<s>
Inktomi	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
was	O
a	O
company	O
that	O
provided	O
software	O
for	O
Internet	O
service	O
providers	O
(	O
ISPs	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Customers	O
included	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
HotBot	B-Application
,	O
Amazon.com,	O
eBay	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Walmart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
developed	O
Traffic	B-Language
Server	I-Language
,	O
a	O
proxy	B-Application
server	I-Application
web	B-Protocol
cache	I-Protocol
for	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
traffic	O
and	O
on-demand	O
streaming	O
media	O
which	O
transcoded	B-Algorithm
images	O
down	O
to	O
a	O
smaller	O
size	O
for	O
users	O
of	O
dial-up	O
Internet	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traffic	B-Language
Server	I-Language
was	O
deployed	O
by	O
several	O
large	O
ISPs	O
including	O
AOL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
after	O
the	O
bursting	O
of	O
the	O
dot-com	O
bubble	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Inktomi	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
January	O
1996	O
by	O
University	O
of	O
California	O
,	O
Berkeley	O
professor	O
Eric	O
Brewer	O
and	O
graduate	O
student	O
Paul	O
Gauthier	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
California	O
,	O
Berkeley	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
initially	O
founded	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
web	B-Application
search	I-Application
engine	I-Application
that	O
was	O
developed	O
at	O
the	O
university	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HotBot	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
that	O
made	O
use	O
of	O
Inktomi	B-Application
's	O
search	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
success	O
in	O
making	O
HotBot	B-Application
the	O
top	O
rated	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
led	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
and	O
Disney	O
all	O
partnering	O
with	O
Inktomi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
1999	O
,	O
CEO	B-Application
David	O
Peterschmidt	O
said	O
that	O
Inktomi	B-Application
would	O
become	O
an	O
"	O
arms	O
merchant	O
"	O
to	O
a	O
growing	O
number	O
of	O
content	B-Operating_System
delivery	I-Operating_System
network	I-Operating_System
service	O
providers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inktomi	B-Application
received	O
revenue	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
percentage	O
of	O
sales	O
and/or	O
a	O
pay	O
per	O
click	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
1999	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
acquired	O
Webspective	O
,	O
which	O
developed	O
technology	O
for	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
across	O
a	O
host	O
of	O
distributed	O
servers	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
load	B-Application
balancing	I-Application
,	O
for	O
$106	O
million	O
in	O
stock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2000	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
acquired	O
the	O
Content	O
Bridge	O
Business	O
Unit	O
from	O
Adero	O
,	O
a	O
content	B-Operating_System
delivery	I-Operating_System
network	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
had	O
formed	O
the	O
Content	O
Bridge	O
Alliance	O
with	O
Inktomi	B-Application
and	O
other	O
ISPs	O
,	O
hosting	O
providers	O
and	O
IP	O
transport	O
providers	O
in	O
August	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
article	O
written	O
by	O
Danny	O
Sullivan	O
for	O
Search	B-Application
Engine	I-Application
Watch	O
on	O
October	O
1	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
revealed	O
that	O
Inktomi	B-Application
accidentally	O
allowed	O
the	O
public	O
to	O
access	O
its	O
database	O
of	O
spam	O
websites	O
,	O
which	O
contained	O
over	O
one	O
million	O
of	O
such	O
sites	O
,	O
through	O
a	O
search	O
result	O
on	O
competing	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
AllTheWeb	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
database	O
was	O
found	O
by	O
Brett	O
Tabke	O
,	O
who	O
ran	O
the	O
Search	B-Application
Engine	I-Application
World	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
after	O
the	O
burst	O
of	O
the	O
dot-com	O
bubble	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
restructured	O
by	O
Keyur	O
Patel	O
who	O
joined	O
Inktomi	B-Application
as	O
investor	O
,	O
and	O
senior	O
vice	O
president	O
,	O
strategy	O
,	O
marketing	O
and	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
restructuring	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
sale	O
of	O
the	O
Ultraseek	O
Server	O
product	O
(	O
renamed	O
Inktomi	B-Application
Enterprise	O
Search	O
)	O
to	O
Verity	O
in	O
late	O
2002	O
and	O
the	O
sale	O
of	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
technology	O
behind	O
the	O
Inktomi	B-Application
Proxy	B-Application
Server	I-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Websense	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
modified	O
and	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Websense	O
Security	O
Gateway	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
donated	O
the	O
Traffic	B-Language
Server	I-Language
technology	O
to	O
the	O
Apache	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
