relationship that envisioned continuing and wide-reaching contacts. In light of defendant's ties to the New Jersey corporation, the nature and quality of its connection to this State and its courts cannot fairly be characterized as "random," "fortuitous," or "attenuated." Id. at 571, 632 A.2d 298.