Axtive Announces Formation of ThinkSpark Web Services & Solutions.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 6, 2003 Axtive Corporation (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :AXTV) today announced the creation of ThinkSpark Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. & Solutions that will combine Axtive's current Web services and hosting capabilities into a multifaceted customer offering under the ThinkSpark brand. The newly created unit will result from the merger of Axtive's business units, VirtuallyThere, Inc. and Media Resolutions which have been providing world-class Web services and hosting solutions for over five years. The unit will offer "turn-key" solutions for five core services The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. : Web strategy consulting, interactive media planning and development, ongoing project management, application design and development and managed hosting solutions. W. Bradley Smith will assume responsibility for the ThinkSpark Web Services unit in addition to his ongoing role on Axtive's mergers and acquisition team. Mr. Smith said, "The combination of these two groups is a good tactic for our target market and current customer base." He added, "The customer production process of this new organization is based on a knowledge base of proven project management methodology for customers with a variety of technology requirements, project size or budgetary constraints." About Axtive Corporation Axtive acquires and operates technology products and service companies including IT professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , business application software and managed hosting/application service providers targeting middle market companies. Axtive's products and services are focused on enhancing the capabilities of customers' business operating systems The Business Operating System, or BOS, is an early cross-platform operating system originally produced for Intel 8080 and Motorola 6800 computers, subsequently for Z80-based computers, and then later for most microcomputers of the 1980s. . Axtive's acquisitions have included ThinkSpark, a professional services firm specializing in the installation and integration of technology solutions from Oracle Corporation; VirtuallyThere, a Web services firm; UDT UDT User Defined Type UDT User-Defined Table UDT Underwater Demolition Team (US Navy SEALs) UDT Uniform Data Transfer (COM-based technologies) UDT União Democrática Timorense Consulting, a professional services firm specializing in the installation, integration and application of software solutions from 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) , Informix and Microsoft; and Media Resolutions, an application and managed hosting services provider. More information about these Axtive businesses is available at www.axtive.com. |
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