About Axtive

Axtive Corporation engages in the acquisition and operation of technology companies that deliver software products and related professional services to middle-market companies. The company provides system integration, web application development and managed hosting services to government and private sector clients within the United States. The Company operates in two business units include ThinkSpark IT Professional Services, an IT services firm specializing in Infrastructure Assurance and Availability, Collaboration and Enterprise Architecture and professional services related to the development, implementation and integration of technology solutions from Oracle Corporation and various industry standard software products. The second business unit is ThinkSpark Web Services and Solutions, a professional services firm providing interactive design, custom application development, online marketing and managed hosting services. The Company’s subsidiaries primarily serve government and private sector clients located in Dallas, Fort Worth, and San Antonio, Texas. The company offers IT professional services for collaboration, business integration and business intelligence, as well as infrastructure assurance and availability under the brand name ThinkSpark. ThinkSpark assists its clients in harnessing the power of business applications by creating solutions, improving database performance, and managing the quality and availability of IT infrastructure. ThinkSpark maintains technical skills, knowledge and experience focused on the Oracle software application and database technology. The Company primarily provides software development/integration services focused on database programming, which is improved by the remote monitoring, and maintenance services that allow clients to maintain availability for database infrastructure and associated business applications. ThinkSpark has the knowledge and relationships to provide a range of advanced e-business consulting and integration services from the middle market of both the private and public sector. ThinkSpark Web Services & Solutions (WSS) provides professional services and application hosting services across multiple technologies. Development services include HTML and Cold Fusion Website development, graphic design, streaming video, application interface development, database design and integration and custom scripting. WSS professional services include interactive media planning, site and campaign management, marketing and branding and IT strategy development. WSS operates a hosting facility located in the InfoMart (Dallas, Texas), providing web hosting, co-location services and application services. In February 2005, the company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement to purchase substantially all the assets of Datatek Group Corporation (Datatek) from Diversified Corporate Resources, Inc. (DCRI), the sole shareholder of Datatek. Product and Service IT Professional Services IT Professional Services consist of implementation, integration and development of custom technology applications. The company continues to focus on the needs of middle-market businesses within the United States. The company provides IT project and staffing solutions that include planning, design, deployment, consulting and integration and support services based upon Oracle, IBM/Informix and Microsoft database technologies to meet the needs of middle market customers. Business Application Software Business application software (BAS) companies develop, publish and support specific software applications and suites of applications. BAS products typically fall into one of three categories: strategic; operational; or transactional. The company has identified six middle-market business application software product categories that the Company pursues through the course of future acquisitions and partnerships consisting of Enterprise Operations, Enterprise Intelligence, E-Business Applications, Collaborative Applications, Content and Knowledge Management and Internet Services. Enterprise Operations: Enterprise operations consist of accounting, human resources management, benefits management, workforce management, contract and revenue management, aggregation services and professional service automation services. Enterprise Intelligence: Enterprise intelligence consists on-line analytical processing, database (multidimensional and relational), data processing, data mining, costing, budgeting and forecasting products. E-Business Applications: E-Business applications consist of customer relationship management, sales force automation, commerce analysis, order taking, transactional back-office, commerce-enabled portals and procurement applications. eProcurement programs help companies buy everyday items such as paper, office machinery and cleaning supplies via the web and help manufacturers support a supply chain system with timely refills of required parts. Collaborative Applications: Collaborative Applications consist of IP communications, portals, calendaring, messaging, whiteboard conferencing, project management and document editing applications. Content and Knowledge Management: Content and knowledge management applications provide customers with the ability to maintain online information, such as product catalogs, inventory reports, research and other mission-critical data for internal and external consumption. Assurance and Security: Infrastructure Assurance and Availability (IAA) services provides IT monitoring solution for the entire application stack that integrates the database, network, systems, applications and security (firewalls, patches and vulnerability and intrusion detection). The company's IAA service is unlike other monitoring products or reporting tools; the offering includes remediation services that help clients monitor, identify and correct IT related issues that arise. Competition The Company's major competitors include Accenture, EDS, Oracle, IBM, Computer Associates, Seibel, PeopleSoft (Oracle), SAP, Intuit, Great Plains, and Lotus. History Axtive Corporation was incorporated in Delaware in 1994 under the name Golf Vision, Inc. The Company changed its name to Edge Technology Group, Inc. in 2000 and to Axtive Corporation in 2002.