"We chose Data Return on the basis of their ability to provide high performance, stability, and reliability for the delivery of our application," says Dan Marriott, IT director at GuruNet. "We found Data Return an excellent partner to meet our specific technical needs. Their digitalOps technology, as well as their holistic approach to supporting our custom application, should help us maintain reliable, efficient service for our customers."

Data Return's highly managed hosting service offers a complete service, from systems design to full production support and deployment services for business applications, including comprehensive root-cause analysis and troubleshooting support. To ensure maximum availability and reliability, Data Return will provide a geographically distributed solution for GuruNet's sites, using Data Return's Texas and California data centers.

GuruNet offers downloadable software that brings answers directly to the user's desktop. Users can click on any word or phrase in any application - such as a word processor, email, or Web browser ? to bring up a definition or explanation in a pop-up window without interrupting workflow.