News: Search Engine Firm, Semanti Corp., Unveils French-Language Semantic Service
Stockholm, Sweden - (Website Hosting Directory) - October 15, 2008 - Search engine firm, Semanti Corp., has released its new French-language, semantic Internet service, to enhance the online search engine experience and provide a more effective solution.
The French version for its flagship product, SemantiFind, was revealed at the ETRE08 conference in Stockholm, Sweden. Leveraging unique semantic technology, SemantiFind is a Web service that enhances the search engine experience by letting users indicate the precise meaning of their search queries. The new French version will be available in November. Customers will be able to search in their language of choice -- initially English and soon French -- and can choose to see search results that have been labeled in either their own language or in one or more other languages.
Much of the content on the web is in English, and although many individuals for whom English is not a first language can still benefit from English language content, searching in their own preferred language may be easier. It is SemantiFind's semantic technology that makes this possible, because the service understands the meaning of words in more than one language.
Previous attempts at solutions to improve search have required users to switch to a new service. But SemantiFind works within preferred search engines, and offers a drop-down list of specific terms and definitions that help people select what they mean, such as 'Visa' the travel document instead of 'Visa' the credit card. By understanding a user's meaning, SemantiFind returns more meaningful and relevant information and saves people the hassle of sifting through unwanted pages or reformulating their query to find results that might be buried.
However, users can still see the normal results their search engine would return in addition to the SemantiFind results, giving individuals ongoing choice and ease with how they currently search. Currently, searching the Web requires people to guess what words and phrases the search engine requires to find the most accurate and complete information.
Search engines cannot understand the meaning of a web page; they can only match search terms to words on a page. If the user wants to find information about the 'mileage' of a specific model of car, they may get pages about fuel economy or they may get pages about cars with a certain amount of miles on them.
The user has to guess how the search engine retrieves information rather than using the words and phrases the person prefers. SemantiFind understands there are different ways to say the same thing, so consumers don't have to guess which words will yield the most meaningful results.
Bruce Johnson, CEO of Semanti Corporation remarked, ''Building on the success with early adopters of our English-language version, it's very important to us to cater to French-speaking communities. Over time, and driven by user demand, we expect to roll out SemantiFind in several languages.''
SemantiFind is available now for download at http://www.semantifind.com. It is a free service to consumers. The product is currently available for use with Google, but expects to have additional search engine support available by the end of the year.
Semanti Corporation develops solutions that help consumers find and retrieve personally relevant information on the web. Its initial product is SemantiFind, a Web service that enhances the search engine experience by delivering more relevant and meaningful search results. The company is headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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News: Web Hosting Provider, Digital River, to Lead E-Commerce Webcast Series
Minneapolis, Minnesota - (Website Hosting Directory) - October 14, 2008 - Global e-commerce and web hosting outsourcing provider, Digital River, Inc., has been chosen to lead the E-Commerce Webcast Series for the Consumer Electronics Association.
The Five-part series focuses on direct-to-consumer e-commerce and e-marketing strategies for consumer electronics manufacturers, for global online selling and e-marketing approaches, integrating direct-to-consumer strategies with existing retail, e-tail and resale distribution channels. The weekly webcasts, which will take place through Thursday, Nov. 13th, and are open to CEA member companies.
During the webcasts, e-commerce experts from Digital River will discuss emerging opportunities in global online markets and potential road blocks consumer electronics manufacturers can encounter when selling through direct-to-consumer online channels. Individual webcast sessions include:
E-Marketing: Moving from Visible to Irresistible;
Mastering Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and Additional Regulatory Compliance Requirements in the U.S. and Europe;
Seven Can't Miss Tips for Effectively Selling Online in Europe;
Successfully Tapping into the Asia-Pacific Online Marketplace; and
The Five Components of Successful Lifecycle Email Marketing.
