AltaVista Software Wins CMP Media's Intelligent Enterprise Readers' Choice Award for Best Information Retrieval Product

Business Wire, Jan 29, 2002

Business Editors

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2002

AltaVista Software, a division of AltaVista Company, a majority-owned operating company of CMGI, Inc. (Nasdaq: CMGI), was named best IT product in the category of Information Retrieval in Intelligent Enterprise magazine's fourth annual Readers' Choice Awards.

Through a voting process exclusive to Intelligent Enterprise subscribers, an audience of more than 100,000 strategic IT decision-makers recognized those IT products that best enabled an "intelligent enterprise." Winners in 29 categories were published in the Jan. 14 issue of Intelligent Enterprise magazine. AltaVista Software was selected over industry competitors Autonomy and Verity, among others, to earn top honors as the preferred business intelligence tool in the category of Information Retrieval.

"The Readers' Choice award is proof positive that as our product line evolves, we continue to deliver tools that meet the critical demands of our customer base," said Phil Rugani, Executive Vice President, AltaVista Software. "Search and retrieval functions are becoming a must-have for any enterprise looking to improve business processes. With heightened competition and attention being paid to productivity applications that deliver the best return-on-investment, it is an honor to be recognized as the top performer in this niche."

Intelligent Enterprise Publisher David Kalman said, "Our subscribers are highly influential in the purchase of IT products, so the Readers' Choice Awards speak volumes to the IT solutions that are helping businesses maintain an effective competitive edge."

AltaVista Software provides the enterprise with fully scalable, fully customizable software to realize the power of relevant business intelligence. In delivering advanced applications that quickly access relevant data buried within the enterprise, AltaVista Software boosts productivity and uncovers critical business opportunities.

About AltaVista Software

AltaVista Software (solutions.altavista.com), a division of AltaVista Company, organizes and turns unstructured data into valuable information for businesses, improves online customer satisfaction and provides a universal view of information across one platform. AltaVista Software's award-winning technology powers more than 600 companies, including Amazon.com, Ariba, Reuters, Buy.com, DaimlerChrysler, Procter & Gamble and Siemens.

About AltaVista Company

AltaVista is a leading global provider of search services and software. The company's patented technology continues to set the pace, making AltaVista a leading search engine among Web users and premier provider of high-powered search software to intranet, enterprise and e-commerce clients around the globe. AltaVista is a majority-owned operating company of CMGI, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMGI). For more information, see http://www.altavista.com.

AltaVista is a registered trademark, and AltaVista Software is a trademark of AltaVista Company. Other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.