559
CorpTech® Directory of Technology Companies

Last Loaded on Web: Thursday, May 01, 2008

Last Update To Bluesheet: March 29, 2006

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


File Description [top]

CorpTech® Directory of Technology Companies (File 559), produced by OneSource Information Services, Inc., contains company address, telephone number, employment data, key contact and title, primary Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code, a detailed business description, and annual sales data for over 90,000 U.S. technology companies. Data for each company is updated annually with senior level executives and verified in writing.

When a U.S. technology company has a parent company located outside the U.S., a brief record is provided for the non-U.S. parent. These brief, non-U.S. records do not contain product, history, or performance data.



Tips [top]

USE FILE 559

to find directory information on over 90,000 U.S. technical companies.

USE /CO OR CO=

to search for names of companies.

USE SC=

to find companies by SIC code.

EXPAND PN=

to find product names of interest.

CONSULT DOCUMENTS

4018 (http://library.dialog.com/products/aids/4018.pdf) for a listing of CorpTech industry codes and 4030 (http://library.dialog.com/products/aids/4030.pdf) for a listing of CorpTech Product Codes.

USE REPORT

to arrange output in easy-to-read tabular format.

USE /US OR /NONUS

to restrict retrieval to longer records representing U.S. companies or brief parent non-U.S. companies.



Subject Coverage [top]

Companies included in the CorpTech database are classified into major industry groups as shown below:

  • Advanced materials
  • Biotechnology
  • Chemicals
  • Computer Hardware
  • Computer Software
  • Defense
  • Energy
  • Environmental
  • Factory automation
  • Manufacturing equipment
  • Medical
  • Not primarily high-tech
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Photonics
  • Subassemblies & components
  • Test & measurement
  • Telecommunications & Internet
  • Transportation

In addition, a table of comparisons is provided for each company which includes national, regional, and industry comparisons for: employment, employment growth, annual sales, and sales per employee.



Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered: Current
File Size: 94,502 records as of February 2006
Update Frequency: Irregular


Database Content [top]

  • Directories


Document Types Indexed [top]

  • Directories


Geographic Coverage [top]

  • US Only


Geographic Restrictions [top]

  • None


Special Features [top]

  • ERA Available
  • Graduate Education Program
  • DIALOG Alert Available
  • REPORT Available


DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM CATEGORY NAME
CODIR Company Directories
TECHDIR Technology Company/Organization Directories
USCO U.S. Company Directories


Contact [top]

CorpTech Directory of Technical Companies is produced by infoUSA. Questions concerning file content should be directed to:

CorpTech Information Services, Inc.
5711 South 86th Circle
Omaha, NE 68127

Telephone: 866-313-6367
E-Mail: corptech@infousa.com


Terms and Conditions [top]

Database copyrighted by infoUSA. Data may not be duplicated in hard copy or machine-readable form without written authorization from the database supplier. For the Dialog's Redistribution and Archive Policy, enter HELP ERA online.


Dialog Standard Terms & Conditions apply.


SAMPLE RECORD [top]

    DIALOG(R)File 559:CORPTECH Dir of Tech Companies 
    (c) 2005 CorpTech. All rts. reserv. 
     
  AA=  00006763        CORPTECH ID: 10A1FJ 
  PD=  RECORD UPDATED:     December 20, 2004 
  SD=  SALES DATA UPDATED: December 31, 2002 
    MINOR CHANGES     : January 27, 2005 
     
  /CO,CO=  COMPANY NAME:  ADPAC Corp. 
                  425 Market St # 4 
  CY=,ST=,ZP=                San Francisco, CA 94105-2422 
                  USA 
     
  TE=  PHONE:        (415) 777.5400 
    TOLL-FREE:    (800) 797.8439 
    FAX:          (415) 284.1125 
    URL:          http://www.adpac.com 
  LA=,RT=,DT=  LANGUAGE: ENGLISH  RECORD TYPE: DIRECTORY  DOCUMENT TYPE: COMPANY 
     
    SALES: 
  SA=  Estimated annual sales of $2.6 million (12 months ending December 31,2002): 
    2.5% to 10% of sales are from international business. 
  EM=  EMPLOYEES:  20  employees  (as  of  July  1,2003);  company  reported 66.67% 
    employment  growth in the year prior to interview. 
     
    EXECUTIVES: 
  NM=,PO=  Mr. Ed Severs - President/CEO (C.E.O., Sales) 
    Mr. Peter Harris - CTO (CTO) 
    Mr.  Michael  Harris - Director of Finance (Finance, Personnel, Purchasing, 
    Administration) 
    Mr.  Mick Marshall - Technical Services Manager (Customer Service/ Support, 
    Quality) 
    Mr. John Cook - Operations Manager (Operations) 
     
  SF=,YR=  OWNERSHIP: Independent private U.S. company. Formed in 1963. 
     