For more information about these webcasts, visit the CEA Web site at http://ce.org/Events/webcasts.asp. CEA is the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the $173 billion U.S. consumer electronics industry. More than 2,200 companies benefit from CEA membership, which includes legislative advocacy, market research, technical training and education, industry promotion and the fostering of business and strategic relationships.
In August, the comany signed an e-commerce agreement with Shure Incorporated. As a manufacturer of microphones, earphones and audio electronics, the company chose Digital River to design and launch a new online store to support the marketing and sales of Shure's consumer and professional audio equipment in the United States.
To help Shure expand its online business for its growing personal listening and accessory product lines, Digital River is providing end-to-end e-commerce services. For the new store, Digital River is managing online store orders, physical product fulfillment, fraud prevention screening and 24X7 customer service. Digital River also will provide online marketing tools to help Shure implement marketing programs and online product promotions designed to convert traffic into sales and build customer loyalty.
Founded in 1925, Shure Incorporated manufactures microphones and audio electronics. Shure Incorporated corporate headquarters is located in Niles, Ill., in the United States. The Company has additional manufacturing facilities and regional sales offices in China, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, The United Kingdom, and the United States.
Founded in 1994, Digital River, Inc., focuses on e-commerce outsourcing, building and managing online businesses for more than 40,000 software publishers, manufacturers, distributors and online retailers. Its multi-channel e-commerce solution, which supports both direct and indirect sales, is designed to help companies of all sizes maximize online revenues as well as reduce the costs and risks of running an e-commerce operation. The company's comprehensive platform offers site development and hosting, order management, fraud prevention, export controls, tax management, physical and digital product fulfillment, multi-lingual customer service, advanced reporting and strategic marketing services. Digital River is headquartered in Minneapolis with offices in major U.S. cities as well as Cologne, Germany; London, England; Shannon, Ireland; Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Taipei, Taiwan; and Tokyo, Japan.
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News: Yahoo! Web Hosting Search Firm, Schedules Financial Webcast
Sunnyvale, California - (Website Hosting Directory) - October 14, 2008 - Yahoo! global Internet company, will host an earnings conference call to discuss the Company's financial results for the third quarter ending September 30, 2008.
Scheduled to take place on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 2:00 PM PT / 5:00 PM ET, the live Webcast can be accessed at http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/results.cfm. The Webcast will be archived within 24 hours of the end of the call and will be available through the same link.
Last year, the company filed an investor presentation detailing the Company's three-year financial plan and strategic initiatives which are expected to roughly double operating cash flow over the next three years. The plan revealed that operating cash flow is expected to go from $1.9 billion to $3.7 billion and generate $8.8 billion in revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs (revenue ex-TAC) in 2010. Yahoo!'s management also reaffirmed its outlook for the first quarter 2008 and full year 2008, as previously provided on January 29, 2008.
The financial plan was first presented to Yahoo!'s board of directors in December 2007, before the Company received the unsolicited acquisition proposal by Microsoft Corporation. The presentation supported the unanimous determination by the Company's board of directors that Microsoft's January 31, 2008 unsolicited acquisition proposal substantially undervalues Yahoo!. The board cited Yahoo!'s global brand, large worldwide audience, significant recent investments in advertising platforms and future growth prospects, free cash flow and earnings potential, as well as its substantial unconsolidated investments, as factors in its decision. Yahoo!'s board of directors is continuing to evaluate all of its strategic alternatives to maximize value for Yahoo! stockholders.
Key sources of projected growth in revenue and operating cash flow cited in the presentation include $1.9 billion in added revenue ex-TAC over the next three years from display/video advertising, as Yahoo! expects its growth to outpace the currently anticipated market rate of growth in online display/video advertising. The Company also expects $1.4 billion in added search revenue, implying growth essentially in line with the anticipated market rate of growth in search advertising.
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Yahoo! investor presentation also reiterated its principal strategies, which were to enhance an already strong position as a leading starting point for users of the Internet and to be a 'must buy' proposition for the most online advertisers.
