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Exhibitors 2000
EX2/W16 4Content Broker AG. Hamburg, Germany Content Brokers 4Content Brokers are the first European online brokers of content. Established in 1999, the 4Content team is made up of professionals from the fields of multimedia, advertising, publishing and IT. Working both from an editorial and an IT angle, based on client needs. 4 Content builds value for its customers three ways:
EX2/W15 CoreMedia AG, Hamburg, Germany Produce,distribute
and manage content
EX2/W23 Cityline AG, Zurich, Switzerland ISP- Online Games CITYLINE AG is an
internet service provider in Zurich specialized in developing and hosting
complex interactive games for a broad public. We implement new games
quickly and let you directly benefit from our experience and our solid
applications software.
EX2/ W22 Dalet Digital Media Paris, France Content enabler Dalet is a global provider of world-class professional quality broadcast content management software. Dalet's simple-to-use tools allow journalists and producers to gather multimedia content and broadcast it over digital radio, wireless portals, the Internet and interactive TV. Our products are organized into four categories: news management for current events, entertainment, and financial updates; music production and broadcasting; advertising management; and digital distribution and e-commerce. Dalet is involved in active partnerships with many industry organizations (Cadena Ser - RadioWeb, BBC - SMEF, Radio Corporation of Singapore) and technology providers (Microsoft, Real Networks, Compaq, IBM, Sybase, Oracle, and Digigram) to offer solutions that take advantage of the latest technology and standards. EX1/WO7 Dynabit AG, Hünenberg, Switzerland Content distributor-
streaming content Wir ermöglichen
die Produktion von visuellen Inhalten und deren Verbreitung über ein
Distributions-Netzwerk. Für unsere Kunden
planen, entwickeln und realisieren wir zusammen mit unseren Partnern
multimediale, interaktive Kommunikationslösungen. Das Angebot reicht
vom einfachen Streaming-Media-Produkt bis zur Distribution von Rich
Media Contents. Wir vertreiben Produkte von technologisch führenden Unternehmen, bieten Service, Consulting und Workshops dazu und führen einen professionellen Streaming Media Service (www.streamriver.tv). Unsere integrierten Medialösungen erlauben es, Contents in Film und Ton optimal umzusetzen und diese einem breiten Publikum einfach und zeitunabhängig zugänglich zu machen. EX2/BO6 Eurospider Information Technology AG, Zurich, Switzerland Content retrieval Eurospider Information Technology AG reaches a new level in the world of modern information management. Retrieving relevant and only relevant information effectively is the goal of every Eurospider system: RotondoSpider searches Internet (Intranet-domains) BerninaSpider accesses scanned library catalogues and CristallinaSpider combines pull, push and catalogue functions. Eurospider's cutting edge technology accomplishes effective retrieval, filtering and categorization of mulitlingual documents. EX2/BO6 Factiva Dow Jones & Reuters, UK, USA Business Content Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters company, provides world-class global news and business information through web sites and content integration solutions. Factiva1s mission is to be the indispensable provider of business information and customized solutions which inspire our customers' best business decisions, globally and locally. Our business information includes Dow Jones and Reuters newswires and The Wall Street Journal, plus more than 7,000 other sources from around the world. These sources provide current news; historical articles going back up to 30 years; local-language articles; market research and investment analyst reports; and stock quotes. See Factiva Content for information on our unique indexing system and to search our source databases. Customer service is key to Factiva1s success. With offices in 58 cities in 34 countries and customer help desks covering Europe, Asia and the Americas, we are committed to ensuring that customers in every part of the world receive the service they require. An Enterprise Consulting Program has been developed by Factiva to assist large enterprises with the successful implementation of its services. In addition, we offer an alliance program for information professionals; an Affiliate e-Commerce Program; and a partnership network for enterprise information and business portals. EX1/W08 GetAbstract.com