To: nord who wrote (388 ) 9/30/1999 10:23:00 AM From: John T. Hardee Respond to of 405
De-News Visual Data Forms Alliance With dbusiness.com - Visual Data to Enhance Travel Web Sites With In-depth Local News - POMPANO BEACH, Fla., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Visual Data Corporation (Nasdaq: VDAT - news), a leading provider of original video content for the Internet, today announced that it has formed an alliance with dbusiness.com, a leading provider of localized business news, to provide real-time news for consumers visiting Visual Data's travel-oriented Web sites. Visual Data and dbusiness.com have also announced plans to create a co-branded Web site and a video product aimed at the small business market as well as engaging in a series of cross-promotional activities. ''Our goal at Visual Data is to give consumers all of the information that they desire, specifically through our libraries of video content,'' said Randy Selman, President and CEO of Visual Data. ''The use of dbusiness.com's real- time news and information network will augment our current content, allowing visitors to our sites to get the background information that they need to make informed decisions about their vacation plans, as well as their business travel.'' This alliance will allow visitors to Visual Data's Web sites the ability to view real-time local news in addition to the wealth of video content currently available on the sites. This information will be useful to both business travelers and tourists as they are able to gain a better understanding of the city that they will be visiting. In addition to their vacation planning sites, HotelView.com and ResortView.com, Visual Data has also established a roster of other original video content Web sites including CareView.com, MedicalView.com and Videonewswire.com. In addition, Visual Data has established strategic alliances with major Internet players such as Yahoo! Broadcast Services, Road Runner, PR Newswire, TravelWeb, Rezsolutions, and Intelihealth, and provides those sites with original video content. ''Visual Data has developed links to an impressive list of Internet sites, and we are pleased to be able to provide the users of those sites with the localized business news and information that they need,'' said Tom Maffettone, CEO of dbusiness.com. ''In addition, we are pleased to make Visual Data's travel content available to our viewers allowing us to give our consumers information in a video format that they are demanding at an ever-increase rate.'' About Visual Data Corporation Visual Data Corporation (http://www.vdat.com) produces, markets and distributes original video and audio content for the Internet and soon Interactive Television. Visual Data's extensive video libraries cover a wide range of topics, including travel, business information, medicine