AltaVista Software Delivers Enterprise Productivity Application to Unlock the Desktop.Business Editors PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2002 General Availability of AltaVista(R) Desktop Search(TM) Marks Key Milestone In Aggressive Product Evolution- AltaVista Software, a division of AltaVista Company, a majority-owned operating company operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. of CMGI CMGI Commonly Maintained Grounds Infrastructures CMGI College Marketing Group Information (Services) , Inc. (Nasdaq: CMGI), today announced the general availability of AltaVista Desktop Search. AltaVista Desktop Search is an advanced productivity application that drives user efficiency by providing fast, highly relevant search solutions for individual desktop and laptop computers in the enterprise-computing environment. Available immediately, AltaVista Desktop Search enables maximum utilization of information stored on personal computers by offering a collection of user-driven controls that deliver broad search and retrieval capabilities and deep email crawler Also known as a "Web crawler," "spider," "ant," "robot" (bot) and "intelligent agent," a crawler is a program that searches for information on the Web. Crawlers are widely used by Web search engines to index all the pages on a site by following the links from page to page. functionality while supporting the navigation of important business file types. "Half of the world's digital content resides on personal computers as unstructured data Data that does not reside in fixed locations. Free-form text in a word processing document is a typical example. Contrast with structured data. See free-form database. and remains hidden or inaccessible inaccessible Surgery adjective Unreachable; referring to a lesion that unmanageable by standard surgical techniques–eg, lesions deep in the brain or adjacent to vital structures–ie, not accessible. See Accessible. in the form of email or various file types and formats," said Phil Rugani, executive vice president of AltaVista Software. "The AltaVista Desktop Search solution addresses the very real business problem of workers wasting several hours each day seeking access to information that already exists." As noted in the June 12, 2001 product vision and strategy press release, AltaVista Desktop Search offers a variety of features engineered to navigate more than 225 different file types by filename file·name also file name n. A name given to a computer file to distinguish it from other files, often containing an extension that classifies it by type. and folder, including Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. (R), Excel(R) and PowerPoint(R). A user's search for documents and content is further extended through a broad search and retrieval capability that views a PC's entire index to determine priority and extract relevant results. Moreover, AltaVista Desktop Search enables this residing data to be searched and presented back to the user in a single frame interface. Acknowledging the mission-critical nature of email as a dominant form of business communication, AltaVista Desktop Search delivers superior email crawler functionality, empowering users to find important data and potential business opportunities buried within thousands of email messages and discussion threads See threaded discussion. . The email browser function of AltaVista Desktop Search delivers requested information sorted by content keywords or by attributes such as "cc", "to", "from", folder and date range. AltaVista Desktop Search is a client-based Windows(R) application designed to complement the Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . Users can search their local index at all times, regardless of which applications are in use, or whether the user is onsite, offsite, online or offline. Information can be gathered and indexed with or without an open browser window, allowing the contents of recently added files and email to be accessed during index updates. The launch of AltaVista Desktop Search is an important step in AltaVista Software's progress toward providing enterprise users with a single frame that offers a `universal view' of relevant corporate information across multiple platforms Refers to two or more operating environments, which typically include the CPU family and operating system. For example, if versions of a program run on Windows and the Macintosh, the software is said to support multiple platforms. , applications and file formats. AltaVista Desktop Search is available through www.solutions.altavista.com or by calling 1-877-398-4287. About AltaVista Software AltaVista Software (http://solutions.altavista.com), a division of AltaVista Company, organizes and turns unstructured data into valuable information for businesses, improves online customer satisfaction and provides a universal view of information across one platform. AltaVista Software's award-winning technology powers more than 600 companies, including Amazon.com, Ariba, Reuters, Buy.com, DaimlerChrysler, Procter & Gamble and Siemens. About AltaVista Company AltaVista is a leading global provider of search services and software. The company's patented technology continues to set the pace, making AltaVista a leading search engine among Web users and premier provider of high-powered search software to intranet, enterprise and e-commerce clients around the globe. AltaVista is a majority-owned operating company of CMGI, Inc. (Nasdaq: CMGI). For more information, see http://www.altavista.com and http://solutions.altavista.com. AltaVista is a registered trademark, and AltaVista Desktop Search is a trademark of AltaVista Company. Other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. This release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. based on current expectations or beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions about future events, and these statements are subject to important factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this release address a variety of subjects including, for example, the expected benefits of AltaVista Desktop Search. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements: AltaVista may experience difficulties integrating technologies, operations and personnel in accordance with its business; AltaVista's ability to execute on its business strategy and the continued and increased demand for and market acceptance of AltaVista's products, services, web sites and the Internet in general; AltaVista's products and technologies may not successfully interoperate See interoperable. with those of third parties; and increased competition and technological changes in the markets in which AltaVista competes. For a detailed discussion of these and other cautionary statements, please refer to CMGI Inc.'s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including CMGI's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the most recently ended fiscal quarter. |
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