AltaVista Software Delivers Integrations to Enhance Functionality of IBM WebSphere Products.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)--Dec. 18, 2001 Relationship Establishes AltaVista Software as a Search Technology for IBM's Application Server and Portal AltaVista Software, a division of AltaVista Company, today announced the availability of AltaVista Enterprise Search and AltaVista.com search capabilities for IBM's WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Portal. As a search software solution powering two integration levels for IBM's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) ) WebSphere products, AltaVista Software will leverage its award-winning search capabilities and help enable the creation of the next-generation of enterprise portals See corporate portal. and ebusiness solutions. "Advanced search capabilities are driving both investments in and usage of corporate portal An internal Web site (intranet) that provides proprietary, enterprise-wide information to company employees as well as access to selected public Web sites and vertical-market Web sites (suppliers, vendors, etc.). products and applications," said Phil Rugani, executive vice president, AltaVista Software. "IBM leads two industry categories estimated to exceed $5 billion over the next four years. To capture this tremendous growth opportunity, AltaVista Software continues to establish strategic partnerships with best-of-breed portal solution providers like IBM to deliver a search tool that unlocks the value trapped Value Trap A stock that has experienced a large price depreciation and is mistaken to be a value stock. Notes: When a company's stock seems undervalued, investors are sometimes drawn into purchasing it in hopes of a stock price appreciation. inside vast corporate networks, immediately and positively affecting productivity. AltaVista Software running on IBM's ebusiness platform provides the key to the solution that will enable an intelligent, universal view of corporate information." Integration into WebSphere Application Server AltaVista's integration with WebSphere Application Server allows AltaVista Software to become the user's default technology and is accessible to any application layered onto this foundation. By integrating AltaVista software into the WebSphere Application Server, users can leverage powerful search tools as part of a strong platform for ebusiness initiatives. Additionally, the availability of AltaVista Software within applications supported by the WebSphere Application Server enhances critical business features such as corporate portals, ecommerce and the intranet. Integration into WebSphere Portal Within the WebSphere Portal, AltaVista Software delivers integrations, known as portlets, to give customers quick, secure, single point access to valuable content, regardless of location, file, or format. The AltaVista Software search portlets provide an easy-to-use interface that supports simultaneous queries of multiple sources of information, including databases, documents, intranets and the Internet. Through highly refined search parameters, WebSphere Portal users can transform volumes of existing data into critical business intelligence. Customers using IBM WebSphere Portal Server (1) A network server that deploys portal services to a public Web site or internal intranet. See portal. (2) An application that is used to develop, deliver and maintain a Web portal. can now download the pre-integrated portlets by accessing the AltaVista Software partner page at http://solutions.altavista.com/partners/ibm/index.html or the IBM page at http://www7b.software.ibm.com/webapp/portlets/portletemarketplace. Within the framework of the IBM WebSphere Portal, AltaVista Software is supplying two integrations: - AltaVista Enterprise Search Portlet enables IBM customers to use their individualized deployment of AltaVista Enterprise Search Software to take advantage of their uniquely configured enterprise search requirements; and - AltaVista Web Search Portlet allows IBM customers to utilize the renowned World Wide Web search site www.altavista.com within the IBM WebSphere Portal. "In seeking solutions compatible with our core portal technology, it is natural to extend our portlet A small window on a portal page. Portlet technology allows a portal page to be customized more quickly either internally by the development team or by the end user. Portlet technology can come as an adjunct to a portal server or as optional interfaces to ERP applications. provider program to AltaVista Software," said Larry Bowden, vice president, e-portal solutions, IBM. "By tapping AltaVista's proven search technology, we can streamline processes and extend the functionality for customers using our portal product - anytime, anywhere and from any device." AltaVista Software continues to expand its market penetration Noun 1. market penetration - the extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular market penetration - the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women" through strategic alliances with key solutions providers, content management companies and system integrators. To date, AltaVista Software supplies search technology for top portal and ebusiness solution providers including IBM, BEA BEA - Basic programming Environment for interactive-graphical Applications, from Siemens-Nixdorf. , Oracle, Novell and ATG ATG antithymocyte globulin. lymphocyte immune globulin (antithymocyte globulin equine, ATG, ATG equine, LIG) Atgam Pharmacologic class: Immunoglobulin Therapeutic class: Immunosuppressant . About AltaVista Software AltaVista Software (http://solutions.altavista.com), a division of AltaVista Company, organizes and turns 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. into valuable business intelligence, improves online customer satisfaction and provides a universal view of information across a single platform. AltaVista's award-winning technology powers more than 1,200 companies, including Amazon.com, Ariba, Reuters, Buy.com, DaimlerChrysler, Procter & Gamble, and Siemens. About AltaVista Company AltaVista Company is the leading global search technology. Building on its strong search heritage and patented technology, AltaVista exploits and unlocks the full potential of the Internet for Web users at http://www.altavista.com and for businesses through AltaVista Software's Enterprise Search Architecture. Headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., AltaVista is 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). AltaVista is a registered trademark, and AltaVista Enterprise Search is a trademark of AltaVista Company. Other owners 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's participation in the IBM WebSphere portlet provider program. 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 with those of IBM or other 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'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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