"Northern Light Technology is the Internet's most comprehensive search engine. In our business, being available 7 x 24 is essential. The Internet is always open for business. ..... Therefore it is important to us that we couple our business with a vendor like Compaq, and with a hardware offering like the new AlphaServer GS Series and OpenVMS software, which is available all the time.... As an Internet search company, it's essential that we're available for our customers at any time of day or night, because our competition is one click away."