Seekport wins prestigious 'Innovation Area Award'
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Munich/Hamburg, March 17, 2005 - The Internet search engine Seekport received this year's 'Innovation Area Award' for the fastest market entry at CeBIT 2005. The award is given away annually by IT Adventure AG for future-oriented technologies and innovative concepts in the IT industry. The final selection from a total of 40 candidates was made by a prestigious jury formed by representatives from IBM, Cisco Systems, Sun Microsystems, Ernst & Young and the Fraunhofer Institute. IT Adventure AG is an investment company that acts as a partner for networking innovation, venture capital, and know-how. The goal of the award is to publicize innovative new concepts in the IT industry and help ensure their success. 'We are thrilled with the award and believe that it reflects our very successful, even though short, corporate history quite well,' says Hermann Havermann, Managing Director of Seekport Internet Technologies GmbH. 'Seekport is currently active in Germany, France, and Great Britain. Our market launch in Spain and Italy will take place in the spring of 2005 so that Seekport will have the most important European marketscovered by the first half of the year,' says Havermann about the company's.plans for expansion. Seekport is located in Martinsried near Munich, Germany. The search engine technology provider Seekport Internet Technologies GmbH, Munich, was founded in December 2003. The company's goal is to provide customized search services to businesses at the highest possible technical level and establish the leading Internet search engine in Europe. Seekport search technology is characterized by extremely high-quality search results. Hit quality is ensured by innovative technologies and local index teams. The company's business partners as well as users profit from the high-quality Internet search results. Seekport operates search engines in Germany, France, and Great Britain. By the end of 2005, Seekport will be online in a total of nine European countries. Seekport is backed by experienced shareholders who provide an outstanding combination of business and technical experience. |