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TecTrends

Last Loaded on Web: Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Last Update To Bluesheet: January 1, 2006

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File Description Dialog File Data Special Features Sample Record Sort Rates
Subject Coverage Related Search Aids DIALINDEX/OneSearch Categories Basic Index Rank
Sources Document Types Indexed Contact Additional Indexes Report Options
Tips Geographic Coverage Terms and Conditions Limit Predefined Format Options


File Description [top]

TecTrends (formerly TecInfoSource and SoftBase: Reviews, Companies, and Products) provides a solid insight into emerging technologies, established technology products and their track record in the marketplace across multiple industries.

The database is made up of three discrete record types: Review records, Product records, and Company records. The three linked and inter-related record types can be used separately or together, providing an important navigation tool for researching the impact of information technology across industries, services and markets.

Review records include excellent abstracts of selected full text articles to speed up and enrich your research. Product records are a great snapshot as to the products pedigree and application profile, while the Company records provide you with how and whom to reach at over 16,000 technology and technology driven companies.

TecTrends records can be used to track products and companies, develop a profile of competing products, determine the owner of a product and a contact for a company, gather information about current trends in the marketplace. Records include URLs, email addresses, and ticker symbols for companies and publications. The database provides a snapshot of Information Technology market segments.



Tips [top]

USE FILE 256

to find the information about products and companies in the Information Technology industry.

USE /DE

to search for a subject:

     DIGITAL VIDEO/DE

USE /PN, PN=

to search for a Product Name:

     SELECT PN=ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS?

USE /CO, CO=

to search for a Company Name:

     SELECT ADOBE(W)SYSTEMS/CO

USE RANK

to see what other terms could be used as descriptors:

     SELECT ELECTRONIC(W)PUBLISHING
      RANK DE


Subject Coverage [top]

TecTrends subject coverage is editorially focused on capturing emerging technologies and tracking the evolution of technologies into products and services. The market segments covered by TecInfoSource are those where technologies and technology applications have become the drivers for change and innovation.

  • Biometrics
  • Competitive Intelligence
  • Copyright
  • Engineering
  • Graphics
  • Hardware
  • Intellectual Property
  • Internet
  • Intranets
  • Knowledge Management
  • Law firms
  • Management
  • Networking
  • Prior Art Search
  • Robotics
  • Search Engines
  • Software
  • Telecommunications
  • Technologies
  • Trademarks
  • Voice Over IP
  • Wireless


Sources [top]

Detailed descriptions for Products and Companies records as well as Abstracts for Review records are drawn from more than 200 business, computer, technical, trade, and consumer publications.



Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered: 1994 to present
File Size: 67,592 records as of December 2005
Update Frequency: Monthly


Related Search Aids [top]

The following search aids are available in the Dialog Library:



Document Types Indexed [top]

  • Directories
  • Journal Articles
  • Software Descriptions


Geographic Coverage [top]

  • International


Geographic Restrictions [top]

  • None


Special Features [top]

  • Graduate Education Program
  • KWIC and HILIGHT Available
  • DIALOG Alert Available
  • Remove Duplicates (RD, ID) Available
  • Image Output Available
  • CURRENT Feature Available
  • REPORT Available


DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM CATEGORY NAME
BRANDNMS Brand Names
CODIR Company Directories
ELECTRON Computers, Electronics, and Telecommunications Business
PCINFO Personal Computer Information
PRODINFO Product Information
PRODUCTS Industrial and Consumer
SOFTWARE Software Directories
TECHDIR Technology Company/Organization Directories


Contact [top]

TecTrends is provided by Infomation Sources, Inc. Questions concerning file content should be directed to:

Information Sources, Inc.
1173 Colusa Avenue
P.O. Box 8120
Berkeley, CA 94707

Telephone: 510-525-6220
Fax: 510-525-1568
E-Mail: Info@searchsoftbase.com


Terms and Conditions [top]

TERMS AND CONDITIONS: For Dialog's Redistribution and Archive Policy, enter HELP ERA online. The following terms and conditions also apply.