AG, Luzern, Switzerland Book abstracts Our mission is to give executives worldwide the best in business and personal development information in concise Abstracts of the latest, sharpest, most relevant books. Our team has a vast international experience in upper-level management, investment banking, human resources, consulting, personal development, technology, strategy, and leadership. From the perspective of our different professions, we have realized that - as an executive - you face the same problem over and over: Many important, relevant books are available, but who has time to read them? Moreover, many really low quality business books are published - and nobody warns you not to waste your time on them. They are pushed on the business community with big marketing drives from publishers and booksellers, so you buy them, spend your valuable time reading them, and then realize the contents are fluff and hot air. We realize that we can create real value for you in two ways:
Thousands of individual customers and corporations all over the world depend upon our service. They appreciate our honest and impartial ratings. They love our professionally written and edited Abstracts. We have no affiliation with any publishing house: we work independently for you. But we do have a large network of publishing partners. Let getAbstract.com be your personal knowledge manager: an objective, professional, time-saver that keeps you informed, knowledgeable, and consistently up-to-date. EX2/B12 GamePlay PLC, London, UK Games platform Gameplay plc is Europe's gateway to games. Gameplay was formed in March 1999 and floated on AIM in August 1999. Gameplay offers a pan-European, multi-platform games destination and community, allowing customers to buy games, play games and talk about games on a number of platforms, including on-line (web/broadband), iDTV and WAP phones. EX2/W19 info2clear Brussels, Belgium Content clearing house Info2clear's mission is to become the leading fully-automated, web-based Information Registry and Information Clearing House in Europe. Info2clear is a copyright management service, your one-stop for intellectual property commerce. Info2clear is the first pan-European forum for selling and buying copyright on the Internet. Here you can obtain the right to use digital content as you need it, according to the conditions specified by the content owners themselves- from freelance creator to international corporations. EX2/W31 Infostradasports Nieuwegein, NL Sports Content Infostrada is a worldwide provider of comprehensive sports information services and products. We collect, analyze, organize and distribute facts, figures, historical results, photos, articles, biographies and much more covering over 50 sports. If you require any information on a particular sport, Infostrada can provide all the data you need. The company was founded in November 1995 as a producer of multi-media CD-ROMs on football and cycling. Over the years, Infostrada has expanded to an all-round information provider covering many sports as well as the sporting industry in general. Nowadays, we supply information digitally or in print to newspapers, magazines, TV stations, web sites, event organizers, federations and sponsors. Our 80 employees in offices in the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, UK and Canada are dedicated to giving our clients access to the best sports information available. EX2/B10 iSyndicate New York, USA Content syndicator iSyndicate is the preeminent content syndication service on the Internet, distributing a broad selection of written, graphical, audio and video content from 1,181 sources, to a vast and diverse network of 286,950 Web sites Content: The Foundation of the Web At iSyndicate, we believe the foundation for all successful Web efforts is content - dynamic, relevant, easy to manage and integrate. The core of iSyndicate's mission is to take any digital element that currently exists, will exist or could exist on the Internet, and make it available to a much wider audience. Content Breadth, Quality, and Diversity iSyndicate aggregates, packages, integrates and delivers content from over 1,181 leading content providers, all in real-time. We've got it all: global breaking news headlines, columns, photos, audio and video, on everything ranging from international business, technology and local sports, to entertainment and lifestyles. EX2/W20 Kinecta San Francisco, USA Content syndicator Kinecta( Corporation is the leading provider of syndication and