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Ames Commercial Technology Network Home Page
Communitv of Science Web Server
ERIM (Environment Research Institute of Michigan)
NASA Commercial Technology Network Home Page
Naval Surface Warfare Center/Port Hueneme Division Technology Transfer area
North Carolina's Technology Transfer Center (Tech Trans for Local Transportation Agencies)
NRL Advanced Information Technology(AIT) Branch
Oak Ridge Centers for Manufacturing Technology
Small Business Innovation Research Program
Technology Applications Group Home Page
Technology Board of Trade -- Stream
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PAGE 3 - Online Services
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Address: http://155.41.1 15.1 14/jumper/biolcomm.html
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This is the database related to "Biotech and Biomedical" companies and organizations, including "Sigma", "Perkin-Elmer Corp.", and "The Nest Group, Inc." web sites.
This database offers an experimental search facility for keywords, company names, etc., and this also offers MEDMarket(TM) file on background information about the MEDMarket virtual industrial park, which is the one-stop information source on the Web for the healthcare manufacturing industry. It was created and is managed by Compliance Solutions, Inc. as a "Virtual Industrial Park" dedicated to exclusively serving this industry.
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library:
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology (Biosciences)
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Address: http://www.ait.nrl.navy.mil/about-ait.html
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This is the database of AIT("Advanced Information Technology") of NRL("The Naval Research Laboratory"). NRL is the Navy's corporate research and development laboratory, created in 1923 by Congress for the Department of the Navy on the advice of Thomas Edison. The Laboratory has over 4000 personnel (over 1500 full-time scientists, engineers and SES employees - more than half of these PhDs, currently including a, who address basic research issues concerning the Navy's environment of sea, sky, and space. Investigations have ranged widely from monitoring the sun's behavior, to analyzing marine atmospheric conditions, to measuring parameters of the deep oceans, to exploring the outermost regions of space. Detection and communication capabilities have benefited by research that has exploited new portions of the electromagnetic spectrum, extended ranges to outer space, and provided means of transferring information reliably and securely, even through massive jamming. Submarine habitability, lubricants, shipbuilding, aircraft materials, and fire fighting along with the study of sound in the sea and the advancement of radar technology have been steadfast concerns. New and emerging areas include the study of biological and chemical processes and nanoelectronics.
NRL today has grown to encompass three main sites. NRL DC, the main campus, is located in the Southwest corner of the Nation's Capital on the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.; NRL SSC is located on acreage with CNMOC at the Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi close to the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, while NRL MRY is located jointly with FNMOC in Monterey, California overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Other NRL sites and stations include the Chesapeake Bay Detachment in Chesapeake Beach, MD and the Underwater Sound Reference Detachment in Orlando, FL. NRL also performs research at the following sites: Maryland Point, Pomonkey, Tilghmare Island, and Waldorf, all in Maryland, and the Marine Corrosion Facility in Key West, FL.-- Mobile research platforms contribute greatly to NRL's research. These include four P-3 Orion aircraft as well as two players to be named at a later date.
Current research and development thrusts include:
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This is the database of the Ames Commercial Technology Network(ACTN) of NASA/Ames Research Center. ACTN is part of an aggressive NASA-wide effort to provide an information superhighway from NASA's laboratories to our front door and ensure that NASA-developed technology provides significant benefit to the private sector. ACTN provides a wide range of innovative services in support of technology commercialization and is intended to be used by both internal Ames technical staff and a broad spectrum of external customers.
The Ames Technology Commercialization Center (ATCC), located in Sunnyvale, Calif., provides opportunities for start-up companies utilizing NASA technologies to grow in a "business incubator" environment. The ATCC is a three-year experimental joint project of NASA and the IC2 Institute, Austin, Texas designed to facilitate the commercialization of NASA-developed technologies. The ATCC houses companies and assists them by drawing upon a regional network of entrepreneurs, business and technical experts, capital and market know-how, as well as the talent and technology pool of NASA. The center uses a lab-to-market approach, which takes the technological output of the Ames lab and pairs that technology with appropriate partners in the business and financial community to create and foster new industry and jobs.