This database is copyrighted by Information Sources, Inc. No part of TecTrends (formerly TecInfoSource and SoftBase: Reviews, Companies and Products) database may be duplicated in hard copy or machine-readable format without prior written authorization from Information Sources, Inc. Authorization may be requested by writing to Information Sources, Inc. Under no circumstances may copies be made for resale. While every attempt has been made to ensure the accuracy of this product, Information Sources, Inc. makes no representations or warranties either expressed or implied, with respect to the database, including, but not limited to, the accuracy, completeness, quality, performance, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose of the database or any information contained therein. In no event shall Information Sources, Inc. be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of or inability to use TecTrends database or for any loss or damage of any nature caused to any person as a result of the use of the database.


Dialog Standard Terms & Conditions apply.


SAMPLE RECORD [top]

SAMPLE COMPANY RECORD

     
    DIALOG(R)File 256:TecTrends 
    (c)2004 Info.Sources Inc. All rts. reserv. 
     
  DT=  02626031         DOCUMENT TYPE:  Company 
     
  /CO,CO=,CK=  Inktomi Corp (626031) 
    4100 E 3rd Ave 
  CY=,ST=,ZP=,CN=  Foster City, CA  94404  United States 
  TE=  TELEPHONE:  (650) 653-2800 
    FAX:  (650) 653-2801 
    HOMEPAGE:  http://www.inktomi.com 
    EMAIL:  info@inktomi.com 
     
  RT=  RECORD TYPE:  Directory 
     
    CONTACT:  Sales Department 
     
  OT=  ORGANIZATION TYPE:  Corporation 
  OT=  EQUITY TYPE:  Public 
  OT=  STATUS:  Active 
     
  /AB  Inktomi Corporation develops search engines, directory engines, and other 
    software for electronic commerce. 'Inktomi' is derived from a Lakota legend 
    about a trickster spider. The company was founded in 1996 by two U.C. 
    Berkeley researchers, Eric Brewer and Paul Gauthier. Working on a 
    government project, the two computer scientists developed a way to achieve 
    supercomputing power at low cost by clustering workstations and personal 
    computers. The first system developed on this platform was the Inktomi 
    search engine. The scalability of Inktomi's technology is ideal for the 
    Internet, where traffic is growing exponentially. Inktomi now offers 
    several product lines: search engine, directory engine, shopping engine, 
    Application-Level Networking and other content delivery systems, and 
    traffic server. Its first product, the search engine, is now used by many 
    leading Web search sites, such as Yahoo! and America Online (AOL). Its 
    services are used by the Excite @Home Network, N2HS, Nippon Telegraph & 
    Telephone (NTT), GoTo.com, and many others. The engine has won many awards, 
    including CNET Editor's Choice and 'PC Computing's Most Valuable Product. 
    Clients using Inktomi's Traffic Server include America Online (AOL), 
    BellSouth, and @Home Network. The server is crucial to many Internet 
    service providers (ISPs). 
     
  SA=  SALES:  NA 
     
  YR=  DATE FOUNDED:  1996 
  /NM,NM=,PO=  PERSONNEL:  Gauthier, Paul, Chief Technology Officer; Brewer, Eric, Product 
        Development 
  /DE  DESCRIPTORS:  Search Engines; System Performance; Internet Traffic Analysis 
        ;  Content Delivery; Internet Shopping 
  RD=  REVISION DATE:  20010830 


SAMPLE REVIEW RECORD [top]

     
    DIALOG(R)File 256:TecTrends 
    (c)2004 Info.Sources Inc. All rts. reserv. 
     
  DT=  00130662         DOCUMENT TYPE:  Review 
     
  /PN,PN=,PC=  PRODUCT NAMES:  XML  (837709); HDML  (839019); WML  (841811); i-mode 
    (030074); CDPD  (844471) 
     
  /TI  TITLE:  A New Technology Delivery Vehicle Embraces Wireless 
  AU=  AUTHOR:  Young, David H 
  JN=,PD=,PY=,SO=  SOURCE:  Internet Telephony,    v4 n4  p66(2) Apr 2001 
  SN=  ISSN: 1098-0008 
    HOMEPAGE:  http://www.internettelephony.com 
     
  RT=  RECORD TYPE:  Review 
  DT=  REVIEW TYPE:  Product Analysis 
  GR=  GRADE:  Product Analysis, No Rating 
     
