Inktomi Sells Enterprise Search

Inktomi announced the sale of its enterprise search software (formerly known as Ultraseek) to Verity. They also announced a new focus on Web searching which is now the major business that Inktomi is still involved with. Note that they say "The company plans to announce significant enhancements to Inktomi Web Search next week that will further increase relevance and freshness." Despite losing several partners this year, this move shows their confidence in being able to make money in the Web search business. Stay tuned for the announcements next week. Inktomi review updated. See also the Verity press release and their conference call. The acquisition does include both the Ultraseek enterprise search engine originally developed at Infoseek and the recently acquired Quiver automatical classification software.