Abuzz, Times Company Digital Present Knowledge-Sharing Internet Tool at GartnerGroup Symposium/ITxpo '99.LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1999-- Abuzz's Beehive Beehive (star cluster): see Praesepe. beehive heraldic and verbal symbol. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 193] See : Industriousness Technology Builds Online Communities of Interest on NYToday.com, Boston.com, WineToday.com and NYTimes.com/learning Times Company Digital (TCD TCD Trinity College Dublin TCD Chad (ISO Country code) TCD Transcranial Doppler TCD Thermal Conductivity Detector TCD Traffic Control Device TCD Tropical Conservation and Development ), the Internet business unit of The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times Company, and its new subsidiary, Abuzz Technologies, Inc., are showcasing the newest deployment of Abuzz's innovative Beehive technology on four Times Company Digital Web sites during the GartnerGroup Symposium/ITxpo(a) from October 11-15 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida Lake Buena Vista is a city in Orange County, Florida, United States. It is mostly known for being home to the Walt Disney World Resort. The population was 16 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 15. . Originally designed as an enterprise knowledge management tool, Beehive has evolved into a highly scaleable Internet tool that allows online communities to exchange knowledge through people-to-people interactions. Through e-mail and the Web, Beehive enables users to locate, connect and interact with others who have similar interests and want to share their individual knowledge and experience with one another. Beehive is currently deployed and generating dynamic networks of people on TCD properties including WineToday (www.winetoday.com), Boston.com (www.boston.com), New York Today (www.nytoday.com) and The New York Times Learning Network (www.nytimes/learning.com). This is the first step in Abuzz's vision to define a new model of how people will connect and collaborate via the Internet. "The Internet provides many forums in which to interact but lacks a sense of true community. Our vision is to redefine how users are finding each other online, using content from TCD's Web sites as the focal point focal point n. See focus. of collaboration and community building," said Andres Rodriguez, general manager of Abuzz. "By introducing Abuzz's technology - based on the most advanced profiling and navigation technology on the Web today - to the high-quality audiences of TCD's Web sites, we are creating revolutionary social networks. We will transform the social experience on the Internet and take it to a new level - one that mirrors actual, human interaction." Here's how it works: Visitors to any one of the sites where Beehive is deployed can register and enter their profiles. By registering, one is allowed to post questions on any subject to the Beehive. Beehive then routes these questions to the people in the network best positioned to answer them based on their user profiles. For example, a user seeking information on a certain vintage of wine can simply ask a question and Beehive will refer him or her to a suitable expert within the network to provide the answer. The more one interacts with the Beehive, the more accurate the Beehive becomes in routing individual requests. In early 2000, TCD will launch Abuzz.com(TM), a premiere knowledge destination that will enable users to locate, connect, and interact with like-minded individuals. Through sophisticated profiling technology, Abuzz.com will build dynamic Web-based identities for each user and automatically adapt them over time based on what each person knows and how they respond to questions and interactions. To glimpse the future of online knowledge networks, please go to http://www.abuzz.com to register as a charter community member of Abuzz.com. Later this fall, you will be invited to join the frontier community that will be launched in 2000. About Abuzz Based in Cambridge, MA, Abuzz was co-founded in 1996 by Andy Sack, Shaun Cutts and Andres Rodriguez. The pioneer of expertise management, Abuzz develops solutions to leverage knowledge and experience across any virtual community, from inside the enterprise to across the Internet. It was acquired by The New York Times Company in July 1999, with the goal of creating innovative online communities around specific content areas on the Web. About The New York Times Company The New York Times Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : NYT NYT New York Times NYT National Youth Theatre (UK) NYT New York Transit (New York, USA) NYT New York Tribune ) is a diversified media company including newspapers, magazines, television and radio stations, and electronic information and publishing. The Company's core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment. The Company, which had 1998 revenues of $2.9 billion, publishes The New York Times, The New York Times, The Morning daily newspaper, long the U.S. newspaper of record. From its establishment in 1851 it has aimed to avoid sensationalism and to appeal to cultured, intellectual readers. Boston Globe and 21 regional newspapers; publishes three magazines, including Golf Digest Golf Digest is a monthly golf magazine published by Advance Publications in the United States. It is a generalist golf publication covering recreational golf and men's and women's competitive golf. ; and operates eight network-affiliated television stations and two 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. radio stations. The Company operates nearly 50 Web sites, including nytimes.com, boston.com and winetoday.com as part of its Times Company Digital business unit. It also operates news, photo and graphic services as well as news and feature syndicates. The Company holds interests in one newsprint newsprint low grade paper used for newspapers. Old newspapers are fed to cattle as an alternative roughage and may occasionally be ingested by dogs. Significant amounts of lead are accumulated in tissues; no cases of poisoning have been recorded in cattle, though it has been mill, one supercalendered paper mill and the International Herald Tribune International Herald Tribune Daily newspaper published in Paris. It has long been the staple source of English-language news for American expatriates, tourists, and businesspeople in Europe. S.A.S. (a) Booth No. 3008 |
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