AltaVista has launched its new Desktop Search software, designed to
help corporate users search through thousands of computer files and
e-mails.
AltaVista Desktop Search is a Windows-based application that is
being licensed to medium-sized and large corporations. New
AltaVista corporate clients can expect to pay from $25 (£18) to $30
per employee for the search product, but existing AltaVista
business customers will be offered a "deep discounted price," a
company representative said.
The software navigates more than 225 different file types by
filename and folder to locate information for users. It also crawls
through e-mails, searching by keyword, folder, date or subject
header fields such as "cc", "to" and "from," and is designed to
complement the Web browser, the company said.
Broad search and retrieval results are presented to users in a
single frame interface, and searches can be performed regardless of
whether the user has applications open or not.
The software is intended to save users time and increase
productivity. AltaVista hopes that it will be a step forward in
offering PC users a "universal view" of relevant corporate
information across multiple platforms and applications.