aggregation infrastructure solutions and services designed to facilitate the movement, management and monetization of online content. Kinecta enables content providers to maintain direct control over the distribution and use of their digital assets, while simplifying and streamlining the receipt and deployment of those digital assets for content subscribers. The company's core technology, Kinecta Interact(, provides a robust, scalable infrastructure for the distribution and receipt of digital content. The new TrafficRegister( service enables content providers for the first time to measure the success of their content across their syndication networks. Kinecta's industry-leading syndication solutions have been adopted by the Web's largest syndicators and aggregators and by companies in such vertical markets as media, finance and entertainment. Some current customers include: Allbusiness.com, Fidelity Investments(, FT.com, Media Metrix, Office.com(, A Service From Winstar, Redherring.com, Reuters( and TechTV. Kinecta distributes its solutions directly via a direct sales organization and indirectly through a fast growing network of platform partners representing leading content management, publishing, e-commerce and database solutions. Platform partners either integrate Kinecta Interact as part of their solution or market it as a separate value added product. Current platform partners include ePrise, Mediasurface, Percussion Software and Worldweb.net. The Kinecta solution is also represented internationally through a network of value added resellers. Based in San Francisco, Kinecta is represented worldwide through regional offices in Chicago, New York, and London. EX2/W27 MNC Mobile News Channel Lausanne, Switzerland m-Content MNC solution.net is a technical and operational platform that permits the acquisition, geographical encoding and data handling of all the various available formats of mobile information - SMS, WAP, voice etc. solution.net allows new mobile products to be brought on stream without any specific preliminary technical development, thus providing a rapid reaction to market requirements and a high degree of user flexibility wherever he or she happens to be in the world. Mobile News Channel is specialized in the creation and development of services connected to mobile phone systems both in Switzerland and internationally. Thanks to a constantly growing international team of more than twenty employees and also to a pool of numerous outside contractors, MNC has already met two significant challenges. In 1999, we were the first in Switzerland to offer value added services by SMS. In 2000 Ð and this time on a European scale Ð we are first again launching a range of information services that are automatically linked to the geographical localisation of the caller. Other important innovations are in the pipeline; find out all about them! EX2/BO8 NewsEdge Geneva, Switzerland Technology for content management A History of Value NewsEdge Corporation was formed in February, 1998 by the merger of three companies, Desktop Data, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTOP),Individual, Inc. (Nasdaq:INDV) and ADP/ISS all who pioneered theformation and development of the news and current awareness market. While serving the same market, the companies developedproducts lines that were very different in focus and emphasis. Desktop Data emphasized high speed, high reliability, alert-oriented delivery of real-time news and information. Individual focused on precise, highly relevant personalized newsbriefings for business executives, managers and professionals viasubscription products delivered by fax and electronic mail. ADP/ISS served the securities market of traders and analysts withcustomized news and information solutions. As technology advanced, the companies expanded with a variety ofInternet and intranet distribution options. NewsEdge eContent applications all take advantage of the technology, editorial and information management advances that each company developed over the past 12 years. EX2/BO9 nFactory Paris, France nFactory, European marketplace for vertical content is positioned as an added value intermediary between information producers and businesses seeking muli-source ultra vertical content for their websites and corporte portals. Our content solutions benefit both companies and content producers. Companies optimize their content managment and site loyalty and content producers achieve greater visibility and profits for their online content. EX2/BO5 Obtree Basel, Switzerland Content enabler Through the arrival