The presentation noted that, in addition to Yahoo!'s strong projected operating results over the next three years, the Company's strategic assets in Asia, including its stakes in Yahoo! Japan, Alibaba Group and Gmarket, its strong cash position, and its early leadership positions in mobile Internet and emerging markets, combine to create significant equity value.
Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide. Yahoo! is focused on powering its communities of users, advertisers, publishers, and developers by creating indispensable experiences built on trust. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
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News: Web Hosting Services Debut, at Gandi.net Domain Registrar
London, United Kindgom - (Website Hosting Directory) - October 13, 2008 - The largest ICANN-accredited registrar in France, Gandi.net, has debuted its hosting service, after 9 months of intensive beta testing using a pool of 9,000 servers created by over 4,000 individual customers.
Joe White, COO of Gandi.net noted, ''We are extremely proud to announce the opening of Gandi's web hosting service, which has been developed entirely in-house over 2 years, and is built on a 'cloud infrastructure'. This means that your server runs on a grid of computers, guaranteeing your resources, while giving unparalleled resilience to failure, and the ability to expand or contract your resources as your needs change. The hosting industry is well aware that this is the next evolutionary step in technology and will replace shared hosting, and possibly even dedicated hosting. The advantages for customers are too great to be ignored, which is why the traditional players, having down played this, are now using buzzwords around virtualisation in order to continue to sell to the less informed.''
The Gandi service offers what it terms is an extreme flexibility, including:
Ultimate flexibility exclusively at Gandi - Dedicated servers can be up and running in 10 minutes, and server power can be increased or reduced instantly, with no loss of service, to tailor the service to actual needs and evolve the server in line with success. There is no minimum contract term.
An offer available to everyone - Experienced users can create their own dedicated server and configure it however they wish, while beginners can take advantage of Gandi AI (Auto-install) to setup preinstalled servers that are ready to use in one-click (web-servers, mail-servers, game servers).
'Made in Gandi': service first - Gandi is well known as a company that listens to its customer's needs, has a desire to keep innovating, and for the quality of its products and services. Because we develop our products in house we can be highly responsive to your feedback.
High network resilience - Gandi's infrastructure is based on high availability servers using SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) disks running RAID 60. Additionally, we have two separate locations on the same network loop that allows us to 'move' a server from one location to another seamlessly without the slightest disruption in service.
Mr. White added, ''We have developed this technology in house with the support of our active community of beta testers. Their support has allowed us to stay in close contact with our customers during development and means that we can be very agile in response to their changing needs in the future. We would like to thank them for helping us deliver this revolutionary service.''
Gandi features competitive pricing, with a special celebratory launch sale starting at GBP7/$14/EUR10 (excl. VAT) per 'share' per month (one 'share' being the smallest resource per server, the most powerful server may have up to 16 shares). This will last until December 31st 2008, and will then move to the standard price of GBP8.5/$16/EUR12 (excl. VAT).
Stephan Ramoin, CEO of Gandi.net added, ''This is the beginning of a new chapter in Gandi's history. We have long been recognised as the registrar of choice for the tech community, and our revolutionary new hosting offer delivers the same level of quality, innovation, flexibility and price that our customers expect. And for those who don't need the power of a full server, Gandi will soon launch additional hosting services, at a far lower price. Watch this space.''
Created in 1999 and purchased in 2005 by an experienced executive team, Gandi manages more than 760,000 domain names for clients in 198 countries around the world, which places the company as a leading domain names registrar in France and sixth in Europe. Gandi's goal is to create an alternative and independent line of Internet services based around domain names. Clients range from individuals and small companies, to public institutions (EU/ECB) and large multinational corporations.
Sunnyvale, California - (Website Hosting Directory) - October 13, 2008 - Search engine company and web hosting provider, Yahoo!, has developed and released its new enhanced e-mail solution, including a new online calendar.
