About.com Teams with SiteSmith to Expand Site Operations.Business Editors/Internet Writers SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2000 SiteSmith(SM), Inc., a leading Internet site operations firm, announced today that it has been selected by About.com to provide Internet operations support. SiteSmith will provide additional technical resources to accelerate the development of About.com's network of services while maintaining a reliable, scalable and secure Internet site for its customers. &uot;About.com has created one of the most sophisticated and popular Web destinations for consumers,&uot; said Marv Tseu, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of SiteSmith. &uot;We are elated e·lat·ed adj. Exultantly proud and joyful. e·lat  ed·ly adv.e·lat to work with a company that understands building and growing a successful Internet site requires more than a great business idea but a commitment to maintaining a high performance site infrastructure.&uot; Working as an extension of About.com's existing engineering team, SiteSmith will assist the company with the expansion of its Internet infrastructure in it West Coast offices. Additionally, SiteSmith will provide installation, configuration and monthly maintenance support for Web businesses recently acquired by About.com. &uot;We couldn't be more pleased about working with SiteSmith,&uot; stated Ron McCoy, senior vice president of technology for About.com. &uot;About.com has built a reputation as an enjoyable, comprehensive and easy to use Web service; as we broaden our service offerings, it is critical that we maintain the same high operations standards we have always had. SiteSmith has the experienced Internet technicians who can help us ensure smooth and speedy development of our sites.&uot; About.com is the leading network of niche verticals with over 700 highly targeted environments, each overseen by a professional guide. Each site provides comprehensive web links, a vibrant online community, in-depth content and e-commerce opportunities. About.com is the number one web site for news information and entertainment in the world and is currently ranked ninth overall (Media Metrix, December, 1999.) The company joins a growing list of companies selecting SiteSmith to assist and provide guidance in large-scale Internet operations. About SiteSmith SiteSmith is a leading provider of outsource Internet site operations for new start-ups and established Web businesses. Since its inception in October 1999, SiteSmith has assembled a world-class team of Web engineers, Internet technologist and project managers to help companies build and operate reliable, scalable and secure Internet sites. It provides clients with a full range of ongoing Internet operations services that can include security audits to monitoring services The general surveillance of known air traffic movements by reference to a radar scope presentation or other means, for the purpose of passing advisory information concerning conflicting traffic or providing navigational assistance. to acting as a company's single point of contact for entire Internet operations. SiteSmith was founded by Treb Ryan and Dan Rasmussen Daniel J. "Dan" Rasmussen is the Iowa State Representative from the 23rd District. He has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2002. He received his BS from Iowa State University. , two former executives of a leading web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. and applications company called Frontier GlobalCenter, and Marv Tseu, former President of Structured Internetworks, Inc. The SiteSmith management team, engineers and project managers have been developing and maintaining Internet services for prominent Web companies since the early days of the Web (1994.) This real-world experience translates into a seasoned Internet professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. group that understands the issues facing Web administrators. Plus, they have the capability to architect, manage and troubleshoot To find out why something does not work and to fix the problem. Troubleshooting a computer often requires determining whether the problem is due to malfunctioning hardware or buggy or out-of-date software. See debug. today's high Today's High The intra-day high trading price. Notes: In other words, this is the highest price that a stock traded at during the course of the day. More often than not this is higher than the closing price. See also: Today's Low performance Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. . SiteSmith is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., with offices in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and Herndon, Va. Information about SiteSmith and its services is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.sitesmith.com/. Note to Editors: SiteSmith and Sitesmith.com are service marks of SiteSmith, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective holders. |
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