of Web technology in the early 90's, the Internet became accessible
to everyone. Organizations of all kinds quickly recognized its potential
for external and internal use. As the size and complexity of Websites
grew, so did the high personal and financial investment needed for their
development and maintenance. Almost over night, the task of maintaining
Web sites has grown into a major business challenge. Continuous growth positioned Obtree as one of the leading European providers of content management software after only 4 years. With subsidiaries inGermany, England, Spain and Scandinavia, Obtree is expanding into an internationally operative group with over 250 employees. Financial participation by an external investor, IQ Capital AG supports Obtree's international expansion strategy. In order to maximize the services it can offer, Obtree recently acquired the Swiss company Born Informatik AG -today renamed Obtree Consulting. Obtree plans to
continue to build on its market position to become one of the leading
Content Management Software companies in the world. With a rapidly growing
team of highly qualified employees and a strong technological lead,
Obtree is well placed to play a key role in the global market for ContentManagement
Systems. EX2/BO7 PingPong Technology Fountain Valley, USA Technology for content management At PiNGPoNG Technology, world class technology and people-centered values have combined to form an exciting and creative environment. Incubated under the guidance of John Tu and David Sun, founders of Kingston Technologies, PiNGPoNG Technology is led by a dynamic management team, including CEO Gareth Chang. Based in Fountain Valley, California, PiNGPoNG Technology is a privately established in 1999 by colleagues from Kingston Technology. PiNGPoNG Technology was formed to bring new ideas to the Internet. Founded with technical vision, management expertise and intellectual depth, we've assembled a team of the best and brightest from all sectors of the online world. As a company we are dedicated to teamwork, new ideas, and the creation of groundbreaking technology. EX2/B11 Pressetext.ch Zurich, Switzerland Local and vertical content pressetext.schweiz ist eine unabhängige Nachrichtenagentur und stellt ihren Abonnenten und Online-Lesern Wirtschaftsinformationen in Text, Bild, Audio- und Videofiles zur Verfügung. Im Zusammenhang mit sämtlichen dieser Dienstleistungen bestehen Rechte an geistigem Eigentum, zu deren Verwertung ausschliesslich pressetext.schweiz berechtigt ist. Nachrichten, welche die journalistisch unabhängige Redaktion eigenständig erstellt, kennzeichnen wir mit der Quellenangabe "(pte)", bezahlte Aussendungen von Unternehmen und Organisationen werden mit dem Quellenkürzel "(pts)" für "pressetext.service" versehen. Uns leitet der Grundsatz, dass Information frei sein muss. Wir räumen daher mit diesen Nutzungsbedingungen, die wir allen unseren Vertragsbeziehungen zugrunde legen, Journalisten und Opinion Leaders bis auf Widerruf das Recht ein, Nachrichten von pressetext.schweiz in ihrer und für ihre Arbeit entgeltfrei zu verwenden. Unbedingte Voraussetzung dafür ist jedoch, dass die Nachrichten nicht regelmässig und/oder automatisiert übernommen werden und bei deren Verwendung immer pressetext.schweiz bzw. (pte) als Informationsquelle angegeben wird. Die regelmässige und/oder automatisierte Übernahme bzw. Verwendung von Nachrichten, Fotos, Audio- und Videobeiträgen von pressetext.schweiz darf ausschliesslich auf der Grundlage von entgeltlichen Vereinbarungen mit pressetext.schweiz erfolgen. Eine regelmässige und/oder automatisierte Verwendung von Informationen ohne Vertragsbeziehung bzw. Entrichtung eines Entgeltes ist daher nicht gestattet. EX2/B14 ScreamingMedia New York, USA ScreamingMedia Inc. (NASDAQ: SCRM) is now the leading global provider of content solutions: content infrastructure, content syndication, and content services. Through our proprietary technology, ScreamingMedia aggregates digital contentÐnews, features, photos, video, stock quotes, audio, weather reports, and moreÐthen filters, delivers, and integrates this content in real time into our clients' websites, intranets, extranets, and wireless networks. ScreamingMedia's global Digital Content Network consists of over 2,800 publications, supplying content to more than 1,100 subscribers. Serving the United States, Europe and Latin America, ScreamingMedia is headquartered in New York City with offices in