Viador Partners with Business Content Leaders to
Maximize User Capabilities
CNET, infoUSA, ON24 and TRIP.com to Provide Content and Services Through Viador's
Enterprise Portal
SAN MATEO, Calif., Dec. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Viador Inc.(TM) (Nasdaq: VIAD - news), a leading provider of enterprise
portals, today announced relationships with a range of Internet content and service providers to expand the business information
available to users of the Viador E-Portal Suite(TM). These partnerships will allow users of Viador's enterprise portal to access
CNET technology and business news, infoUSA's Internet yellow and white pages, ON24's syndicated streaming broadcast news,
as well as TRIP.com's travel booking and tracking capabilities.
''Having more enterprise portal customers in production than anyone, we've learned a great deal from them,'' said Steve Dille, vice
president of worldwide marketing at Viador. ''They need relevant business information that enables them to run their organizations
more efficiently and profitably. With today's announcements, Viador is further strengthening its focus on meeting the needs of
business users.''
CNET
Viador will deliver content from CNET, which is at the leading edge of media companies, producing a branded Internet network
and television programming for both targeted and general audiences. Online and on television, CNET is the leading authority on
computers, the Internet and digital technologies. CNET's network serves millions of users each day. CNET television
programming airs on CNBC, USA Network, the Sci-Fi Channel and in national syndication, as well as 61 foreign countries.
www.cnet.com.
''We're very excited about Viador's new partnerships with companies like CNET,'' offered Sanjay Modi, Director -- Operations,
VARStreet.com. ''Because of the tremendous business content and media services offered by these companies, the VARs and
their small business customers who use our 'e-workplace' for resellers will now have even greater access to relevant business
information.''
infoUSA
Through today's agreement, Viador's users will also have access to infoUSA, the leading provider of business and consumer
information products and database marketing services. The infoUSA databases power the directory services of the top
traffic-generating Internet sites including InfoSpace, Yahoo!, Microsoft and AOL. The company has partnership agreements with
several Internet companies, including MapQuest.com, DoubleClick, Network Solutions, USWeb/CKS, Dell and MyWay.com (a
Majority owned operating company of CMGI, Inc.). Nearly two million customers use the products and services for direct
marketing, telemarketing, marketing planning, lead generation, sales planning, customer analysis and credit reference.
www.infousa.com.
''Internet white and yellow pages are among the top three applications for Internet users worldwide,'' stated Bill Chasse, CEO,
infoUSA.com. ''Viador's ability to enable access to information from anywhere fits well with our expertise in providing the
comprehensive content that business people need at the time they need it.''
ON24
ON24 Inc. is the premier source of original and syndicated streaming broadcast news and opinion created for the on-line investor.
ON24's programming is available free to more than 60 million users through its partnerships with 400 leading web and financial
portals including Yahoo! Finance, Alta Vista Money, Lycos Investing, SNAP Finance, Stockmaster, Thomson Financial and
numerous others. www.on24.com.
TRIP.com
Viador will deliver content and services from TRIP.com, the leading online travel services and technology provider for the mobile
professional market. This strategic partnership with TRIP.com assists business travelers to personalize their travel experiences
with booking and reporting services. TRIP.com's agreement with Viador includes its FlightTRACKER and intelliTRIP interactive
technology. www.trip.com.
''TRIP.com's focus is on providing customized travel services to business users from companies of every size,'' commented
Charles Kinzie, Corporate Development Director, TRIP.com. ''Our newest product, companyTRIP, can provide the necessary
service for the small to medium companies using Viador's E-Portal Suite as it will allow them to manage their entire travel
procurement process from within their portal.''
The Viador E-Portal Suite
Designed for Global 1000 corporations and any company wanting to become an e-business, the Viador E-Portal Suite enterprise
portal enables users to securely search, access, and distribute business information, from any information source, including
databases, documents and the World Wide Web. Viador presents a single, personalized ''portal-like'' view to all of this information
and delivers a comprehensive set of user capabilities on the Web -- all built on one open, integrated and scalable architecture that
can be adapted to meet the individual needs of each enterprise. The Viador portal solution combines the best of knowledge
management, database access and reporting to provide the capabilities that companies need most to implement a complete and
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