AltaVista Releases Next Generation Search Engine for Businesses Headlines
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AltaVista Search Engine 3.0 Delivers Industry-Leading Search Capabilities To E-Commerce Companies, Portals and Global Enterprises
PALO ALTO, Calif., March 21 /PRNewswire/ -- AltaVista Company, the premier global Internet search provider, and a majority-owned operating company of CMGI, Inc. (Nasdaq: CMGI), today announced the immediate availability of AltaVista Search Engine 3.0 for e-business. Designed for e-commerce companies, portals and global enterprises, the scalable architecture of AltaVista Search Engine 3.0 meets the demands of sophisticated Web environments. AltaVista Search Engine 3.0 contains new technologies designed to improve the search experience people have online.
Formed as a new business unit earlier this year, AltaVista Business Solutions licenses search products that leverage the renowned search engine technology underlying AltaVista's premier search service used daily by millions of people in business, research, education and governments throughout the world. This expertise and Web search experience translates into products and services that are highly scalable, proven and customizable to meet individual customer needs.
Ariba Selects AltaVista for B2B Commerce Platform
AltaVista has also announced that Ariba, Inc., the leading provider of business-to-business commerce solutions, has selected AltaVista Search Engine 3.0 for use within the Ariba B2B Commerce Platform. AltaVista's advanced search technology will provide Ariba's customers with a highly scalable and customizable search engine, enabling users to quickly find products and services matching their specific needs. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
"Product discovery is a key process for Ariba's customers. AltaVista Search Engine 3.0 helps users find exactly what they are looking for, within their specific profiles," said Ken Leung, vice president of engineering, Ariba Network. "The scalability and customizability of AltaVista's technology is an important element of Ariba's overall catalog infrastructure."
Powerful, Scalable Search Tailored for E-business
AltaVista Search Engine 3.0's new linguistic query processing tools increase the number of successful searches on Web sites by recognizing queries that are likely to fail and turning them into queries that are likely to succeed. The integrated search developer's kit allows administrators to create powerful, customized search applications for e-commerce. Automated database gathering technology makes it easy for administrators to enable Web search of company databases, with no code to write. Support for over 30 languages and 225 file formats allows companies to expand into global markets and handle nearly any information type.
"E-commerce has changed everything," said Jeff Black, vice president, AltaVista Business Solutions. "As B2B companies and exchanges proliferate, differentiation becomes critical. The quality of a user's experience hinges upon the power and effectiveness of search. We're delighted to be working with companies that are leading the e-commerce revolution."
Highlights of AltaVista Search Engine 3.0 include:
-- Query processing tools to improve the success rate of incoming searches.
-- Search developer's kit to create custom search applications that work with any information type.
-- Database search with automated gathering using a simple wizard to set up complex searches.
-- Advanced Web gathering algorithms for Web sites to maintain fresher, more comprehensive search results.
-- Multiple indices and gatherers to collect data from multiple sources, each on a different schedule.
AltaVista Search Engine 3.0 is available immediately for Windows NT platforms. Unix, Solaris, Linux, and Tru64 versions are planned for release within 30 days.
AltaVista and Factiva - Making News by Delivering News
AltaVista customer, Factiva, a Dow Jones and Reuters Company, gives businesspeople access to current and historical articles from more than 7,000 news, business and trade sources.
"Our customers require quick access to relevant information to continuously make their best business decisions," said Dave Weller, CTO, Factiva. "AltaVista has helped us achieve our customer goals, notably with better response times and in supporting simultaneous searching across multi-language content sets. After considering AltaVista's proven track record of high performance and its ongoing commitment to providing the advanced search features that our customers request, we decided to incorporate AltaVista Search Engine 3.0 in our Factiva offering that will include current news and historical business information from more than 7,000 key news, business and industry sources in one product."
About AltaVista Business Solutions
AltaVista Business Solutions licenses industry-leading AltaVista search engine products and hosted services to e-commerce companies, portals and global enterprises. AltaVista search technology is one of the fastest, most reliable and most scalable search tools for Web businesses. AltaVista Business Solutions has more than 850 customers worldwide. Additional information is available on the AltaVista Business Solutions Web site at solutions.altavista.com .
AltaVista Company is the premier media and commerce network offering Internet users up-to-the-minute news, live video, content, search and shopping resources. The company integrates unique technology, products and services to deliver relevant results faster for both individuals and businesses. AltaVista is building on its heritage of technology and innovative leadership, offering informative services including AltaVista Search, AltaVista Live!, AltaVista Shopping.com, and AltaVista Free Internet Access combined with the microportal. AltaVista is a majority-owned operating company of CMGI, Inc., Andover, Mass. AltaVista is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif.
NOTE: AltaVista is registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Shopping.com, Smart is Beautiful and AltaVista Free Access are trademarks of AltaVista Company or its affiliates. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
This release contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations or beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions about future events, and these statements are subject to important factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this release address a variety of subjects including, for example, the expected benefits resulting from the agreements between AltaVista and Ariba and Factiva, respectively, the expected functionality of the combination of AltaVista's and Ariba's and Factiva's technologies and products, respectively, and the expected functionality and availability of the AltaVista Search Engine 3.0. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements: AltaVista may experience difficulties integrating technologies, operations and personnel of recent acquisitions, the AltaVista Search Engine 3.0 may fail to deliver the expected functionality or may fail to be available on platforms other than Windows NT as expected due to reasons beyond the control of AltaVista; AltaVista's products and technologies may not successfully interoperate with those of Ariba, Factiva or other third parties; and increased competition and technological changes in the markets in which AltaVista competes. For a detailed discussion of these and other cautionary statements, please refer to CMGI's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including CMGI's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year. |
