CENTOR SOFTWARE SELLS CENBASE/MATERIALS INFORMATION SERVICE.Information Handling Services Group Inc. (IHS IHS (I.H.S.) first three letters of Greek spelling of Jesus; also taken as acronym of Iesus Hominum Salvator ‘Jesus, Savior of Mankind.’ [Christian Symbolism: Brewer Dictionary, 480] See : Christ IHS Group), Denver, Colo., international information database publisher, has acquired the CenBASE/Materials Information Service Business from CenTOR Software Corporation. The CenBASE/Materials Information Service Business will become part of IHS Group's D.A.T.A. Business Publishing subsidiary, positioning D.A.T.A. as the most comprehensive source for materials content. D.A.T.A. Business Publishing, part of IHS Group's engineering division (IHS Engineering), provides parametric See parametric modeling, parametric symbol and PTC. databases on electronic components, adhesives, and plastics materials to the electronics and plastics industries. By acquiring the CenBASE/Materials Information, D.A.T.A. now can produce the most complete and comprehensive plastics databases while expanding its offerings to include additional materials content such as metals and ceramics ceramics (sərăm`ĭks), materials made of nonmetallic minerals that have been permanently hardened by firing at a high temperature, or objects made of such materials. . "CenTOR's content complements existing product lines within our engineering division, and will help us further develop information solutions for customers who need access to materials data," said Tom Littman, president of Global/D.A.T.A. Resources. In addition to D.A.T.A.'s products, the materials content will also be incorporated into Component and Supplier Management solutions offered by IHS Group's new division, formed from the January 1999 merger announcement of International CompuTex Inc. (ICI (language) ICI - An extensible, interpretated language by Tim Long with syntax similar to C. ICI adds high-level garbage-collected associative data structures, exception handling, sets, regular expressions, and dynamic arrays. ), and IHS's CapsXpert electronic components operations. About IHS Group IHS Group (www.ihsgroup.com) is a leading international publisher of electronic information databases, with annual sales of $475 million. Its individual operating companies operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. all serve the vital information needs of customers across a variety of technical, business and professional markets. IHS Group employs over 3,200 people worldwide. IHS Engineering (www.ihs.com) is the leading provider of engineering, technical, and regulatory information published in a variety of media, from 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). to the 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 . D.A.T.A. Business Publishing works closely with more than 1,250 manufacturers to maintain the world's largest electronic component, plastics and adhesives databases. About CenTOR Software CenTOR Software Corporation (www.centor.com) provides web-based enterprise software and related services for cost effective authoring and rapid retrieval of complex product data in intranets, websites, CD-ROMS, and in print. For more information, call 303/397-2882. |
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