CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Northern Light, the tiny little
search engine company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, emerged today from the
chaos of the Divine bankruptcy, smaller but basically intact, its notable
search, classification, and content integration technology still viable and
ready to roll. C. David Seuss, former CEO of Northern Light, purchased the
company in Divine's 26-hour marathon bankruptcy auction held three weeks ago,
an event which has been referred to by the Chicago Sun-Times as "the social
event of the season." Seuss stated that he never expected to win the bidding
for Northern Light, but had simply wanted to be present to witness what he
thought would be last rites for the "most elegant search technology ever to
grace the land." Instead he left 26 hours later, sleep-deprived and unshaven,
but pumped with adrenalin. Seuss observed, "Woody Allen said that showing up
is 80%. Well, I showed up!"
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Immediately, after the acquisition, Seuss contacted the corporate customers
for Northern Light's SinglePoint Market Research Portal and assured them that
their customer support would return to the exceptionally high levels
characteristic of Northern Light during its days as an independent company.
"Each member of the original Northern Light team valued meeting customers'
needs above all else," Seuss explained. "I have already begun to put that
team back in place." The prospect of returning to this earlier level of
outstanding customer support has encouraged several of Northern Light's
SinglePoint customers to renew their contracts with the new Northern Light.
Seuss also plans to market the never before released Northern Light
Enterprise Search Engine, a 64-bit enterprise search solution with
unparalleled scalability, featuring Northern Light's famous taxonomy and
classification that uses Northern Light's patented clustering technology.
Regarding the Northern Light Web search engine, which won three PC
Magazine awards in a row for being best in class, Seuss declined to make firm
predictions for now, but did say "We have started discussions with interested
parties about ideas for new approaches to delivering on the promise of Web
searching, ideas that represent a collaboration between others who have done
innovative work and Northern Light. These ideas may result in uniquely useful
Web search services."
Seuss summarized, "We have loyal corporate customers. We have dedicated
employees that earnestly aspire to the highest standards of customer support.
We have the best search and classification technology. And we're already
profitable. Hey, Northern Light is back! Now it's time to have some fun."
For more information, contact David Seuss, CEO of Northern Light, at 617-
242-5960 or pr@businessdrivers.com.
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