Technology Opportunities file provides a link to technologies which Ames scientists and engineers feel are ripe for commercialization.
SBIR("Small Business Innovative Research") file is for evaluating the commercialization potential of submissions as part of the SBIR selection process; assist and encourage SBIR awardees to identify/develop potential commercial applications for technologies throughout the three phase program.
STTR("Small Business Technology Transfer") file provide work with small business to encourage the submission of proposals under STTR program, a pilot program under which awards are made to small business concerns for cooperative research and development through an uniform three phase process. Similar to the SBIR program.
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Address: http://best.gdb.org/best.html
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This is a database of first-person expertise records from leading Universities and R&D organizations in North America. Entries include the name and address of the individual researcher, a description of his/her current research interests, past positions, memberships, and associated keywords.
You may search "the entire Database":
"The Community of Science Facilities Database":
This is a database of facilities and resources at universities and R&D organizations in North America. Entries include the name of the facility, a descriptive abstract, keywords, and contact information. If you would like, you may take a look at a sample entry.
Baltimore-based Community of Science, Inc. is the electronic publisher of the Community of Science databases and provides associated Internet-based science and technology services. Founded in 1988 at Johns Hopkins University, Community of Science is built in direct collaboration with over l25 major research universities and other R&D organizations in the United States and Canada. Its purpose is to provide a comprehensive directory of faculty researchers and scientists, and to connect academic and corporate researchers via the Internet and other electronic platforms. For further information you may read about the services offered to participating institutions as well as the Participating Institution Fact Sheet.
The Community of Science currently contains over 40,000 common-format, first-person profiles of faculty researchers and their interests and expertise. This database is an invaluable resource for research-driven companies to identify prospective collaborators, license new technologies, leverage their existing R&D effort, perform due diligence, and generally stay informed about the constantly-changing world of basic science and academic research.
This World Wide Web server contains information about scientists and the funding of science -- the most important and least understood engine of progress in the world.
Today's scientists, and the groupings of scientists called universities, government laboratories, and R&D companies, face two major challenges: 1) how to complete work underway; and 2) how to secure funding for the next project.
The Community of Science is a global registry of scientists designed to provide accurate, thorough, timely, and easy-to-access information about who is working on what subject, and where.
Individual scientists contribute a brief narrative of their work in progress, research interests and expertise, and accomplishments. Like a telephone book, the registry grows in value as it grows in participants. The Expertise database currently contains over 40,000 records, and already is a valuable resource for scientists seeking collaborators, and for organizations that fund scientific research. Johns Hopkins University(Medical Institutions, General) and the University City Science Center are institutions that have directly supported this activity as investors.
Institutions that participate in the Community of Science benefit from a number of value-added services, such as building entire faculty databases, listing Inventions and Facilities, and publishing hard copy directories.
The Community of Science's philosophy is to provide scientists with all the tools it can afford to provide on a shared-cost basis. The more members the system has, the more information it will be able to offer. Access is not available to everyone on the World Wide Web. The Community of Science operates a commercial-grade Internet server designed to provide access to the scientific research community.
Individual scientists must do their share to create this resource. If you do not already have a profile on the system, please select ADD Yourself to the Expertise Database, complete the online form, and send us your information. All submissions are reviewed by technical editors before being added to the database.
Institutions that participate in the Community of Science are encouraged to create two links between their own "Home Page" and this World Wide Web information system. The first link is to the field searching interface that presents the records of that institution only. Records of scientists at other universities and laboratories are not available through this customized view.
The second link is to the main Community of Science Home Page, which provides access to the full range of information on the system.
This database also provides information about research funded by the Federal Government and "The Canadian Community of Science Databases".
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Address: http://www.erim.org/
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This is a database of the ERIM("The Environmental Research Institute of Michigan"). ERIM is an independent, nonprofit, contract research organization that specializes in imaging technologies, including sensor system design and development, data and image processing, and applications. ERIM operates with close ties to universities and federal government agencies in addition to being involved in cooperative programs with industry. Our primary customers are federal agencies, for whom ERIM fills a gap between industry, government laboratories, government agencies, and universities.
