1070 Arastradero Road Palo Alto, California 94304 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: AltaVista's venerable brand has been built from our core philosophy to help users unlock the potential of the Internet. That's how the trust and loyalty of AltaVista's users have made us the leading provider of search results in the world. Our founding promise to the global Internet community remains to span the Web in…
22000 AOL Way Dulles, Virginia 20166 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: America Online's Vision: To build an interactive medium that improves the lives of people and benefits society as no other medium before it. America Online's Mission: To build a global medium as central to people's lives as the telephone or television ... and even more valuable. America Online, Inc. is the largest provider of brand…
5215 Old Orchard Road Skokie, Illinois 60077 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We are a leading information services and solutions provider to a select range of industries around the world. In each of our businesses, we transform information through software and services, helping our customers operate more effectively and efficiently. We concentrate on market niches where our leadership, experience, a…
3 Barker Avenue White Plains, New York 10601 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Harris Publishing is America's leading provider of innovative directory programs for associations as well as public and private educational institutions worldwide. In its four decades of existence, Bernard C. Harris Publishing Company, Inc. of White Plains, New York, has grown into America's leading publisher of college alu…
2800 Rockcreek Parkway Kansas City, Missouri 64117-2551 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Cerner understands the challenges facing today's health systems to provide high quality care in a more efficient and effective manner. It is our belief that the key to success for the future of healthcare is the strategic use of an intrarelated information system. We provide our clients with the necessary technol…
5000 Arlington Center Boulevard Columbus, Ohio 43220-2913 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our mission is to serve those people who are serious about all their activities ... work, family, and leisure and who can improve their lives with the time-saving benefits of the Internet online world. One of the world's leading online information services, CompuServe Interactive Services, Inc. provides persona…
1 Curie Court Rockville, Maryland 20850 U.S.A. Computer Data Systems, Inc. does 90 percent of its computer service business with federal and state governments, primarily in setting up and operating data processing systems for its client agencies and selling its own prepackaged software to them. Computer Data Systems (CDSI) grew from humble beginnings in 1968 with four employees to become one of t…
7887 E. Belleview Avenue, Suite 1000 Englewood, Colorado 80111 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow. You need solutions that aren't just focus ed on your billing processes, but that directly impact business and h ow you're able to get it done. At CSG Systems, we understand more tha n just billing. We understand business. More importantly, we understa nd your business. CSG Syste…
3490 Clubhouse Drive #I-2 Jackson, Wyoming 83001 U.S.A. Data Broadcasting Corporation provides financial information services to private investors, financial institutions, and the professional investment community via FM transmission, cable, satellite broadcast, and the Internet. Specifically, the company provides real-time and delayed time stock quotes, bond values, futures, and options data for…
200 Liberty Street New York, New York 10281 U.S.A. Dow Jones Telerate, Inc., is a leading purveyor of information concerning the financial industry to customers around the world. The company got its start listing prices for one type of financial instrument, and then grew rapidly when it made an alliance with another firm that allowed it to provide exclusive and vital information. During a period …
5400 Legacy Drive Plano, Texas 75024-3199 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: A sharp eye sees beyond what is and envisions what can be. Bringing that vision to life requires a wealth of insight, talent and resources. For clients around the world, Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS) is the bridge between vision and reality. We help clients see new ways to redefine their businesses or industries. T…
P.O. Box 10212 56 Top Gallant Road Stamford, Connecticut 06904-2212 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Gartner Group is successful for one simple reason--we assist our clients in making better decisions about IT. By delivering quality research and advice, by responding to the rapidly changing IT marketplace with new products, services and delivery options, and by rigorously maintaining our independent …
2101 Fourth Avenue, Suite 500 Seattle, Washington 98121 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our imagery is used in the broad spectrum of applications. There is a good chance that the next time you see a television commercial, read an annual report, glance at a poster, visit a website, or choose a greetings card, the image that catches your eye will have been supplied by us. Getty Images thrives in this …
1540 Broadway, 27th Floor New York, New York 10036 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Juno is a leading provider of Internet-related services to millions of computer users throughout the United States. We offer several levels of service, ranging from basic dial-up Internet access--which is provided to the end user for free&mdashø competitively priced broadband Internet access. Our strategy of offering…
9393 Springboro Pike Miamisburg, Ohio 45342-4424 U.S.A. Mead Data Central, Inc. is a leading database service headquartered near Dayton, Ohio, with 50 sales offices in the United States and overseas. The company's primary services, LEXIS and NEXIS, serve over 650,000 active subscribers through nearly 5,000 databases. LEXIS, a legal research service, and NEXIS, a full text news and business inform…
