PR Tip Sheet

InfoToday 2001

New York Hilton & Towers

New York, NY

May 15-17, 2001

 

 

 

Welcome to the online InfoToday 2001 Conference and Exhibition Tip Sheet. As exhibitors and speakers provide information it will be posted here. Along with the press conference and keynote schedule. This will be updated regularly and emailed out to registered working press the week before the show. Let us know if you have additions, corrections or questions.

 

Bob

Press Conferences

CyberAlert, Inc

 

 

www.cyberalert.com

 

CyberAlert press conference

Tuesday, May 15, at 2:00 p.m

Morgan Suite

PKFC Highlights

William J. Comcowich, CEO of CyberAlert, Inc. discussing the current issues and latest strategies for gathering competitive and business intelligence on the Internet. An in-depth look at the practice of Internet monitoring; what it is, how it operates, and why it's increasingly acknowledged as an essential technology tool for research.

Internal PR Contact

Joel Crosley/Director, Business Development

203-375-7200

203-375-6699

jcrosley@cyberalert.com

800-461-7353

 

Cadenza Inc.

 

 

www.cadenzainc.com

 

KnowledgeLEAD press conference

Wednesday the 16th at 11:00 am

Morgan Suite

Product Highlight

KnowledgeLEAD is a Knowledge Relationship Management internet system that empowers corporate employees to perform in their greatest capacity. It fosters collaboration, teamwork and knowledge sharing to save time and energy while promoting efficiency and initiative. At the end of the day, the system converts tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge.

 

This month KnowledgeLEAD is Featured in Knowledge Management Magazine and Group Computing magazine.

For more information in KnowledgeLEAD

Short (3mins): http://www.cadenzainc.com/klshort

Working system: http://www.KnowledgeLEAD.com

Highlights

Cadenza Inc. the creator of KnowledgeLEAD is a participating exhibitor at the upcoming InfoToday 2001. We believe that meeting with you face-to-face is the best way to show you our Knowledge Relationship Management system. That's why we are inviting you to visit booth 218 while at the InfoToday 2001 conference.

Internal PR Contact

John Vito/ Business Development

212-324-2950 ext 13

Fax 212.324.2955

JVito@cadenzainc.com

800-663-2194 ext 13

 

Knexa

Booth:240

 

www.knexa.com

 

Dr. Nick Bontis press conference

Wednesday the 16th at 3:00 pm

Morgan Suite

Internal PR Contact

Lorraine Brett/Media Relations

604-682-8485

604-682-7576

lorraine.brett@knexa.com

C 604-351-8497

Exhibitor and Speaker Highlights

Academic Press/IDEAL

Booth Number: 283

Stock Symbol: H

www.idealibrary.com

Internal PR Contact

Daria DeCooman/ Online Publicity Manager

Tel: 619-699-6283

Fax: 619-699-6715

ddecooman@acad.com

 

New product at show:

142 Harcourt Health Sciences journals are being added to IDEAL New products that have been introduced that you want to have profiled in a media alert: The IDEAL Charter for Low-Income Countries

Company highlights:

The IDEAL® Charter For Low-Income Countries helps researchers cross the digital divide through reduced-rate access to scientific, technical and medical journals. This new licensing initiative allows the world's poorest nations affordable access to all Academic Press and Harcourt Health Sciences journals on IDEAL, the online resource library at www.idealibrary.com.

IDEAL: www.idealibrary.com ... Driving Research Forward

 

Arnold Information Technology

 

 

www.arnoldit.com

 

Speaker

Steve Arnold

 

502 228 1966

F502 228 0548

sa@arnoldit.com

 

Postal Box 320, Harrods Creek, Kentucky 40027 USA

Session Highlights

Mr. Arnold addressess the true challenge of the knowledge management professional is delivering "just in time" information where, when, and how it is needed. KM is no longer a wireline service with traditional PCs. KM means a wireless and wireless world in which "just in time" information delivers a solid return on investment.

 

Bureau van Dijk

BOOTH: #146

 

: www.bvdny.com

PRESS CONTACT

Suzanne Clare

011 31 20 671 9926

 

suzanne.clare@bvdny.com

 

212-797-7120

Fax: 212-797-7125

 

 

NEW PRODUCT

OSIRIS - All you need on global public companies

PRODUCT Highlights

OSIRIS is Bureau van Dijk's new, unique solution for public company research. OSIRIS includes everything from financial information, industry classifications, and ownership details, to news, earnings estimates and stock data on all types of global public companies (industrial, bank and insurance companies). Unsurpassed information is compiled from specialized data providers worldwide and presented in a customizable, user-friendly interface.OSIRIS is available on CD-ROM and will soon be released on the Internet.More information and free trials can be accessed at www.bvdny.com.

