Web search firm targets growth

FORT MYERS — Web search firm Yippy says it plans to acquire Michael Cizmar & Associates to attract customers who have been using Google Search Appliance. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Michael Cizmar & Associates is a charter Google for Work partner and winner of Google's 2014 Innovation Partner of the Year Award. When the acquisition is completed in July, Founder Michael Cizmar will join Yippy as a member of its senior management team.

In February, Google announced it was ending Google Search Appliance, a service that helps companies index large amounts of data for easy retrieval. Fort Myers-based Yippy says its planned acquisition of Michael Cizmar will help it draw customers who have been using Google's search appliance. “Google's decision to focus its attention on cloud-based solutions has created an opportunity for Yippy to bridge the gap between appliance and cloud,” says Richard Granville, CEO of Yippy, in a statement.