INFOTRIEVE FORMS ALLIANCE WITH SKILA.Skila, Inc., Mahwah, N.J., business-to-business provider of web-based global business intelligence and eKnowledge solutions for the pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology industries, has announced an alliance with Infotrieve that will allow Skila users to access MEDLINE The online medical database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) whose parent is the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. MEDLINE contains millions of articles from thousands of medical journals and publications. The consumer section of the site (http://medlineplus. , the world's largest database of published medical literature. This alliance underscores Skila's continued commitment to providing global business intelligence recognized as a cornerstone for informed decision-making in today's highly competitive marketplace. Skila's Global Healthcare Intelligence Platform(TM) uses Intelligration(TM) to integrate data from sources, including over 24,000 web sites, customers' internal databases, specialty publishers, news sources and government filings. Skila's clients will now also have access to MEDLINE, which is compiled and produced by the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland Bethesda is an urbanized, but unincorporated, area in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, just Northwest of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a church located there, the Bethesda Presbyterian Church, built in 1820 and rebuilt in 1850, which in turn took its name from and includes bibliographic citations dating back to 1966 and more than 8 million records from more than 4,000 journals published in more than 70 countries. "In an era of global mergers and the race to be first to market, companies must leverage and capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. knowledge or risk falling behind the competition," said John Neeson, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Skila, Inc. "Integrating a world renowned product, like MEDLINE, into our platform, enables our clients to maintain a competitive edge." About Infotrieve Launched in 1987, the Los Angeles-based Infotrieve is one of the largest independent document delivery services in the world. Through its network of library, archive and publishing alliances, the company offers full-service document delivery, access to free bibliographic databases For computer programs to manage an individual's bibliographic references, see Reference management software A bibliographic or library database is a database of bibliographic information. on the Web and tools to simplify the process of identifying, retrieving and paying for published literature. Infotrieve's mission is to facilitate efficient, affordable and innovative methods of distributing published materials to libraries and end users, while protecting the rights of content creators. For more information: http://www.infotrieve.com. About Skila Skila, Inc., is a next-generation Internet company dedicated to providing global business intelligence and eKnowledge solutions for the pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology industries. Skila's revolutionary web-based eWorksite redefines how healthcare intelligence decisions are made through an integrated suite of decision-enabling applications, relevant market-based intelligence and connectivity. Using Skila's proprietary Intelligration(TM) technology, all internal data and text-based information throughout an organization and relevant external information from key markets around the world are synthesized into complete, organized and relevant healthcare intelligence. Driven by Intelligration(TM), clients receive succinct suc·cinct adj. suc·cinct·er, suc·cinct·est 1. Characterized by clear, precise expression in few words; concise and terse: a succinct reply; a succinct style. 2. views of actionable intelligence Having the necessary information immediately available in order to deal with the situation at hand. With regard to call centers, it refers to agents having customer history and related product data available on screen before the call is taken. enabling smarter, faster and more confident business decisions. Skila has strategic relationships with Dendrite dendrite: see nervous system; synapse. (R) International, Inc., Scient(R) and VerticalNet. Skila's investment partners include BancBoston, Carlyle Venture Partners, Crosslink Capital, Inc. (formerly Omega Venture Partners), Intel Capital and The Sprout Group, a venture capital affiliate of Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette. Skila is privately held and headquartered in Mahwah, New Jersey Mahwah is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 24,062. The name Mahwah is derived from the Lenni Lenape word "mawewi" which means "Meeting Place" or "Place Where Paths Meet". , with offices in Somerville, New Jersey Somerville is a borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 12,423. It is the county seat of Somerset CountyGR6. ; England and Japan. More information on Skila and its solutions can be found on the World Wide Web at: http://www.skila.com or call 201-818-2277, ext. 105. |
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