rudedog: Lead by example - run this $43 billion company by internet from your garage.
This is what 5fer said about AV - I suppose it still leaves room for an announcement during Innovate:
"I mentioned earlier that Compaq's goal is Internet leadership. To achieve that goal we are taking advantage of new Internet opportunities.
One opportunity that is very attractive is the rapidly growing market for Internet content and services.
To tap into this new market, we recently created a new Internet subsidiary, The AltaVista Company.
I'm sure that many of your are already familiar with the AltaVista search site, the fastest search engine on the Web.
Building on these industry-leading capabilities, we are adding significant e-commerce and personalized content services.
For example, we recently acquired Shopping.com. We plan to turn this asset into a leading commerce site by creating the most satisfying and trusted shopping experience . . . with leading brands and a streamlined purchase process.
We will also partner with leading retailers and other online e-commerce providers.
Another key to our AltaVista strategy is to provide local and personalized content.
We just completed the acquisition of Zip2, whose local content platform is used by leading media companies, including The New York Times, The Boston Globe and the Houston Chronicle.
We believe that making content more personal and relevant is one of the keys to satisfying the rapidly growing Internet user base.
AltaVista also serves as a robust demonstration of our NonStop® eBusiness solutions - including our leading edge technology and a broad range of Compaq products and services.
The performance and scalability of Compaq's Alpha systems has enabled the AltaVista search service to keep up with dramatic growth in demand.
AltaVista started on a mid-range server . . . moved up to an AlphaServer 8400 system . . . and now runs on a cluster of multiple Alpha systems.
As a result, AltaVista has been able to sustain a fast response time - even when handling more than 1 billion page views per month.
Our goal with AltaVista is very simple: to become the leading destination site for content and e-commerce on the Internet. |
