NewsEdge Strengthens Enterprise Information Portal Strategy; Partners with Viador and InfoImage.Business/Technology Editors BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 2000 Leading portal vendors to offer NewsEdge eContent modules to attract and retain Web site visitors NewsEdge Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :NEWZ), a leading syndicator of eContent and global news services, today announced joint business development agreements with portal market leaders Viador Inc.(TM) (NASDAQ: VIAD VIAD VESA Image Area Definition ) and InfoImage, that further extend NewsEdge's eContent offerings into business-to-business and business-to-employee portals. These portal providers chose NewsEdge to assist them in developing a suite of modules to be embedded components in personalized portal See personal portal. pages. Viador and InfoImage will incorporate NewsEdge-delivered business-focused topics and real-time scrolling news into offerings for their portal customers. Enterprise Information Portal See corporate portal. (EIP (1) (Enterprise Information Portal) See corporate portal. (2) (Extended Instruction Pointer) The program counter on x86 CPUs. ) customers can now make business decisions based on real-time news streamed to a central location from NewsEdge. "The addition of NewsEdge to Viador's partner network means we can offer real-time, customized and industry-specific news delivery to our enterprise portal See corporate portal. customers," said Steve Dille Steve Dille(b. March 16 1945) is an American politician in the Minnesota State Senate. He is currently a member of the Republican Party of Minnesota. Background Dille was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1945. , vice president of worldwide marketing, Viador Inc. "NewsEdge's eContent products allow Viador to provide our E-Portal Framework customers with a `one-stop' area for news, and fits with our strategy to provide access to critical business applications and information in a user personalized Enterprise Information Portal." "InfoImage's partnership with NewsEdge will enhance the decision-making cycle of our customers," said David Duckworth, InfoImage group vice president of channels and alliances. "NewsEdge eContent within an InfoImage freedom portal will alert our customers to important developments that impact their business. By identifying important developments in the marketplace, collaborating with others and taking action, freedom users make better, faster business decisions." NewsEdge was selected by Viador and InfoImage based on its market share and leadership position to offer business-related news. The NewsEdge-enhanced modules will enable users to choose from topic-based content and "a la carte" content from more than 1,500 news providers. NewsEdge will be able to integrate its eContent services immediately with any Viador and InfoImage customer portals. These partnerships build on NewsEdge's existing relationships with previously announced portal partners Plumtree, Hummingbird and Autonomy. NewsEdge also announced today support for Plumtree's 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.). 4.0 product (Editor's Note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : Please see separate press release on Businesswire.). "Corporations in all industries are seeking ways to provide their employees with the tools they need to achieve their business objectives. NewsEdge and portal technology providers such as Viador and InfoImage offer businesspeople a central location for timely, industry-specific news delivery," said NewsEdge 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. and President Cliff Pollan Pol´lan n. 1. (Zool.) A lake whitefish (Coregonus pollan), native of Ireland. In appearance it resembles a herring. . "The combination of NewsEdge's customized news review process, with our broad selection of highly recognized news sources, provides portal customers with the relevant news they need to gain a competitive edge and succeed in their business objectives." NewsEdge: Delivering Targeted News to Enterprise Portal Users The GartnerGroup has observed that, "The market for enterprise portal products is less than two years old. Before 2000, most deployments of enterprise portals were relatively small, driven by small companies or pilots of portals in larger enterprises. With the passing of year 2000 conversion efforts, the number of enterprises deploying enterprise portals and the number of seats deployed per enterprise have grown significantly. Enterprise portals are now in the process of being deployed in enterprises with six-figure seat counts." (G. Phifer, August 2, 2000) NewsEdge's services for portals offer the following benefits: --Daily, industry-specific news--NewsEdge services such as eTopics, iTopics, ReachOut Mail and eContent Publisher enable timely and informed business decision making by portal users. --Hosted on servers--Simple implementation for portal technology providers and their clients. --Co-branded news delivery--Branded "news provided by" option for the host site builds and reinforces corporate brand awareness. --Central location for news content--Saves time by providing one location for pertinent and timely information. --Editorial refinement--Editorial staff of industry experts and patented NewsEdge news refinery ensure relevant content delivery. --Topic depth and breadth--Industry-specific news drives site traffic and increases stickiness. About InfoImage InfoImage(R) is the leading full-service enterprise portal software company. The flagship decision portal product, Infoimage freedom(TM), streamlines the entire decision-making process, from identification - to collaboration - to action. Since 1992, InfoImage's recognized team of development, implementation, education and support professionals have helped organizations embrace intranet and extranet technologies to gain a competitive advantage. Today, customers such as Bestfoods, Frank Russell Frank Russell may refer to the following people:
prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. industry analyst Kinetic Information, Inc. Founded in 1992, Phoenix, Arizona-based InfoImage has offices across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and can be found at http://www.infoimage.com. About Viador Inc. Viador Inc.(TM) (Nasdaq: VIAD), the number one enterprise portal company, is helping corporations leverage their information and technology assets to gain business advantages. Viador and its Viador E-Portal Suite solution have already received industry recognition and awards including the Deloitte & Touche Fast 50, CIO's WebBusiness 50/50, CrossRoads 2000 A-List, DCI's Excellence in Business Information, Federal Computer Week's Top 10 Companies to Watch list, IBM's Solution Showcase Award, and being named to the InfoWorld 100. Viador's innovative technology is used by customers including 3Com, Charles Schwab, Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control (FAA), 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) , Lucent Technologies, Nortel Networks, Shiseido, Sprint PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. and Xerox. Viador has strategic relationships with leading consulting and E-Business companies including Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Deloitte Consulting, SAP and ACS (Asynchronous Communications Server) See network access server. . Viador is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif. For more information, call 650-645-2000 or visit the Web site at www.viador.com. About NewsEdge Corporation NewsEdge Corporation (NASDAQ: NEWZ) is a leader in business-oriented eContent syndication for Web sites and corporate intranets. NewsEdge eContent attracts specialized audiences, fosters high-frequency usage, promotes Web site "stickiness" and ultimately cultivates eCommerce. NewsEdge serves more than 1,700 sites and companies with highly targeted eContent solutions including eTopics(TM), iTopics(TM), NewsEdge Insight(TM), NewsEdge Live(TM), and NewsEdge Review(TM). The NewsEdge Refinery(TM) combines a patented combination of sophisticated technology and human editorial review to deliver highly targeted eContent on more than 1,500 business topics from more than 2,000 sources. NewsEdge is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, with offices and distributors throughout North America, South America, Europe, Japan and the Middle East. For more information about NewsEdge Corporation, please visit http://www.newsedge.com. (c)NewsEdge Corporation, 2000, all rights reserved. NewsEdge is a registered trademark of NewsEdge Corporation. Viador and ,the Viador E-Portal Framework, are trademarks of Viador Inc. of Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. . All other product or service marks mentioned herein are those of NewsEdge or their respective owners. Certain of the above statements on the Company's future revenue and financial performance, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially as a result of a variety of factors, including, risks associated with acquisitions, the timely development and acceptance of new products, competitive developments, the success of relationships with third parties, and other risk factors described from time to time in the Company's SEC reports. |
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