San Francisco, Miami, London and Paris. EX1/BO3 SwissContent Corp. & Café Bern, Switzerland Startseite Swisscontent Corp. Portrait Firmenportrait Multimediale Inhalte (Editorial Content) aus einer Hand Swisscontent Corp ist eine voll elektronische Verlagsunternehmung des Internet-Zeitalters. Der Content Provider neusten Zuschnitts nutzt konventionelle und neue Medien, um publizistische Inhalte in multimedialer Form zu generieren und zu verbreiten. Text, Ton, Video, Bild und Grafik werden zu multimedialen Inhalten gebündelt und bieten so neue und ungeahnte Möglichkeiten zur Information und Unterhaltung. Aktualität und Hintergrund Swisscontent Corp beliefert Internet-Portale, Websites und neue Plattformen sowie Presse, Radio und Fernsehen in mediengerechter Form. Die Swisscontent-Newsredaktion beschafft und erzeugt minutenaktuelle regionale, nationale und internationale Nachrichten in mehreren Sprachen und bringt sie multimedial ausgestaltet zu den Medienkunden. Die Special-Interest-Redaktionen liefern Aktualität und Hintergrund zu spezifischen Wissensgebieten. Kundenspezifischer Content Swisscontent Corp verhilft Kunden, Verlagsunternehmungen und neuen Teilnehmern am Medienmarkt zu unverwechselbaren Marktauftritten durch die Belieferung mit Editorial Content. Unverwechselbar deshalb, weil mit jedem Kunden eine spezifische Content-Matrix erarbeitet wird, die sich auf die Zielgruppen des Kunden ausrichtet. Technologische und publizistische Kompetenz Ein Team von professionellen und erfahrenen Journalisten aus den Bereichen Print, Radio und Video gewährleisten die publizistische Kompetenz in der Beschaffung, Bewertung und Entwicklung von publizistischen Inhalten. Dabei werden neueste Erkenntnisse des internetbasierten Journalismus kombiniert mit den hohen Ansprüchen des traditionellen publizistischen Schaffens. Resultat dieses Content-Management-Ansatzes ist ein unverwechselbares, inhaltliches Angebot - die Content-Matrix der Swisscontent Corp. Swisscontent Corp. operiert auf dem neusten Stand der Technik. Durch konstante Innovation und jahrelange Erfahrung der Ingenieure bietet Swisscontent Corp. herausragende Hostinglösungen und Distributionsnetzwerke aus einer Hand. Business-To-Business (B2B) Swisscontent Corp. ist eine Beteiligungsgesellschaft der Beat Curti Medien-Holding AG (BCM) und der Medien Z Holding AG (MZH) sowie des Managements. Die Business-To-Business-Verlagsunternehmung wurde Anfang 2000 gegründet und liefert ihren B2B-Kunden spezifisch gebündelte Inhalte unter Nutzung der neusten technologischen Potentiale. EX2/W24 TurboPress Christchurch, New Zealand Content Software TurboPress is the flagship software system for WebCentre Ltd, a company which draws on over two decade's international experience in Web and media- related software development, print and electronic publishing. Through their close association with print and online publications, WebCentre saw the need for an automated system which could make delivery and maintenance of online publications cost-effective, efficient and enjoyable. Hence, the development of TurboPress. Analysis by WebCentre1s
in-house experts and from an international advisory group, has ensured
that TurboPress reflects the broader needs of the publishing community
in flexibility of operations, customisation, conversion, communications,
ecommerce and other requirements typically needed by online publications.
EX1/BO1 Yournews.nl Capelle aan de IJssel, Netherlands Content providers YourNews was founded in 1997 by its director Jan van Ottele. It aims to provide a news service to various digital media such as the Internet, WAP, SMS, E-mail, Voice Mail and Teletext, which is unique to the Netherlands. Currently YourNews collaborates with prominent news supplier such as Associated Press and MoneyView. From these organisations YourNews obtains thousands of news items, gathered by journalists all over the world. Among YourNews customers are mobile telephony providers, public access web sites of well-known Dutch portals and ISP's. Freeler, Everyday.com, AltaVista, Chello and Compuserve rank among YourNews' customers. The YourNews headquarters are located in Capelle aan de IJssel. YourNews also has offices In London and Frankfurt. It currently employs 100 full-time, and 35 part-time staff. YourNews is the first pan-European Content Syndicator and is already active in several other Europan countries like Switzerland, Austria, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain.
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