Few start-ups are talking about getting funding these days, much less going public. Web site analysis tool vendor Watchfire Corp. is a happy exception.
Products are limited to examining Web site content integrity.
Managers who don't want another monitoring tool to manage may find competitors' services more attractive. Working the Web Watchfire offers two main products. Watchfire's Metadata Management System helps Web administrators analyze and manage metadata about their sites, making it easier to organize and search Web sites. It's currently running on Web sites with as many as 5 million pages and 5,000 servers, says Weider. Several customers praise Watchfire's ease of use, flexibility and scalability.