44 South Broadway White Plains, New York 10601 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Prodigy's #1 goal is to provide the best possible Internet experience and tools to our members to make their lives more productive and satisfying. Prodigy Communications Corporation provides its subscribers with Internet access and related value-added services, such as Prodigy-branded Internet content powered by Excite. W…
85 Fleet Street London EC4P 4AJ England Company Perspectives: The Reuter Trust Principles: that Reuters shall at no time pass into the hands of any interest, group or faction; that the integrity, independence and freedom from bias of Reuters shall at all times be fully preserved; that Reuters shall supply unbiased and reliable news services to newspapers, news agencies, broadcasters and other med…
10260 Campus Point Drive San Diego, California 92121 U.S.A. Science Applications International Corporation is a leading U.S. specialty technology company. Its activities have traditionally been related primarily to the defense industry, but the organization also develops technology and provides research for a wide range of environmental, security, data processing, transportation, and other applic…
Globe House, Clivemont Road Maidenhead SL6 7DY United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Our mission is enabling global business. We have built our business on the following principles: Quality processes; Customer partnerships; Professionalism across all activities; Energetic investment in staff development; Support for different cultures and communities. SDL PLC is one of the world's leading localiza…
Calle Nicaragua, 54 Barcelona Spain Company Perspectives: Terra Lycos's mission is to become the world's leading online destination. Through a unique platform that combines the benefits of the convergence of Internet services and next-generation communication technologies with the broadest, most comprehensive array of popular products and services, Terra Lycos provides users a compelling network …
450 West 33rd Street New York, New York 10001 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Associated Press (www.ap.org) is the world's oldest and largest news organization, providing coverage of news, sports, business, weather, entertainment, politics, and technology in text, audio, video, graphics, and photos to 15,000 news outlets with a daily reach of more than one billion people around the world. Its se…
21 Stephen Street London W1T 1LN United Kingdom Company Perspectives Inspired by enthusiasm for the moving image and a spirit of adventure, we will seek to inspire others. We will celebrate creativity and encourage innovation and excellence. We will contribute cutting-edge critical perspectives and champion wide-ranging debate. Engaging people all across the UK, we will extend the beneficial reac…
1200 Sixth Avenue P.O. Box 1755 Columbus, Georgia 31902-1755 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: TSYS Vision: We set the standard in global transaction processing services. Total System Services, Inc. (TSYS) is the second-largest credit card processor in the world, trailing only American Express's First Data Corp. subsidiary. Under the service mark, THE TOTAL SYSTEM, and the company's TS2 computer-based…
96 Mowat Avenue Toronto M6K 3M1 Canada Company Perspectives Tucows' objective is to be the leading provider of Internet services to Internet service providers (ISPs), web hosting companies and other service providers worldwide. Because Tucows was once an ISP itself, our company prides itself on understanding the needs--and championing the rights--of our channel partners. We do not compete with th…
2121 San Jacinto Street Dallas, Texas 75201 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Tyler Corporation's primary purpose is to provide superior long-term rewards to shareholders. The company's objective to pursue this purpose is to be an enterprise selling products and services through a few operating companies carefully selected for two main characteristics: superior return on assets employed and growth pro…
21301 Burbank Boulevard Woodland Hills, California 91367 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The mission of United Online is to be a leading provider of consumer Internet subscription services. United Online has a unique and efficient business model featuring proprietary technologies that enable it to provide members and corporate partners with services that are designed to meet members' individual need…
1510 H Street, Northwest Washington, D.C. 20005 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Since 1907, United Press International (UPI) has been a leading provider of critical information to media outlets, businesses, governments and researchers worldwide. UPI is a global operation headquartered in Washington, D.C. with offices in Beirut, Hong Kong, London, Santiago, Seoul, and Tokyo. UPI licenses content dire…
22001 Loudoun County Parkway Ashburn, Virginia 20147 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: UUNET's objective is to be the leading supplier to businesses and professionals of complete communications solutions using Internet-related technologies. To reach that goal, UUNET is constantly expanding its high-performance network infrastructure, developing and enlarging its suite of value-added products and servi…
669 River Drive, Center 2 Elmwood Park, New Jersey 07407-1361 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our products and services streamline administrative and clinical processes, promote efficiency and reduce costs by facilitating information exchange, communication and electronic transactions between healthcare participants. WebMD Corporation, based in Elmwood Park, New Jersey, is best known for its consume…
701 First Avenue Sunnyvale, California 94089 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet communications, commerce and media company that offers a comprehensive branded network of services to more than 274 million individuals each month worldwide. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the leading guide in terms of traffic, advertising, househ…