AltaVista Unveils Robust Suite of Internet Services.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)--June 28, 1999-- New Integrated Services In computer networking, IntServ or integrated services is an architecture that specifies the elements to guarantee quality of service (QoS) on networks. IntServ can for example be used to allow video and sound to reach the receiver without interruption. Establish Premier Media and Commerce Network Key Highlights:
- Enhanced AltaVista Search site, offering the Internet's first
Search Freshness Guarantee and new multimedia search capabilities
(www.altavista.com)
- Innovative AltaVista MicroPortal, the Internet's first
MicroPortal, a personalized desktop window to premier AltaVista
services (www.microav.com)
- Totally Updated AltaVista Shopping.com Ultrastore, defining an
all new ultra-satisfying online shopping experience
(www.shopping.com)
- Introduction of the AltaVista Local Portal Services, 40 new local
portal Web sites to debut on the AltaVista Zip2 Homebase platform
(www.zip2.com)
AltaVista (AltaVista Company, Palo Alto, CA, www.altavista.com) The first search engine to index every word on a page and provide a retrieval system to extract relevant information. Developed by Digital's Research Labs in Palo Alto in 1995, the AltaVista search engine is available in more than 25 Company today unveiled several innovative Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the services as the initial preview to the premier AltaVista Network. The company's new offerings form the foundation of a robust online media and commerce network for both Web savvy users through AltaVista brand services as well as mainstream Internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f through AltaVista's `best of the Web' partnerships. "Today marks the start of an exciting new journey for AltaVista," said Rod Schrock schrock sorghumvulgare. , president and 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 AltaVista Company. "AltaVista has consistently delivered the leading search service to the Web community. Now we are laying down the gauntlet gauntlet /gaunt·let/ (gawnt´let) a bandage covering the hand and fingers like a glove. : we intend to offer a broader range of online services designed to greatly enhance users' Internet experience. These new services feature all the same characteristics - quality, robustness, best-of-the-Web orientation that have become synonymous with synonymous with adjective equivalent to, the same as, identical to, similar to, identified with, equal to, tantamount to, interchangeable with, one and the same as the AltaVista brand name." The company confirmed today its intent to introduce several additional Internet services throughout 1999, which will culminate culminate, in astronomy, the maximum height in the sky reached by a celestial body on a given day. At the culminate the body is crossing the observer's celestial meridian and is said to be in upper transit. in the unveiling of the next-generation AltaVista Network by the end of the year. "As robust as this start is to our premier network, we have several more exciting announcements in store in the near future!" added Schrock. AltaVista Search: The Most Powerful Guide to the Internet Gets Even Stronger The core of AltaVista's new media and commerce network is the company's first-to-market powerful and useful search engine. AltaVista Search now features the Internet's first search freshness guarantee combined with new site design featuring first-of-its-kind contextual shopping and enhanced multimedia search. AltaVista plans to offer more than 25 distinctive new features by the end of the year to make searching the Internet faster and more personally relevant. For more information, see separate press release titled: "AltaVista Search: The Most Powerful Guide to the Internet Gets Stronger" at www.altavista.com. The AltaVista MicroPortal: Internet's First Window to Premier AltaVista Services Consistent with AltaVista's goal of creating the most satisfied, brand loyal user audience, the company announced today the AltaVista MicroPortal, the world's first downloadable Internet application that gives users an up-to-the-minute personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. desktop window to premier AltaVista services. The MicroPortal will give users the freedom to explore the entire Web, yet remain connected to their dynamic personalized information. This announcement reinforces AltaVista's leadership position in defining new categories of "Internet portals" as also demonstrated through its local community portals. The AltaVista MicroPortal is a significant upgrade to AltaVista Tracker, a service that was unveiled in March of this year for Internet Explorer Microsoft's Web browser, which comes with Windows starting with Windows 98. Commonly called "IE," versions for Mac and Unix are also available. Internet Explorer is the most widely used Web browser on the market. It has also been the browser engine in AOL's Internet access software. 5.0 users. To add more excitement when using the world's first MicroPortal, AltaVista also announced today that it will give away an Internet industry record $5 million in Shopping.com electronic cash certificates to first-year users of the AltaVista MicroPortal. The AltaVista MicroPortal will be available at the end of July and will be accessible to any user that has Internet Explorer Version 4 or higher installed on their PC. Users can pre-register for the service and the $5 Million electronic cash giveaway by visiting www.microav.com. For more information, see separate press release titled: "AltaVista Extends the World's First MicroPortal" at www.altavista.com. AltaVista's Shopping.com Redefines Internet Shopping with the Ultra-Satisfying Online Shopping Experience AltaVista's Shopping.com announces an all new format for online shopping: the Ultrastore. This richly featured shopping destination offers the ultimate combination of selection, convenience, value and service available on the Internet, as well as AltaVista's legendary advanced search technology. Shopping.com has totally updated its seven superstores This is a list of superstores by country. Multi-national
adj. Involving, applying to, or occurring throughout a whole store: a storewide sale; storewide renovations. "Ultimate Brand Auctions". Ultimate Brand Auctions will auction a wide variety of the most popular name brand merchandise across all seven superstores, with unprecedented bid values starting at $1. Shopping.com is defining a totally new "ultra-satisfying" Internet shopping experience. For more information, see the press release titled: "AltaVista's Shopping.com Introduces the Ultra Satisfying Online Shopping Experience" at www.altavista.com. AltaVista and New Media Partners Create the Web's Premier Local Destinations In keeping with its mission to deliver fast, locally relevant results to users and advertisers on the Web, AltaVista's Zip2 announces partnerships with prominent new media companies to create forty local portal sites Noun 1. portal site - a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet; "a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc. that give users the fastest, most relevant results on the Internet. Based on the Homebase(TM) platform developed by AltaVista's Zip2 Division, interactive divisions of leading news organizations can combine highly relevant local content with the vast resources of a standard portal into a single Web site. This powerful combination allows users to quickly find information that is specific to who they are, where they live, and what they need to accomplish on the Internet, in their own home town or on the road. The first Homebase partner site to launch in a US metro area This article is about the music production team. For the article about population centers, see metropolitan area. Metro Area are a Brooklyn-based dance music production team composed of Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani. is Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the at http://hb.zip2.com/houstonchronicle of the Hearst Corporation The Hearst Corporation is a privately-held American-based media conglomerate based in the Hearst Tower in New York City, USA. Founded by William Randolph Hearst as an owner of newspapers, the company's holdings now include a wide variety of media. . For more information about the AltaVista Partner Network, see separate press release titled: "AltaVista and New Media Partners Create the Internet's Premier Local Destinations" at www.altavista.com. About AltaVista Company AltaVista Company is the premier online media and commerce network. The company integrates unique Internet technology and services to deliver relevant results faster for both individuals and Web-based businesses. By combining distinctive AltaVista brand services with `best of the Web' partnerships, the AltaVista Network creates the most satisfying Internet experience. AltaVista is building on its heritage of technology and innovation leadership, offering award-winning services including: AltaVista Search, AltaVista Local Portal Services, AltaVista MicroPortal and AltaVista's Shopping.com. For more information, visit AltaVista at http://www.altavista.com. AltaVista and Zip2 are Registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Shopping.com and Homebase are trademarks of AltaVista Company or its affiliates. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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