AltaVista Software Delivers Future of Information Retrieval With AltaVista Enterprise Search 2.0; Advanced Solution Opens Architecture and Introduces Dynamic Security Features.Business & Technology 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)--March 27, 2002 Optional Auto-Categorization Module Adds Enhanced Categorization Functionality AltaVista(R) 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 its premiere information retrieval information retrieval Recovery of information, especially in a database stored in a computer. Two main approaches are matching words in the query against the database index (keyword searching) and traversing the database using hypertext or hypermedia links. solution, AltaVista Enterprise Search 2.0(TM). This solution introduces open architecture, powerful document-level security and advanced auto-categorization functionality that provides corporations with universal access to all data stored within the enterprise regardless of its location or file format. This 'Universal View' approach to information retrieval removes the barriers to finding information by eliminating the need for users to learn or launch multiple applications when looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. data. "Before AltaVista Enterprise Search 2.0, access to information was bottlenecked by the many applications in which the data was stored. We've flipped the search model to make access to information the priority and the application itself a non-issue," said AltaVista Software Executive Vice President, Phil Rugani. "AltaVista Enterprise Search 2.0 does not require workers to learn a host of complex applications or change the way they interact with their PCs. We've created a single enterprise tool that retrieves data no matter where it sits or how it's stored." AltaVista Enterprise Search 2.0 is a secure, robust, standards-based information retrieval technology that is both highly customizable and scalable, delivering enterprise-grade performance. The new dynamic security functionality provides document-level access control, making information retrieval across all repositories in the enterprise both efficient and cost-effective. Research by analyst firm IDC shows that knowledge workers spend from one to twelve hours each week hunting for information, but only 21% consider their searches truly successful. A conservative estimate of 2.5 hours of futile searching as a weekly average, costs an organization with one thousand knowledge workers, being paid at a rate of $80,000 per year, $2.5 million per year in lost productivity. "In the global enterprise, knowledge workers have been hindered by having to search through and know the search protocols for dozens of different repositories. Often, the information they seek is somewhere on the company intranet, but they have no way of knowing where it is. The result is time lost in having to re-create information that already exists. Or, worse, missing information that may be critical to a decision," said Sue Feldman, Research Vice President for Content and Retrieval Software for IDC. "Until a centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. , virtual repository for all enterprise information is a possibility, search is the only gateway across all the scattered Scattered Used for listed equity securities. Unconcentrated buy or sell interest. information in an organization." AltaVista Enterprise Search 2.0 represents an important step in the evolution towards AltaVista Software's Universal View of information retrieval and introduces the following powerful enhancements: Open Architecture Built on an open architecture, AltaVista Enterprise Search 2.0 facilitates the rapid integration of best-in-class technologies into a powerful and easy to use interface that gives users quick access to structured and 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. through a single access point. The advanced architecture takes full advantage of features provided by the most commonly used application servers, delivers support for industry standards and speeds deployment. The open architecture also maximizes and protects corporations' existing technology investments by providing compatibility, customization and easy integration with enterprise legacy systems. In addition, the open architecture reduces the need for technical training. The resulting agnostic ag·nos·tic n. 1. a. One who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God. b. One who is skeptical about the existence of God but does not profess true atheism. 2. platform provides the global enterprise with a cost-effective solution that extends well beyond search and retrieval. Dynamic, Document-Level Security AltaVista Enterprise Search 2.0 incorporates a dynamic, document-level security framework into its open architecture. This intuitive security framework leverages existing security infrastructure by limiting user access to only those indexes and documents to which the user has permission. As a sophisticated system checkpoint (programming) checkpoint - Saving the current state of a program and its data, including intermediate results, to disk or other non-volatile storage, so that if interrupted the program could be restarted at the point at which the last checkpoint occurred. , the technology employs security agents to prompt users for credentials CREDENTIALS, international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. and check for authorization while maintaining a quick and steady search flow. Because the technology is designed to communicate directly with the authorization source, security parameters In cryptography, the security parameter is a variable that measures the input size of the problem. Both the resource requirements of the cryptographic algorithm or protocol as well as the adversary's probability of breaking security are expressed in terms of the security parameter. can be automatically refreshed re·fresh v. re·freshed, re·fresh·ing, re·fresh·es v.tr. 1. To revive with or as if with rest, food, or drink; give new vigor or spirit to. 2. at the start of each new query. The real time security functionality in AltaVista Enterprise Search 2.0 supports a fast and appropriate exchange of information at all levels and allows the product to be implemented as a true enterprise-wide search and retrieval solution. Advanced Auto-Categorization Module AltaVista AutoCategorizor is being offered as a separate add-on module to deliver the fastest, most relevant search experience to users of AltaVista Enterprise Search 2.0. As a sophisticated productivity enhancement, the AltaVista AutoCategorizor organizes information into intuitive directories to promote an easy, logical search within the enterprise search environment. AltaVista AutoCategorizor features powerful hybrid technology to support automatic and rules-based categorization functionality and ships with thousands of pre-defined categories and rules. The module is flexible and highly intuitive and can extract relevant linguistic features to associate content with categories that fit the structural needs of a corporation. The advanced features of AltaVista AutoCategorizor dramatically increase the value of information by ensuring highly relevant and prioritized results. Alternatively, third party categorization packages can be quickly and easily integrated within AltaVista Enterprise Search 2.0. AltaVista Enterprise Search 2.0 delivers a productive search across corporate networks, intranets, extranets, the World Wide Web and more than 225 file formats including popular applications such as Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. , Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. , text and HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. , in 33 languages. About AltaVista Software AltaVista Software (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. AltaVista is a registered trademark, and AltaVista Software is a trademark of AltaVista Company. Other owner's 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 Enterprise Search 2.0. 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 Accordance is Bible Study Software for Macintosh developed by OakTree Software, Inc.[] As well as a standalone program, it is the base software packaged by Zondervan in their Bible Study suites for Macintosh. 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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