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AltaVista Strengthens Business Solutions Offering with Transium Acquisition

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AltaVista Company has announced that it will acquire Transium Corporation, a leading provider of e-commerce navigational services, to expand its AltaVista Business Solutions Group. This move aims to provide e-commerce companies, portals, and global enterprises with a comprehensive search solution based on AltaVista's relevant, fast, and effective search technology. Transium's technology will enable AltaVista to create and host custom search indexes for companies worldwide, providing fast and relevant search results to users.

Key Takeaways:

  • AltaVista will acquire Transium Corporation, a leading provider of e-commerce navigational services, to strengthen its AltaVista Business Solutions Group.
  • Transium's technology will enable AltaVista to provide custom hosted search services to e-commerce companies, portals, and global enterprises.
  • The acquisition will enhance AltaVista's position in the market to meet the growing demands of e-commerce companies.
  • Transium's technology specializes in hosting proprietary content or specific web content, allowing AltaVista to create a custom index of a company's Web site or other content.
  • The solution is expected to be attractive to fast-growing companies that need a rapidly deployed, customized search solution or vertical portals that want to provide industry-specific information to their customers.
  • Transium brings to AltaVista a talented team of sales, service, marketing, and product development professionals with expertise in the custom hosting sector.
  • The acquisition of Transium is expected to create a powerful search solution with the benefits of custom hosted services.

Statistics:

  • AltaVista has over 850 customers worldwide.
  • Transium's technology will enable AltaVista to create and host custom search indexes for companies worldwide.
  • The solution is expected to be especially attractive to fast-growing companies and vertical portals.
  • Transium brings to AltaVista a team of over [insert number] professionals with experience in custom hosting.

Sources:

  • Press Release, "Strengthens AltaVista Business Solutions Offering With Custom Hosted Search Services for Fast-Growing Portals and E-commerce Markets," AltaVista Company, February 9.
  • "About AltaVista Business Solutions," AltaVista Business Solutions Web site at http://solutions.altavista.com.
  • "About Transium Corporation," Transium Corporation Web site at http://www.transium.com.

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