During its almost 50-year history ERIM has earned an international reputation for excellence in the broad field of sensor technology and sighted automation. We design, develop, and implement a variety of advanced sensors, including radar and electrooptical systems (here is a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image of the ERIM campus). We devise methods for extracting, understanding, and applying information derived from sensor and image data. And we explore new ways to detect, image, and measure objects and scenes for a diverse set of users and applications.
Although ERIM develops and delivers practical devices and systems that apply to the science and technology it creates, it is not involved in the production and sale of hardware. This frees the Institute from the pressures and biases associated with those activities, making ERIM an appropriate institution for work where independent and objective judgments must be made.
The Institute's Ann Arbor headquarters is a comprehensive research and development facility containing electronic, measurement, and fabrication laboratories, test ranges, computer facilities, workshops, and offices. Our nearby Flight Facility at Willow Run Airport maintains instrumented aircraft to support ongoing research programs.
The Flight Facility is equipped with everything necessary to operate, modify, and maintain the aircraft as well as to operate airborne equipment.
ERIM also has regional offices in Washington, DC; Dayton, Ohio; and Fort Walton Beach, Florida, to provide on-site technical support. The Institute also establishes short-term field offices in the United States and abroad as they are needed.
This database concentrates on such fields as:
Technological breakthroughs produced by ERIM include:
ERIM has been reorganized to more effectively perform a wide range of contract research for a variety of sponsors. ERIM's principal activities are in Technical Operations, which is composed primarily of four laboratories, three centers, and three regional offices. These elements are highly interactive and support each other in program development as well as by participation in project teams. The technical scope of each unit is briefly outlined below. The Radar Laboratory is composed of four departments that can research, develop, demonstrate, and operate advanced electromagnetic and radar sensors and technologies. The Electro-Optics (EO) Laboratory spans all aspects of EO imaging. The EO Laboratory also includes the Infrared Information and Analysis (IRIA) Center, whose mission is to collect, analyze, and disseminate information on infrared and electro-optical technology, with an emphasis on military applications, and to administer the Infrared Information Symposia (IRIS). The Signal and Image Processing Laboratory has three departments, with expertise in signal processing, symbolic processing, and algorithm engineering. The Information and Materials Applications Laboratory focuses on remote sensing applications and materials and applications for transportation and energy generation.
The Systems Engineering and Integration Center applies the systems engineering process to effectively integrate ERIM technologies with user needs. The Center for Earth Sciences is responsible for the coordination of basic and applied research for civilian, military, and intelligence activities related to the environment. The Information Management and Operations Support Center provides information management technologies and up-to-date, cost-effective services within Technical Operations and throughout the Institute. To support the activities of these technical units, ERIM also maintains three Regional Offices in Dayton, Ohio; Washington, D.C.; and Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Each office has on-site management to provide enhanced customer contact and technical support in cases where the sponsor requires greater local responsiveness and interaction.
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Address: http://htpatia.gSfc.nasa.gov/nasa_techtrans/nasa_techtransfer.html
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This is a database for information on Technology Transfer from NASA. This database includes subdatabases such as:
NTTC, whose address is http://iridium.nttc.edu/nttc.html, is the hub of a national network linking US companies with federal technologies. Those technologies can be converted into practical, commercially-relevant applications. The center's free Gateway Service provides callers with direct contacts in the federal laboratory system. The Gateway Service is available 8:30am - 8pm EST weekdays by calling 800-678-6882.
RBSE, whose address is http://rbsejsc.nasa.gov/eichmann/rbse.html, program is a research and development program whose mission is to provide state-of-the-art technology transfer mechanisms to improve NASA's software capability.
The purpose of RBSE is to support the adoption of software reuse through repository based software engineering in targeted sectors of industry, government, and academia. The program provides a repository that: facilitates the selection, acquisition, integration, and reuse of software components; provides proven architectures upon which to assemble systems; and promotes common software engineering practices and standards.
