86.com Selects ExactOne for Job, Recipe Search; Search Engine to Power Chefs' Searches and Cooks' Queries.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers HERNDON, Va--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2000 ExactOne, a leading Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the infrastructure company providing dynamic data-compilation services through its next-generation Meta-Query Engine(TM), today announced an agreement to provide vital search technology to 86.com, an e-procurement system and online marketplace for the $376 billion foodservice industry. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the agreement, ExactOne technology allows 86.com users to search for restaurant-specific job openings simultaneously across a number of Internet employment sites. Similarly, ExactOne technology enables chefs to search multiple Web sites for recipes and menu ideas. In each case, ExactOne returns comprehensive results back to 86.com, allowing the site's users to find the information they need quickly and easily. "For foodservice operators, using the Internet's many job sites and recipe sites is like searching for needles in haystacks Haystacks can be:
"We were delighted to be chosen as the data-compilation technology foundation of 86.com," said Bernard Ber·nard , Claude 1813-1878. French physiologist noted for his study of the digestive and nervous systems. Ferret, Chairman and CEO of ExactOne. "The 86.com team is exactly the kind of partner we seek - experts in their field who want to focus on their specialty and who therefore recognize the ease of relying on our high-performance solution." About 86.com 86.com is an e-procurement system and online marketplace for the $376 billion foodservice industry. It provides distributors, restaurants, and non-commercial foodservice operators with the technology and support that they need to do business over the Internet. The site takes a local, market-by-market approach and creates order out of chaos by streamlining the buying and selling process, increasing efficiency and profitability throughout the foodservice supply chain. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., 86.com is backed by Columbia Capital. For more information visit www.86.com. About ExactOne ExactOne is an infrastructure company providing B2C (Business to Consumer) Refers to a business communicating with or selling to an individual rather than a company. See B2B. and B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business sites high-performance, real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. search-and-compare functionality across the entire Web. The company provides job listings for career sites, comparison shopping features for major consumer e-commerce sites, property listings for real estate sites, and dynamic data-compilation for B2B exchanges. ExactOne's proprietary combination of software - a distributed query engine (patent-pending) - and network infrastructure enables it to treat the entire Web as one enormous distributed database A database physically stored in two or more computer systems. Although geographically dispersed, a distributed database system manages and controls the entire database as a single collection of data. , to which it provides extremely high-performance access. Founded in 1998, ExactOne is venture-backed and based in Herndon, Va. For more information visit www.exactOne.com. |
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