OSIRIS will be presented during the Exhibit Hall Round Up on Wed, May 16 at 1:30pm.

NEW PRODUCT

EIU DataServices - Global economic indicators and forecasts

PRODUCT Highlights

EIU DataServices is comprised of three data modules CountryData, CityData and CountryIndicators and is available on CD-ROM or the Internet. The CountryData module is a comprehensive database of economic indicators & forecasts, covering 278 series for 117 countries and 40 regional aggregates, from 1980 and forecasting out five years. CityData is global database of over 315 price and salary levels providing information on the cost of living in 123 cities worldwide from 1990 to the present day. And CountryIndicators is powerful database of economic, demographic, consumption and industry data on 60 major countries worldwide stretching back to 1990 and forward five years.

Company Highlights

Bureau van Dijk (BvD) provides flexible, high quality information and analysis tools to major corporations, investment banks, major accounting firms, and others. The company's product range includes applications offering everything from quick reference to in-depth industry analysis; from project based needs to long-term, customized data integration.BvD has attained a leading role in financial information publishing throughout the world due to its commitment to meet user needs, develop exceptional software and emphasize strategic partnerships with globally respected information providers and clients. More product information can be found at http://dataservices.bvdep.com.Free trials are available at booth #146.

 

Cadenza Inc

Booth 218

Stock N/A

www.cadenzainc.com

Internal PR Contact

John P. Vito, Manager Business Development

T800-663-2194x13

F212-324-2955

jvito@cadenzainc.com

212.324.2950 ext. 13

New Product

KnowledgeLEAD(TM) Unleash the power of the human intelligence

Product Highlights

KnowledgeLEAD: Unleash the power of the human intelligence. KnowledgeLEAD is designed to promote the identification of corporation's intellectual assets, turn tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge, expand employee opportunity for knowledge sharing and promote an environment of teamwork. KnowledgeLEAD unleashes the human intelligence by enabling effective collaboration and knowledge sharing. www.knowledgelead.com

Cadenza KnowledgeLEAD(TM) identifies employee knowledge for corporations. The system enables knowledge sharing and collaboration among employees from around the world. It focuses on people, who are the catalysts that turn information into knowledge and, by doing so, effect the power of knowledge.

KnowledgeLEAD is a Knowledge Relationship Management internet system that empowers corporate employees to perform in their greatest capacity. It fosters collaboration, teamwork and knowledge sharing to save time and energy while promoting efficiency and initiative. At the end of the day, the system converts tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge.

This month KnowledgeLEAD is Featured in Knowledge Management Magazine and Group Computing magazine.

For more information in KnowledgeLEAD

Short (3mins): http://www.cadenzainc.com/klshort

Working system: http://www.KnowledgeLEAD.com

Company Highlights

Cadenza Inc. the creator of KnowledgeLEAD is a participating exhibitor at the upcoming InfoToday 2001. We believe that meeting with you face-to-face is the best way to show you our Knowledge Relationship Management system. That's why we are inviting you to visit booth 218 while at the InfoToday 2001 conference.

 

COMTEX News Network

 

Stock CMTX (OTC BB)

comtexnews.net

 

Speaker

Charles Terry

4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m, May 15

 

Session Topic Looking Toward the Future: The Next Generation of Content Delivery and Applications

Internal PR Contact

Elizabeth Renz/ Public Relations Manager

4900 Seminary Road, Alexandra, VA, 22311

703.820.2000

Fax: 703.820.2005

erenz@comtexnews.net

 

External PR Contact

Lisa Tulis/ Account Executive

Porter Novelli Convergence Group, 1909 K Street, NW; 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20006 USA

T202.973.3629

F202.973.5858

ltulis@porternovelli.com

 

Presentation highlights

Looking Toward the Future: The Next Generation of Content Delivery and Applications Charles W. Terry, COMTEX News Network, Inc. With the bar for engaging and "sticky" content on the rise, businesses are looking for ways to keep their sites fresh, thereby opening the door for information aggregators who can save businesses time and money by providing them with the news and information they need to attract and maintain visitors. This presentation examines the role of the infomediary in today's market, considers the future progression of the role of the infomediary, and discusses avenues by which content demands may expand, including greater need for multimedia content as technology and consumers become more sophisticated.

 

Copyright Clearance Center (CCC)

Speaker:

Rick Miller, Manager, Market Analysis and Development

May 15 at 3 PM

Presentation:

"Digital Content Market: Shift the Channel and Find Hidden Opportunity."