  /AB  eXtensible Markup Language (XML), Wireless Markup Language (WML), NTT 
    DoCoMo's iMode, and CDPD are highlighted in a discussion of the expanding 
    use of open source for wireless communication development projects. Open 
    source is a new venue for delivery of applications for new hardware 
    platforms, including J2ME devices, iMode, and WAP PHONES. It is an example 
    of global cooperation among virtual strangers with a common goal: to 
    produce high-quality computer code. Wireless application development is 
    ripe for open source, since it has been stymied by competing standards. 
    open source can bring cohesiveness and order, because many regional 
    standards dictate use of protocols, including WAP, iMode, and CDPD, as well 
    as presentation languages, including WML, HTML, HDML, and compact HTML. XML 
    is a key enabling technology, since it focuses on standards. HDML now has 
    an XML basis that led to the WML language, but WML is still a proprietary 
    design that uses HDML's deck-of-cards paradigm. Therefore, the World Wide 
    Web Consortium released the latest specification for XHTML. Micro XHTML is 
    the language that 3G implementors and the WAP Form want to use to replace 
    WML and iMode. If this occurs, the WAP and Asian iMode markets will conform 
    instantly. 
     
  /CO,CO=,CK=  COMPANY NAME:  Vendor Independent  (999999); NTT DoCoMo Inc  (687707) 
  SF=  SPECIAL FEATURE:  Charts 
  /DE  DESCRIPTORS:  XML; WML; Open Source; Smart Phones; Program Development; 
        Thin Clients; Java; Wireless Internet Access; HDML 
  RD=  REVISION DATE:  20020130 


SAMPLE PRODUCT RECORD [top]

     
    DIALOG(R)File 256:TecTrends 
    (c)2004 Info.Sources Inc. All rts. reserv. 
     
  DT=  01583243         DOCUMENT TYPE:  Product 
     
  /PN,PN=,PC=  PRODUCT NAME:  Adobe After Effects 5.0 (583243) 
     
  /CO,CO=,CK=  Adobe Systems Inc (394173) 
    345 Park Ave 
  CY=,ST=,ZP=,CN=  San Jose, CA  95110-2704  United States 
  TE=  TELEPHONE:  (408) 536-6000 
     
  RT=  RECORD TYPE:  Directory 
     
    CONTACT:  Sales Department 
     
  /AB  Adobe Systems' Adobe (R) After Effects (R) 5.0 combines power tools for 
    compositing, animation, and special visual effects. Using an interface that 
    provides control and flexibility, professionals can quickly produce on-air 
    promos, commercials, music videos, complex layered animations, and exciting 
    special effects for broadcast, film, and multimedia production, all on the 
    desktop. AE's leading-edge effects include sharpen, perspective, audio, 
    transition, blur, motion smoothing, and zoom. Adobe After Effects supports 
    importing native Adobe Photoshop (R) and Illustrator files, enhanced 
    keyframe controls for path editing or time remapping, multiple effects per 
    individual layer, dozens of special effects, Render Queue for batch 
    rendering, unlimited layering, and compositing. Users can transform 
    Photoshop images, adding custom layers and effects, while preserving 
    Photoshop layers. Motion Pack includes Motion Tracking, Image 
    Stabilization, and 2D motion capture with Motion Sketch and powerful 
    scripting with Motion Math. Multimedia producers can import Adobe Premiere 
    (R) videos, adding layered effects and animations. They can then edit their 
    original project using Premiere's software. Web designers can build movies 
    that are embedded in any Adobe GoLive (R) page. Distortion Pack provides 
    enhanced plug-in effects for Co Pin, Displacement Map, Bulge, and Wave 
    Warp. The Device Control Pack offers device plug-ins for direct control of 
    digital disk recorders. Animators can tap the RAM Preview feature to 
    preview their visual effects in real time. Other features of After Effects 
    include Render Queue, resolution-independent composition, intelligent 
    caching, QuickTime streaming, Macromedia Flash support, embedded URLs, and 
    audio compression. 
     
