Ask Jeeves To Streamline Web Production and Enhance Quality of Web Services with Interwoven Software.Business Editors/High Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2000 Web Application Development, Asset Management, and Services Deployment Integrated Across Multiple Initiatives with Single Solution Interwoven in·ter·weave v. in·ter·wove , in·ter·wo·ven , inter·weav·ing, inter·weaves v.tr. 1. To weave together. 2. To blend together; intermix. v.intr. , Inc. (Nasdaq: IWOV), the leading provider of enterprise-class Web content management software, today announced that Ask Jeeves Noun 1. Ask Jeeves - a widely used search engine accepting plain English questions or phrases or terms trademark - a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product , Inc. (Nasdaq: ASKJ), a leading provider of real-time personal service infrastructure on the Web, has selected Interwoven as its Web production solution provider. Ask Jeeves will be using Interwoven software to streamline Web development, management and deployment across its consumer (www.ask.com) and corporate services Activities that combine or consolidate certain enterprise-wide needed support services, provided based on specialized knowledge, best practices, and technology to serve internal (and sometimes external) customers and business partners. divisions, which in turn will help Ask Jeeves enhance Web service quality. TeamSite, Interwoven's flagship content management software, will allow Ask Jeeves employees to collaboratively work with a variety of Web assets including XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , 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. , and Active Server Pages (World-Wide Web, programming) Active Server Pages - (ASP) A scripting environment for Microsoft Internet Information Server in which you can combine HTML, scripts and reusable ActiveX server components to create dynamic web pages. IIS 4. (ASPs). One of the primary reasons Ask Jeeves selected TeamSite was its advanced task-based workflow engine Workflow engine is a software application meant to manage and execute modeled business processes. It is a key component in workflow technology. It will typically make use of a database server. which will allow Ask Jeeves' contributors to collaborate and approve content according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. their specific needs. "TeamSite's advanced task-based workflow engine will enable Ask Jeeves' Web properties as well as our Corporate Services Group to apply their own unique business rules to satisfy different Web production requirements," said Daniel Austin, site architect, Ask Jeeves. "TeamSite also allows us to accelerate our development cycles without sacrificing our need for central quality control." Ask Jeeves' Web properties will use Interwoven TeamSite to manage all aspects of their internal production processes. Ask Jeeves' Corporate Services Group, which provides a suite of real-time personal services personal services n. in contract law, the talents of a person which are unusual, special or unique and cannot be performed exactly the same by another. These can include the talents of an artist, an actor, a writer, or professional services. for corporations, will use TeamSite software to manage production and OpenDeploy software to distribute application interfaces to Ask Jeeves Web servers -- whether internally hosted or at client and partner sites. "By combining Ask Jeeves' innovative technologies and Interwoven software, Ask Jeeves will benefit from enhanced usability on its Web properties and corporate customer sites," said Martin Brauns, 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 Interwoven. "TeamSite will enable Ask Jeeves to continue to provide world-class Web applications and services to its customers." About Ask Jeeves Corporate Services Group Companies use Jeeves Search, Jeeves Answers, Jeeves Advisor, Jeeves Live and Jeeves Insight to increase sales, reduce offline support costs and improve customer loyalty. The Ask Jeeves Corporate Services Group provides customers with real-time personal services including natural-language question answering Question answering (QA) is a type of information retrieval. Given a collection of documents (such as the World Wide Web or a local collection) the system should be able to retrieve answers to questions posed in natural language. , intelligent advisor, live help technologies, popularity-based automated search, and reporting analytics. About Ask Jeeves, Inc. Ask Jeeves has developed and deployed an online personal service infrastructure to provide real-time access to information, products and services. Ask Jeeves provides its online personal service infrastructure through its Corporate Service Group, which develops customized services for corporate Web sites to help companies convert shoppers to buyers, reduce support costs, understand customer preferences and improve customer retention, and through its Web Properties and Syndication Group, which delivers potential customers to corporate Web sites through Ask.com, DirectHit.com and its syndication services. For more information visit http://www.ask.com or call 510/985-7400. About Interwoven, Inc. Interwoven, Inc. (Nasdaq: IWOV) is the leading provider of enterprise-class Web content management software. Its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , TeamSite, controls the development, management and deployment of business-critical Web sites. As the platform for eBusiness, Interwoven enables electronic commerce, customer relationship management, supply chain management and knowledge management for Web leaders and Fortune 1000 companies moving to the Web. TeamSite is available for both the Sun Solaris and Microsoft NT operating systems. For more information on the company and its software solutions, visit the Interwoven Web site at www.interwoven.com or e-mail info@interwoven.com Note to Editors: Ask Jeeves is a registered trademark of Ask Jeeves, Inc. Ask Jeeves for Kids and Ask.com are trademarks and service marks of Ask Jeeves, Inc. Other trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. |
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