Webtrends Acquires Multivariate Testing, Optimisation, and Targeting Leader Widemile

Combination Produces an Unmatched Analytics and Optimisation Platform

AUCKLAND, New Zealand – 31 July, 2009 - Webtrends, a global analytics leader with world class data collection and analysis solutions, has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Widemile, a leading provider of multivariate testing and site optimisation technologies and services. For Webtrends, the deal reinforces its momentum in the marketplace under the helm of CEO Alex Yoder and further solidifies its position as a leading enterprise customer intelligence company.

Designed by optimisation experts, Widemile's platform provides the capabilities marketers need most, including intuitive wizards, real-time reporting and analysis, advanced visitor segmentation, full service and best practices services and training. Widemile's third-generation, on-demand multivariate testing and site optimisation platform is best known for its industry leading ease of use, algorithms and architecture, and reporting capabilities.
"Webtrends now offers the most open, elegant and powerful analytics and optimisation platform available anywhere. Our customers want to further leverage the rich data set available with Webtrends Analytics, and Widemile's capabilities provide a natural path to help our customers achieve better performance and improved ROI," said Alex Yoder, Webtrends CEO.

According to Forrester Research, "All too often, multivariate and A/B tests are performed as a means to identify problems and address issues, rather than a method to create better pages from the start."1 Marketers have been hesitant to use and deploy multivariate testing and targeting solutions, which have been traditionally difficult to use, time consuming, and resource intensive. In response to the needs of the market, Widemile has built a platform that is both comprehensive in it capability and easy to setup and use in its operation. Adding this functionality to the existing Webtrends platform further extends the core objective that customer behaviour must be tested, interpreted, optimised, and measured to provide customer intelligence professionals with the ability make their businesses more successful.

"The Widemile and Webtrends offerings fit naturally to address the macro challenges and opportunities facing our customers in the coming years," said Robert Bergquist, Widemile CEO and President. "The combination is a best-in class integrated web analytics and optimisation platform allowing users to plan online marketing programs with the assurance that built-in testing, targeting, and optimisation solutions will maximise conversion rates."

For Webtrends, this deal signifies a significant milestone in the Company's goal to provide best-in-class enterprise customer intelligence applications capable of testing, monitoring and measuring all aspects of your online visitor's interactions with your brand.

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