CATSites Energy Portal Surpasses 12,000 Information Resources; 8,000+ Oil and Gas Resources from Competitive Analysis Technologies.Energy Editors/Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2003 Competitive Analysis Technologies announces that the CATSites(R) Energy Portal surpassed a combined 12,000 energy resources last week, with more than 8,000 resources for the Upstream From the consumer to the provider. See downstream. (networking) upstream - Fewer network hops away from a backbone or hub. For example, a small ISP that connects to the Internet through a larger ISP that has their own connection to the backbone is downstream from the larger and Downstream From the provider to the customer. Downloading files and Web pages from the Internet is the downstream side. The upstream is from the customer to the provider (requesting a Web page, sending e-mail, etc.). industry. The databases, available either as hard copy directories, CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). or on-line at the CATSites(R) Energy Portal are used by energy personnel worldwide to quickly find competitive and market information. Users span the globe and various segments of the energy industry. Oil and gas company personnel in Europe Europe (y  r`əp), 6th largest continent, c.4,000,000 sq mi (10,360,000 sq km) including adjacent islands (1992 est. pop. 512,000,000). , China, India, Trinidad, and the USA use the databases to quickly research energy questions. Government research laboratories and financial analysts use the databases to stay current with the industry. The databases provide profiles and immediate access to verified ver·i·fy tr.v. ver·i·fied, ver·i·fy·ing, ver·i·fies 1. To prove the truth of by presentation of evidence or testimony; substantiate. 2. resources in 16 separate categories for more than 820 upstream companies and 880 downstream companies as well as more than 3,000 companies that support their efforts. Other sections of the databases provide immediate access to industry reports and government studies, current pricing information and industry publications. A separate category is devoted to resources in the "hidden Web", unknown to search engines. Industry researchers comment on the CATSites(R) databases: -- "This is certainly the most complete and most impressive listing of energy Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the sites I have seen in my six years as an energy researcher" says a leading industry consulting company librarian (1) A person who works in the data library and keeps track of the tapes and disks that are stored and logged out for use. Also known as a "file librarian" or "media librarian." See data library. (2) See CA-Librarian. . -- A business researcher in Belgium commented, "Indeed, I want to renew my subscription to Oil and Gas on the Internet." -- "The chapter divisions are a great idea since they provide the searcher with the ability to drill down to the exact subject area they are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. without a lot of unrelated web sites to confuse con·fuse v. con·fused, con·fus·ing, con·fus·es v.tr. 1. a. To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; throw off. b. them!" said an oil company librarian. -- The "CATSites(R) Portal facilitates the retrieval of relevant website information within minimum time" observes a senior executive in India. These databases, originally designed as competitive intelligence tools, are available on the CATSites(R) Energy Portal at http://64.251.200.47/login/ (log on for a free evaluation); as content for corporate Intranets; on CD-ROM or as hard copy directories. The sister publication, "Power Utilities on the Internet" is also available for the electric utility industry. An ex-Enron manager noted "On our research intranet, the Power Utilities database saved our uses time and made the task of finding the appropriate site much more simple and straightforward. The annotations were helpful and to the point and prevented the user from having to wade through scores of websites." Demos of the databases are available on CD-ROM or on the Internet, by request at sales@catsites.com. More information is found at http://catsites.com/publications.html. |
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