  /DE  DESCRIPTORS:  Graphics Tools; Animation; Image Processing; Motion Capture; 
        Digital Video; Electronic Publishing; Multimedia 
     
  HA=  HARDWARE:  IBM PC & Compatibles; Apple Macintosh; PowerMac 
  OS=  OPERATING SYSTEM:  MacOS; Windows; Windows NT/2000 
  PL=  PROGRAM LANGUAGES:  Not Available 
  TY=  TYPE OF PRODUCT:  Micro 
  US=  POTENTIAL USERS:  Animation, Video Producers, Presentations 
  PR=  PRICE:  Available upon request 
     
  DO=  DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE:  User manuals 
  TR=  TRAINING AVAILABLE:  Training at additional cost; training; training for 
        trainers; technical support 
  RD=  REVISION DATE:  000000 


BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH
SUFFIX		 DISPLAY
CODE		 FIELD NAME
 INDEXING
 SELECT EXAMPLES
None None All Basic Index Fields Word S HARDWARE(W)PLATFORM?
/AB AB Abstract Word S WIRELESS(W)APPLICATION?/AB
/CO CO Company Name1,4,5 Word S INKTOMI(W)CORP/CO
/DE DE Descriptor2 Word
& Phrase		 S SEARCH(W)ENGINE?/DE
S CONTENT DELIVERY/DE
/NM NM Executive Name1,4 Word S GAUTHIER(W)PAUL/NM
/PN PN Product Name1,4,5 Word S ADOBE(1W)EFFECT?/PN
/TI TI Title3 Word S TECHNOLOGY(W)DELIVERY/TI

1 Searchable in the Basic Index and in the Additional Indexes.

2 Also /DF.

3 Review Records only.

4 Company Records only.

5 Product Records only


ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH
PREFIX		 DISPLAY
CODE		 FIELD NAME
 INDEXING
 SELECT EXAMPLES
None AD Address
None AN DIALOG Accession Number
AU= AU Author of Review3 Phrase S AU=YOUNG, DAVID H
CK= CK Company Number4 Phrase S CK=626031
CN= CN Country4 Phrase S CN=UNITED STATES
CO= CO Company Name1,4,5 Phrase S CO=INKTOMI CORP
CO= CO Division Name4 Phrase S CO=GRAPHICS SYSTEMS?
None CT Contact4,5
CY= CY City4,5 Phrase S CY=FOSTER CITY
DO= DO Documentation Available5 Word S DO=(USER?(W)MANUAL)
DT= DT Document Type Phrase S DT=COMPANY
None EL E-mail Address
EM= EM Number of Employees4 Numeric S EM=100
EX= EX Stock Exchange4 Phrase S EX=NYSE
None FX Fax Number
GR= GR Grade3 Phrase S GR=PRODUCT ANALYSIS?
HA= HA Hardware5 Word
& Phrase		 S HA=(APPLE(W)MACINTOSH)
S HA=APPLE MACINTOSH
IP= IP Subsidiary's Parent Company4 Phrase S IP=STANDARD REGISTER CO
None IS Number of Installations5
JN= JN Journal Name3 Phrase S JN=INTERNET TELEPHONY
NM= NM Executive Name1,4 Phrase S NM=BREWER, ERIC?
NW= NW Net Worth4 Numeric S NW>100
None OR Other Requirement5
OS= OS Operating System5 Word
& Phrase		 S OS=(WINDOWS(W)NT)
S OS=WINDOWS NT?
OT= OT Organization Type4 Phrase S OT=CORPORATION
OT= OT Public/Private Equity Type4 Phrase S OT=PUBLIC
OT= OT Status of the Company4 Phrase S OT=ACTIVE
PC= PC Product Code3,5 Phrase S PC=583243
PD= PD Publication Date3 Phrase S PD=200104?
PL= PL Program Language5 Word
& Phrase		 S PL=(VISUAL(W)BASIC)
S PL=VISUAL BASIC
PN= PN Product Name1,4,5 Phrase S PN=ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS?
PO= PO Position4 Phrase S PO=CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
PR= PR Price3,5 Numeric S PR<500
PY= PY Publication Year or Year of Release5 Phrase S PY=2001
RD= RD Revision Date Phrase S RD=20020130
RT= RT Record Type Phrase S RT=DIRECTORY
SA= SA Sales for the Current Year4 Numeric S SA>=200
SE= SE Services Available5 Word S SE=(CUSTOM(W)PROGRAMMING)
SF= SF Special Feature Word S SF=CHARTS
SN= SN International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)3 Phrase S SN=1098-0008
ST= ST State4,5 Phrase S ST=CA
TE= TE Telephone Area Code4,5 Phrase S TE=650
TS= TS Ticker Symbol4 Word S TS=DELL
TY= TY Type of Product5 Phrase S TY=MICRO
UD= None Update Phrase S UD=9999
None UR Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
US= US Potential Users5 Word S US=(VIDEO(W)PRODUCER?)
YR= YR Year Founded4 Phrase S YR=1996
ZP= ZP Zip Code or Postal Code4,5 Phrase S ZP=94404