John Kremer, Vice President, Yahoo! Mail noted, ''With the new Yahoo! Calendar, we've taken the concept of a traditional paper calendar and transformed it into a smart, yet simple online tool that helps people to keep track of their schedules, stay organized and be more productive.''
The new Yahoo! Calendar offers an intuitive, online social calendaring experience that enables people to be more productive. Based on open standards, the new Yahoo! Calendar beta makes it easy for users to discover, share and keep track of events and appointments. Yahoo! Calendar is a popular feature within Yahoo! Mail, a key starting point for consumers on the Web and one of the most popular Web mail services in the world with more than 278 million users per month.
Leveraging last year's acquisition of Zimbra, a leader in open source messaging and collaboration software that brought Ajax functionality to online calendars, the new Yahoo! Calendar is built on the Zimbra platform using the iCalendar (iCal) and CalDAV standards. The new calendar is interoperable with other online calendar services including those from Mozilla, Apple, Microsoft, AOL and Google, so users can share their calendar data with friends who use other online calendaring services and subscribe to any iCal-based public calendar.
Other new easy-to-use features allow consumers to keep track of activities through color-coding, drag and drop appointments for easy scheduling, and zoom-in and -out from a monthly wall calendar view to a single event -- all from within a Yahoo! Mail account. In addition, images from the Flickr photo community can be included to create a visual, unique-looking online calendar with interesting photos.
Mr. Kremer added, ''We're executing against our vision of a smarter inbox, and this is just a preview of what's to come in terms of integrating other network properties into the Yahoo! Mail experience. In the coming months, users will see additional features in Yahoo! Calendar to help them discover and keep track of their favorite events -- like sports team schedules and concert dates -- and even more features to enhance their overall communications experience.''
Key features in the new Yahoo! Calendar include:
-- Sharing -- Layering functionality that makes sharing events and keeping track of group activities easier
-- Zoom -- Calendar zoom capabilities make it easy to add and view new Calendar entries
-- Photos -- Integration with Flickr adds an interesting visual component to the Calendar and gives it the feel of a classic wall calendar through interesting public, Creative Commons designated photos on Flickr
-- Alerts -- Reminder feature makes it simple to set email, IM or SMS reminders for important Calendar activities
-- Drag and Drop -- Web 2.0 drag and drop functionality makes it simple to move appointments to new times -- all without refreshing the Web page
-- To Do List -- A simple and handy To List feature makes it easy to keep track of important chores and tasks
When the Yahoo! Calendar beta becomes generally available in the coming months, it will include additional synching features and the capability to discover events of interest through tight integration with Upcoming.org and other Yahoo! properties. The Yahoo! Calendar beta is currently being rolled out in five markets: the United States, Brazil, India, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. Plans for global general availability will be announced later this year.
Openness is a major aspect of Yahoo!'s overall strategy, and open standards like CalDAV and iCalendar are key components. Yahoo! is a member of CalConnect, the Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium that helps further the development and adoption of these standards, and is hosting the CalConnect XIII members' meetings at Yahoo!'s offices October 6th-10th.
According to the company, as the world's most popular Web-based calendar service, Yahoo! Calendar makes it easier than ever for people to keep track of all the important events in their life in one place. With Yahoo! Calendar, people can add events and appointments, send invitations, share their schedule with friends and family and set up email, IM or SMS reminders for important Calendar activities. The Web-based Yahoo! Calendar is tightly integrated with Yahoo! Mail, a key starting point on the Web and one of the most popular Web mail services in the world with more than 278 million users. Yahoo! Calendar is accessible from anywhere with an Internet connection -- cafe, work, airport -- with no download required. The new Yahoo! Calendar beta is built on Zimbra technology using the iCalendar (iCal) and CalDAV standards and is interoperable with other online calendar services.
Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide. Yahoo! is focused on powering its communities of users, advertisers, publishers, and developers by creating indispensable experiences built on trust. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
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