GO.com on the Move to Smith Tower; 21st Century Company Finds Home in Seattle Landmark.Business Editors SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 2000 GO.com, the Internet business of The Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Co. that oversees some of the Web's strongest brands, has moved 250 employees from offices in Bellevue to the historic Smith Tower in Seattle's Pioneer Square. GO.com officially moved to Smith Tower in late December. GO.com's Seattle-based employees represent a variety of practice groups that include platform engineering and development for GO.com; editorial and engineering teams for ESPN.com, including that site's successful fantasy game development team; technical production and engineering for ABCNEWS.com; the entire editorial, production and engineering teams for entertainment sites Mr. Showbiz and Wall of Sound; GO.com advertising sales and client service teams, and operational staff. Fifty additional GO.com employees will remain in the Westin Building in downtown Seattle overseeing the Web Operations Center that serves various GO.com Web sites. The Web Operations Center houses a total of 493 servers, including 96 database servers that support 1,206 databases. &uot;Maintaining a vibrant team in Seattle is a core part of our strategic plan to develop the best systems and content for throughout GO.com,&uot; said Steve Wadsworth, president of GO.com. &uot;Seattle has the reservoir of talent and innovative thinkers we need to continue growing GO.com as pioneer in Web-based development.&uot; Smith Tower, an engineering marvel when it was built in 1914, was the tallest building west of the Mississippi until the latter half of the century. Today, after undergoing extensive upgrades, the Smith Tower has become home to many of the region's most promising technology companies. GO.com (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GO) was created as part of the recent merger of Infoseek Corp. and The Walt Disney Co.'s online unit, Buena Vista Internet Group (BVIG). With headquarters in North Hollywood, Calif., and operations in Seattle, Sunnyvale, Calif., New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and Bristol, Conn., GO.com oversees many of the Web's most popular sites and services, including the GO Network portal, ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. .com, ABCNEWS.com, Disney.com, DisneyStore.com, ESPN.com, NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga .com, NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= .com, NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Online, Family.com and Mr. Showbiz and Wall of Sound. |
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