    SOURCE OF CAPITAL: Private Investment 
     
    DESCRIPTION: 
  /DE  Developer  of  tools/systems,  planning/analysis, performance measuring and 
    documentation  generator  software.  Products  assist in Legacy application 
    modernization and language translation, data migration, and re-platforming. 
    The  company  also  provides  global  services  including  providing legacy 
    application overviews, diagnostics and inventory, impact studies, migration 
    services  and language translation services. Products and services are sold 
    to multiple industries. The bulk of revenue is derived from activity in the 
    computer  software  industry.  This  company  was  capitalized  by  private 
    investment. 
     
  PC=,SC=  PRIMARY SIC:      7372 
  IN=  PRIMARY INDUSTRY: Computer Software (SOF) 
     
    PRODUCTS (CORPTECH CODES AND COMPANY-SUPPLIED DESCRIPTIONS) 
     
    CORPTECH    SIC  DESCRIPTION 
    ----------  ---- ----------- 
  PX=,/DE,SC=  SOF-UT-Y    7372 Performance measuring software 
    SOF-UT-P    7372 System-    wide analysis tool software - System 
                     Vision(tm)    Year 2000, Productivity tools - 
                     SVCOMMANDS(tm) 
    SOF-PD-P    7372 Parser tools software - SVCOMMANDS(tm) 
    SOF-UT-T    7372 Documentation generators - SVCOMMANDS(tm) 
    SOF-UT-5    7372 European  conversion software 
    SOF-UT-L    7372 Cross reference utility software 
    SOF-UT-O    7372 Planning/analysis software 
     
    PRODUCTS (CORPTECH CODES AND DEFINITIONS) 
  PX=,PN=,/DE  SOF-UT-Y     CPU performance monitoring software 
    SOF-UT-P     Array processing software 
    SOF-PD-P     Parser generators, software development systems 
    SOF-UT-T     Documentation generators 
    SOF-UT-5     Application integration tools 
    SOF-UT-L     Catalog server software 
    SOF-UT-O     Accounting software, data center job 
     
    CORPORATE HISTORY: 
    No corporate changes have been recorded since December 1985. 
     
    EXECUTIVE HISTORY: 
    Currently listed executives for whom changes have been recorded 
        since August 1994 
         Michael Harris, Director of Finance 
              o December 2002: Listing changed to Director of Finance 
                (Finance, Personnel, Purchasing) 
              o January 2000: Listing   changed to Director of Finance 
                (Finance, Administration) 
              o Listed in or before August 1994, Administrator 
                (Administration) 
         Ed Severs, President/CEO 
              o       December 2002: Listing changed to President (CEO, Sales) 
              o January 2000: Listing changed to President (CEO) 
              o June    1998: Listing changed to Chief Operating Officer 
                (Manufacturing) 
                                   (. . .) 
     
    PERFORMANCE: 
     
    Sales and Employment figures have not necessarily been adjusted for 
    mergers, acquisitions or divestitures. 
     
    Sales(1)                     1999        2000        2001        2002 
    --------------------    ---------   ---------   ---------   --------- 
    Date                       Dec 31           -      Dec 31      Dec 31 
    Sales ($m)                     $6           -   $1.793(2)   $2.601(2) 
    Year-to-year change             -           -           -      +45.1% 
    Compound (3.0 years)       -24.3% 
    1 Most recent years  for which data are available ("-" indicates data 
      not provided). 
    2 Estimated. Calculation:(actual employment) x ( industry average 
      sales per employee). 
    Employees(1)                 1999        2000        2002        2003 
    --------------------    ---------   ---------   ---------   --------- 
    Date                        Apr 8      Jan   28      Mar 21      July 1 
    Employees                      50          30          12          20 
    Annualized rate of 
    change                       0.0%      -40.0%      -60.0%      +66.7% 
    Compound (5.0 years)       -16.7% 
    1 Most recent      years for which data are available ("-" indicates data 
      not provided). 
    Sales per Employee           1999        2000            2001        2002 
    --------------------    ---------   ---------   ---------   --------- 
    Date                       Dec 31           -      Dec 31      Dec 31 
    Sales ($m)                     $6           -           -           - 
    Employees                   32(1)           -           -           - 
    Sales/Employees ($)    $187,500.0           -           -           - 
    Industry Norm(SOF)   $134,031.250           -           -           - 
    Sales/Emp v. Ind 
    Norm                        139.0%           -           -           - 
    1 Normalized to sales date. 
     
    DATA CURRENCY: 
     
    The profile data were confirmed in writing on December 20,2004. 
    The  data  contained in the HISTORY and PERFORMANCE sections were collected 
    when  CorpTech  updated  this  profile  in  the  indicated  months (between 
    December 1985 and January 2005). 


BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH
SUFFIX
DISPLAY
CODE
REPORT
(FIELD
LENGTH)
FIELD NAME

INDEXING

SELECT EXAMPLES

None None None All Basic Index Fields Word S FINANCIAL(W)ANALYSIS?
/CO CO CO (32) Company Name and Alternate Company Name1 Word S ADPAC/CO
/DE DE None Description of Business and CorpTech and Company Descriptions Word S UTILITY(W)SOFTWARE/DE

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


ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH
PREFIX
DISPLAY
CODE
REPORT
(FIELD
LENGTH)
FIELD NAME

INDEXING

SELECT EXAMPLES

None A1 A1 (32) Street Address
AA= AA None CorpTech Company Code Phrase S AA=10A1FJ
None AZ None DIALOG Accession Number
None CF None Corporate Family Hierarchy
CN= CN None Country Name Phrase S CN=FRANCE
CO= CO CO (32) Company Name and Alternate Company Name1 Phrase S CO=ADPAC?
CY= CY CY (15) City Phrase S CY=SAN FRANCISCO
DT= DT None Document Type Phrase S DT=COMPANY
EM= EM EM (11) Employees Total2 Numeric S EM=40:60
None FX FX (14) Fax Number
None GC None Government Contractor Status
None HI None Corporate History
IN= IN None Industry Phrase S IN=COMPUTER SOFTWARE
LA= LA None Language Phrase S LA=ENGLISH
NM= NM NM (32) Executive Name3 Word S NM=HARRIS, PETER?
PC= PC PC (9) Primary SIC Code Phrase S PC=7372
PD= PD None Latest Update to Record Phrase S PD=19970926
None PF None Company Performance
PN= PN None Corptech Product Description Phrase S PN=FINANCIAL ANALYSIS?
PO= None None Executive Position Phrase S PO=MARKETING
PX= PX None Corptech Product Code Phrase S PX=SOF-FN-P
PY= PY None Record Update Year Phrase S PY=1997
RT= RT None Record Type Phrase S RT=DIRECTORY
SA= SA SA (17) Sales2 Numeric S SA=5M:10M
SC= SC None Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code Phrase S SC=7372
SD= SD None Sales Revision Date Phrase S SD=19970926
SF= SF SF (17) Special Feature/Type of Company Phrase S SF=PRIVATE
ST= ST ST (10) State Phrase S ST=CA
TE= TE TE (14) Telephone Number Area Code Phrase S TE=415
TS= TS None Ticker Symbol Phrase S TS=ADBE
UD= None None Update Phrase S UD=9999
None UL None Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
YR= YR None Year Started Phrase S YR=1963
ZP= ZP ZP (12) Zip Code Phrase S ZP=94105

2 Numeric entries are indexed as complete numbers, rounded down to the two left-most digits. Negative numbers are preceded by a minus sign. Use numeric operators (>, <, <=, >=) to search a range of values, e.g., S SA>=10M to retrieve all records with sales of 10 million or higher.

3 When used with REPORT, only the Top Executive displays.


LIMIT [top]

Sets and terms may be limited by Basic Index suffixes, i.e., /CO, /DE, /TN (e.g., S S5/DE), as well as by the following feature:
SUFFIX FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
/NONUS Non-U.S. Companies S S2/NONUS
/US U.S. Companies S S3/US


SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS EXAMPLES
CO, CY, EM, PC, SA, SD, ST, TE, YR, ZP SORT S13/ALL/PC/SA,D
PRINT S5/5/1-24/ZP


RANK [top]

RANK FIELDS EXAMPLES
All phrase- and numeric-indexed fields in the Additional Indexes can be ranked. RANK CO


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]

User-defined formats may be specified using the display codes indicated in the Search Options tables. TYPE S3/CO,PC/1-5


PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

NO.
DIALOGWEB
FORMAT
RECORD CONTENT
1 -- DIALOG Accession Number
2 -- Company Name, Address, Fax and Telephone Numbers, Description of Business, CorpTech and SIC Codes and Descriptions, and Top Executive
3 Medium Company Name, Address, Fax and Telephone Numbers, Description of Business, CorpTech and SIC Codes and Descriptions, and Top Executive
4 -- Company Name, Address, Fax and Telephone Numbers, Description of Business, CorpTech and SIC Codes and Descriptions, and Top Executive
5 -- Full Record except Performance Data
6 Free Company Name, Record Update Date, and Sales Update Date
7 Long Full Record except Performance Data
8 Short Company Name, Industry, Primary SIC Code, and Dates
9 Full Full Record including Performance Data
10 -- National Address (excludes country)
20 -- International Address (includes country)
30 -- National Address with Executive Name
40 -- International Address with Executive Name


DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
DIALOG Accession Number TYPE 07865530/5
DISPLAY 0774483/CO,PC
PRINT 0301964/5


Rates [top]

Rates For File: CorpTech® Directory of Technology Companies[559]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $5.60
Cost per minute:                   $1.46
Report Elements                    $0.25
Rank Elements                      $0.00
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REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:
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       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00
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