LIMIT [top]

Sets and terms can be restricted by Basic Index suffixes, i.e., /AB, /CO, /DE, /DF, /NM, /PN, /TI (e.g., S S2/TI).
SUFFIX FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
/COMPANY Company Records Only S S1/COMPANY
/PRODUCT Product Records Only S S2/PRODUCT
/REVIEW Review Records Only S S3/REVIEW
/YYYY Publication Year S S2/1999:2001


SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS EXAMPLES
CN, CO, CY, EM, GR, PN, SA, ST, TE, TI, ZP SORT S1/ALL/CO
PRINT S2/5/1-24/PN


RANK [top]

RANK FIELDS EXAMPLES
All phrase- and numeric-indexed fields in the Additional Indexes can be ranked. Other RANK codes include: DE RANK DE
RANK AU S4


REPORT OPTIONS [top]

Output can be displayed in table format. REPORT codes with field lengths in parentheses are listed in the Search Options tables. Default table width is 72 characters; use SET H 132 to set maximum table width. REPORT S2/CO,EM,SA/ALL


USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

Display codes listed in the Search Options tables can be used to customize output. TYPE S3/CO,AD,SA/1-5


PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

NO.
 DIALOGWEB
FORMAT		 RECORD CONTENT
COMPANY RECORDS
1 -- DIALOG Accession Number
2 -- Full Record except Abstract
3 Medium Full Record except Abstract and Descriptors
4 -- Company Name and Abstract
5 -- Full Record
6 Short Company Name and Revision Date
7 Long Company Name and Abstract
8 Free Company Name and Descriptors
9 Full Full Record
10 -- National Address (excludes country)6
20 -- International Address (includes country)6
K -- KWIC (Key Word In Context) displays a window of text; may be used alone or with other formats
PRODUCT RECORDS
1 -- DIALOG Accession Number
2 -- Full Record except Abstract
3 -- Product Name and Vendor Information
4 -- Product Name and Abstract
5 -- Full Record
6 -- Product Name
7 -- Product Name, Vendor Information, and Abstract
8 -- Product Name and Descriptors
9 -- Full Record
10 -- National Address (excludes country)7
20 -- International Address (includes country)7
K -- KWIC (Key Word In Context) displays a window of text; may be used alone or with other formats
REVIEW RECORDS
1 -- DIALOG Accession Number
2 -- Full Record except Abstract
3 -- Product Name and Bibliographic Citation
4 -- Product Name, Title and Abstract
5 -- Full Record
6 -- Product Name and Title
7 -- Product Name, Bibliographic Citation, and Abstract
8 -- Product Name and Descriptors
9 -- Full Record
K -- KWIC (Key Word In Context) displays a window of text; may be used alone or with other formats

6 Restrict retrieval to /COMPANY records before requesting output.

7 Restrict retrieval to /PRODUCT records before requesting output.


DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
If the accession number of a specific record is known, it can be used to display the record directly. TYPE 00000036/5
DISPLAY 02001201/CO,EM
PRINT 01000211/9


Rates [top]

Rates For File: TecTrends[256]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $5.30
Cost per minute:                   $1.35
Report Elements                    $0.10
Rank Elements                      $0.00
ALERT (default)                   $10.70
ALERT (Monthly)                   $18.24
ALERT (Biweekly/twice a month) *  $10.70
ALERT (Weekly)                 *  $10.70
ALERT (Daily)                  *  $10.70
ALERT (Calendar weekly)        *  $10.70
ALERT (Intraday)               *  $10.70
* = custom scheduled Alerts only
ALERT Number of included prints       20

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $3.84    $3.84
     3    $3.84    $3.84
     4    $3.84    $3.84
     5    $3.84    $3.84
     6    $0.00    $0.00
     7    $3.84    $3.84
     8    $0.49    $0.49
     9    $3.84    $3.84
    10    $1.08    $1.08
    15    $3.89    $3.89
KWIC95    $1.08       NA
KWIC96    $1.08       NA
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