e.g. Software Changes its Name to WebTrends Corporation; Phenomenal Success of Web-Oriented Products Drives Name Change.PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 1997--Effective today, e.g. Software has become WebTrends Corporation. The name change follows the phenomenal success of the company's award-winning WebTrends web server traffic analysis software. The new name accompanies expanding staff, larger offices and the promise of new additions to the WebTrends product line by year-end. "Being the prominent traffic analysis software product in the industry, people recognize the name `WebTrends.' We want our company name to reflect where our main focus and energies lie," says Glen Boyd, president of WebTrends Corporation. Eli Shapira and Glen Boyd (the `e' and `g' in e.g. Software) founded the company in 1994, developing data-mining applications for network security. Recognizing the potential of the World Wide Web, the company began to adapt its data mining tools to perform log file analysis for web servers. The WebTrends Log Analyzer was announced in December 1995 and launched in February 1996. A sophisticated reporting tool, WebTrends was a pioneer in the commercial log file analyzer market, quickly becoming the leading website traffic analysis software for websites of all sizes. The current version, 3.5, sets the standard in the industry with its high-end features and ease of use. The just-launched Enterprise Edition includes additional functionality. "We have made a conscious effort to remember our customer in every aspect of developing the WebTrends Log Analyzer, including maintaining its affordable price," says Eli Shapira, chief technical officer of WebTrends Corporation. "Responding to customer feedback has played a key role in maintaining our lead in the industry." The WebTrends Log Analyzer provides high-powered analysis of internet and intranet log files for sites with as many as 40 million hits/day (over 4 GB of logs) from any Web server, including those from Netscape (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. 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The WebTrends Log Analyzer provides extraordinarily quick reporting by processing log files in real-time and storing the analysis results in its patent-pending FastTrends(TM) database. With this database, reports on previously-analyzed data take only seconds to run. Among its many key features, WebTrends offers Intranet and Advertising management modules, runs reports remotely via a browser, analyzes compressed log files, and reports in multiple languages. The WebTrends Log Analyzer has long been recognized as the best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best and most popular website analysis tool, as confirmed by a March 24, 1997 Inter@ctive Week survey of Webmasters. WebTrends has also received over a dozen international awards, including PC Week's IT Excellence Award, Best of LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. Times, Internet World's Best of Test, Network Computing Storing and/or running applications in servers in a network. See cloud computing and network computer. Best Value, Federal Computer Week's Government Best Buy, and the PC User Gold Award. It is praised by tens of thousands of customers from corporate, government and educational institutions to ISPs and small businesses, including Infoseek, AT&T, Microsoft, MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. , Micron, Intel, Kraft Foods Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) is the largest food and beverage company headquartered in North America and the second largest in the world after Nestlé SA. The Philip Morris Company (now known as Altria Group), a company that produces tobacco products, acquired Kraft for , Westinghouse, and the US House of Representatives. "We use WebTrends constantly to figure out which products to put where on a daily basis," says Michael Strasia, webmaster for REI of Seattle (Recreational Equipment Inc., http://www.rei.com) who uses WebTrends to actively modify his company's commerce site. "My favorite My Favorite is an independent synthpop band from Long Island, New York. They released two CDs: Love at Absolute Zero and Happiest Days of Our Lives. My Favorite broke up on September 14, 2005, when singer Andrea Vaughn left the band. feature is the fact that it analyzes such huge log files so quickly, and that it's mobile and flexible enough for us to customize to our specifications. We love that it analyzes the file without importing." Recent releases from WebTrends Corporation include the Enterprise Edition of the WebTrends Log Analyzer, which allows users to perform additional custom data manipulation Processing data. in any ODBC-compatible database. In addition, the company also produces Virtual WebTrends, a version of the software specially designed for virtually hosted sites and distributed exclusively by ISPs. The WebTrends Log Analyzer is priced at US$299, and the Enterprise Edition at $1,499. Technical support for all WebTrends products is free, and annual upgrade subscriptions, entitling users to all new versions for a year, are available for $59 ($199 for Enterprise Edition). Free 14-day trials of WebTrends products can be found at http://www.webtrends.com . WebTrends Corporation develops premier Internet analysis and network auditing solutions. Founded in 1994, the company is based in Portland, Oregon, and is privately held. -0- WebTrends is a registered trademark of WebTrends Corporation. All brands or product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products and services of, their respective owners. CONTACT: WebTrends Corporation (formerly e.g. Software) Kate McPherron, 503/294-7025 x 208 katem@webtrends.com or Marta George, 503/294-7025 x 224 martag@webtrends.com |
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