From: "Swisher, Bob" <bswisher@ou.edu>
To: "'it-fyi@listserv.ou.edu'" <it-fyi@lists.ou.edu>
Subject: it-fyi announcement: Gale Group launches Business Intelligence Pr
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 11:39:21 -0600
Foster City, Calif., March 18, 1999 -
Gale Group (formerly Information Access Company) recently launched
InSite 2 sm, the company's newest online business intelligence
subscription product. InSite 2 is a single, Web-based collection of
authoritative business information, including premium content from more
than 2,500 leading publications. New content includes 20 newswires from
COMTEX.
InSite 2 brings a common interface to the company's previous IAC InSite
sm and InSite Pro sm products while retaining the most popular features
of both products and the company's true flat-fee pricing. The new design
gives the searcher a better-than-ever interface integrated with the Gale
Group's highly regarded indexing and precise Margin Links.
InSite 2's new alerting service allows the user to save a search and
receive daily or weekly e-mail notification of additional information on
the topic, all included in the flat-fee subscription price.
In a change from a basic database presentation, InSite 2 organizes
content around popular business issues: companies, industries and
people. New features include: the alerts; alternative and enhanced
display formats; enhanced margin link capabilities; alternative sorting
options; global configuration options; URLs hot-linked within articles;
and powerful, accessible indexing tools.
InSite 2 is designed for the broadest range of searchers - - from the
novice Web searcher to the experienced researcher and corporate
librarian. A tiered interface with multi-level functionality
accommodates all levels of search expertise.
InSite 2's Digest feature helps the novice searcher by grouping the
results in logical folders, with emphasis on current and relevant
materials on a subject. Simple entry of a company, industry or business
leader's name can yield organized information from company profiles,
industry articles from content databases, news and key events,
newsletter results, Investext analyst reports for publicly traded
companies, a direct link to SEC filings for public companies and related
information through Margin Links.
The Quick Search feature defaults to a keyword search of article titles,
summaries of articles, index terms and the first 50 words of full-text
articles. Power Search conducts complex, precision searches and is
similar to the Advanced Search feature in the current IAC InSite
product. Prospecting searches directory information from a database of
thousands of U.S. and international public and private companies'
information with results sortable by company name, revenue,
city/state/country and SIC code.
the InSite 2 Base Pack contains all content currently included with the
databases known as Business InSite (Trade & Industry), Market InSite
(PROMT), and Company InSite (Company Intelligence). The databases known
as Health & Wellness InSite, Newsletter InSite, Consumer InSite and
Computer InSite are available separately as additional, optional
content. InSite 2 is available in both a Business Professional version
and an Information Professional version. The monthly price for a
corporate workgroup is less than $150 per user. Please call 800/419-0313
for more information on InSite 2 or go to www.insite2.gale.com or
www.insite2pro.gale.com.
Gale Group, a Thomson Corporation company, was formed in 1998 with the
merger of Gale Research, Information Access Company and Primary Source
Media. The company has been acknowledged as a leading worldwide
developer and provider of electronic full-text business information
products. The Thomson Corporation is one of the world's leading
information and publishing companies. For more information about the
Gale Group, go to www.galegroup.com.