Highlights

The presentation examines how digital distribution of content will affect the information value chain and defines the market size and potential for digital content-including the market for hidden opportunity. Miller will also be discussing CCC's RightslinkTM, a new digital rights management service that lets publishers and other content owners license, package and deliver copyrighted digital content directly from their Web sites. Customers include The New York Times and Dow Jones.

For background, please reference

http://www.copyright.com/News/AboutNewsReleases2001Aprl9_Vy.asp, http://www.copyright.com/News/AboutNewsReleases2001Aprl9_RL.asp and http://www.copyright.com/News/AboutNewsReleases2000April11.asp

To schedule a date and time to meet Rick Miller please e-mail rmiller@copyright.com or contact Rick directly by phone at 1-978-646-2439 or by cell phone at 1-617-512-2673.

 

CyberAlert, Inc

 

 

www.cyberalert.com

 

CyberAlert press conference

Tuesday, May 15, at 2:00 p.m

Morgan Suite

PKFC Highlights

William J. Comcowich, CEO of CyberAlert, Inc. discussing the current issues and latest strategies for gathering competitive and business intelligence on the Internet. An in-depth look at the practice of Internet monitoring; what it is, how it operates, and why it's increasingly acknowledged as an essential technology tool for research.

Internal PR Contact

Joel Crosley/Director, Business Development

203-375-7200

203-375-6699

jcrosley@cyberalert.com

800-461-7353

Data Downlink

Booth 225

 

 

Internal PR Contact

Carol Ann Thomas/Marketing Manager

T212-804-1541

F212-363-9630

cathomas@xls.com

 

External PR Contact

Jay Winuk

 

 

Winuk Communications, 19 Brian Court, Carmel, NY 10512 USA

845-277-1160

Fax 845-277-1168

jwincom@rcn.com

 

New products

Data Downlink Corporation - Portal B

Highlights

 Portal B redefines the search experience by integrating business Web searching, access to premium data and indexed access to a company's own corporate material.

Portal B is a database of 25,000 Web sites selected, reviewed and indexed by business information professionals. Choosing only reputable sites, rich in business content, guarantees relevant results.

 

 Detwiler Group

Speaker

Susan Detwiler,

Tue, 1:45p/ B102

 

Session Topic "Being Patient--Consumer Medical Information on the Web"

New Product

ContentCompare -- a competitive analysis of information content and quality‹free sample available at http://www.detwiler.com/html/talks_articles.asp (report #200101)

 

Susan Detwiler is one of the Information Today Super Searcher Series authors. Her book, The Super Searchers on Health & Medicine: The Online Secrets of Top Medical Researchers, was published last year by CyberAge Books.

Company highlights

Experts in assessing and identifying quality information, The Detwiler Group offers more than 75 years of market research and analysis experience in the healthcare and information industries. President Susan Detwiler, a nationally-recognized authority on the quality of healthcare information, testified recently before the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy. Detwiler also frequently presents on a variety of information topics at seminars and conferences

Internal PR Contact

Susan Detwiler/President

The Detwiler Group, P.O. Box 15308 Ft. Wayne, IN 46885-5308 USA

219/749-6534

 

sdetwiler@detwiler.com

 

External PR Contact

Lesley Sprigg/ principal

Context Communications, 3000 South Tech Blvd Dayton OH 45342-4860

937/885-6888

fax: 937/885-7117

lesley@contextpr.com

 

 

InterTrust Technologies

Booth 220

Stock Symbol ITRU

www.intertrust.com

 

Speaker

Steve Epstein

5/16, 11:15 am

 

Session Topic The Shifting Electronic Paradigm: From Free to Fee

Internal PR Contact

Susan Karas / Marketing Programs Manager

T 408-855 6837

F 408-855 0250

skaras@intertrust.com

 

External PR Contact

Karen D'Angelo /Account Executive

blancandotus Four Embarcadero Center, 8th Floor City San Francisco CA _94111 USA

T 415-912 2319

F 415-912 2350

kdangelo@blancandotus.com

 

New Product InfoToday

InterTrust's Professional Services

Product Highlights

InterTrust's newly formed professional services group helps its customers manage the deployment of InterTrust DRM solutions by providing business analysis, architecture design, project management, software development and system integration. InterTrust's services uniquely combine the industry's leading DRM software and methodologies with a team of experts to deliver the next generation of confidence and trust in global digital commerce.

Company Highlights

InterTrust Technologies Corporation is the leading developer of peer-to-peer, distributed digital rights management (DRM) technology. Its general-purpose DRM platform serves as a foundation for trusted peer-to-peer and client server e-commerce. InterTrust is the neutral administrator of the MetaTrust Utility network, defining and enforcing the rules which maintain the security, commercial reliability, and interoperability of devices, services, and applications deployed on the platform. For more information, please visit www.intertrust.com.

 

Inxight Software

Booth 204

Stock Symbol N/A

inxight.com

Internal PR Contact

Andrea Cousens/ Public Relations Manager

T408-969-7322

F408-969-7352

andrea.cousens@inxight.com

Cell 415-260-4081

Highlights

The most important piece of information in the world is the one you're looking for. Inxight helps you find specific information faster and easier than anyone else can. Through more than 20-years of research, Inxight provides the most comprehensive, accurate, efficient and scalable methods for navigating, retrieving and organizing knowledge from electronic content.

 

ISI

Booth 161

 

isinet.com

Internal PR Contact

Katina Boyce/PR Specialist

215-386-0100x1221

F215-243-2235

katina.boyce@isinet.com

 

Internal PR Contact

Rodney Yancey /Manager, Corporate Communications

215-386-0100x1396

F215-243-2235

rodney.yancey@isinet.com

 

 

ISI, a Thomson Scientific Company and part of The Thomson Corporation, announced at Information Today 2001 the development of the ISI Web of Knowledge--the powerful Web-based platform that integrates scholarly research resources with the ISI Web of Science® and ISI Current Contents Connect® in order to accelerate discovery.

 

Kluwer Academic Publishers

Booth: 145

Stock Symbol: n/a

www.kluweralert.nl/ www.wkap.nl

Internal PR Contact

Adam Chesler/ Marketing Manager, Electronic Products and Services

(781) 871-6600

Fax: (781) 871-6528

adam.chesler@wkap.com

781-367-5822

Products introduced

Kluwer Online (electronic journals service), Kluwer Alert (free electronic notification service)

Highlights

Kluwer Academic Publishers 750 journals each year in all areas of scholarly research. All are available in electronic form, with links to references and related information. Kluwer Alert is a free e-mail service providing advance notification about new publications, and tables of contents from forthcoming issues of journals.

 

Knexa

Booth:240

Stock Symbol: CDNX(Canadian Venture Exchange)- KNX and OTC - KNXAF

www.knexa.com

 

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Nick Bontis

 

 

Dr Nick Bontis,CKO,Knexa-InfoToday Keynote:Thursday,May 17,3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m

Internal PR Contact

Lorraine Brett/Media Relations

604-682-8485

604-682-7576

lorraine.brett@knexa.com

C 604-351-8497

877-330-0338

 

 

 

New Product

IntraKnexa TM software

 

Knexa is the creator of IntraKnexa, a KM tool that rewards people for flowing their knowledge. Called a "missing link" in KM, IntraKnexa's powerful reward and recognition system liberates knowledge like never before. Knexa Advisor Leif Edvinsson and Knexa CKO Dr. Nick Bontis, both KM luminaries, hail IntraKnexa as a "breakthrough."

 

LexisNexis

 

 

lexis-nexis.com

Internal PR Contact

Judi Schultz / PR Manager

937-865-7942

937-865-1583

judith.schultz@lexis-nexis.com

 

Phil Romba/Public Relations Manager

 937- 865-7574

 937- 865-1583

phil.romba@lexis-nexis.com

New Product

LexisNexis Intranet Publisher

Products introduced

Veracity

 LexisNexis

 It's How You Know

 

TheBrain Technologies Corporation

Booth 205

 

www.thebrain.com

Contacts: Onsite

Shelley Hayduk, director of marketing

310-656-8484

 

shayduk@thebrain.com

 

 

Eastor Su, PR manager

310-309-4833

 

esu@thebrain.com

 

Highlights

If your employees can't find information when they need it, they're not using it. TheBrain offers a new way to manage, share and organize data by visually organizing information in a way that models the intuitive connections and relationships drawn by the human mind. Visit booth 205 for a demonstration of our knowledge management technology and learn how we make organizing, navigating, and sharing information easier and more efficient.

 

ThoughtShare Communications

Booth #216

 

www.thoughtshare.com

Internal PR Contact

Laurie DeMille

T 604-873-8724

 

laurie@thoughtshare.com

Highlights

Mid-sized enterprises have unique information needs, and no one has tailored a Knowledge Management solution for this market - until now. ThoughtShare Communications has developed a solution to help mid-market companies tap into critical corporate knowledge. Visit booth #216 for the easiest and most efficient way to do Web research.

 

 

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