The RBSE program operates the ELSA repository as its public interface. RBSE is sponsored by the NASA Technology Utilization Division and is administered by NASA Johnson Space Center and the Research Institute for Computing and Information Systems (RICIS), a part of the University of Houston - Clear Lake.
Mid-Continent Technology Transfer Center, a regional technology transfer center of NASA, whose address is gopher://technology.tamu.edu:70/00/alpha/intro, can put Federal Technology to work: Businesses and entrepreneurs can easily access commercially-viable technologies and technical services from federal and university sources through the Mid-Continent Technology Transfer Center(MCTTC), a member of the National Technology Transfer Network.
The mission of the MCTTC is to serve the national interest by providing business, engineering, scientific, information and educational services for the Mid-Continent region enabling public and private enterprises to acquire, develop and apply technologies from or with NASA, federal laboratories and other sources to expand the use of technology, promote commercialization and improve competitiveness.
As part of the National Technology Transfer Network, six Regional Technology Transfer Centers were established in 1991 by the United States Government and NASA. The 14 state Mid-Continent region is served by the MCTTC.
The 14 states in the region are: Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.
The MCTTC assists the public, private and academic sectors to acquire and utilize technologies and capabilities from NASA and federal laboratories and agencies. The MCTTC staff is experienced in the full spectrum of services required by large and small companies, as well as entrepreneurs, in accomplishing both technology transfer and commercialization.
The MCTTC is headed by the Texas Engineering Experiment Station at the Texas A&M University System along with the University of Houston-Clear Lake, Southwest Research Institute, the University of Texas at San Antonio, the Midwest Research Institute and SaraTech Finance, Inc.
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Address: http://www.rl.af.mil:800 l/Lab/RLl.html
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This is a database of Rome Laboratory which is the US Air Force's Super Lab for C41 Technology.
The mission of Rome Laboratory is to advance the science and technologies of command, control, communications and intelligence and to transition them into systems to meet customer needs. To achieve this, Rome Lab:
Rome Lab supports this mission by maintaining leading edge technological expertise in the areas of surveillance, communications, command and control, intelligence, reliability science, electromagnetic technology, photonics, signal processing, and computer science & technology.
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Address: http://nctn.oact.hg.nasa.gov/NCTNHome.html
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This is a Home Page for NASA Commercial Technology. As a presentation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Office of Space Access and Technology, this World Wide Web server provides a publicly-accessible source of information regarding NASA and NASA Technology Transfer.
If you would like to report a commercial technology success story that resulted from NASA support, please provide as much information as possible on the attached form.
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NASA Commercial Technology Network - Directory
The NASA Commercial Technology Network (NCTN) is an aggressive NASA-wide effort to provide an information superhighway from NASA's laboratories to your front door and ensure that NASA-developed technology provides significant benefit to the private sector.
Agenda for Change
This document describes the essence of NASA's new way of doing business to support the agency's commercial technology mission objectives. It is meant to provide a summary description of the various changes needed to successfully perform this mission. Small Business Innovation Research Established by Congress in 1982, the Small Business Innovation Research program helps NASA develop innovative technologies by providing competitive research contracts to US-owned small businesses - companies with fewer than 500 employees. The SBIR program encourages the participation of small firms owned by women or by socially and economically disadvantaged persons in government research and development. SBIR provides seed capital to increase private sector commercialization of innovations resulting from federal research and development.
Partnership Options for NASA and Industry
Thirty-five years ago, NASA emerged from principles based on quality public and private sector R&D partnerships. Today, renewed emphasis on NASA/Industry partnerships for economic growth and technological competitiveness continues to drive innovations in NASA policy which will raise the quality and quantity of NASA/Industry partnership opportunities.
Space Technology Innovation Newsletter
Space Technology Innovation is a bimonthly publication from NASA's Office of Office of Space Access and Technology (OACT) dedicated to providing information to people in industry, academia and the public about the relevance and status of OACT supported R&D activities; providing information to people in industry, academia and the public about the resources and opportunities available to them from OACT; promoting commercial space activities and technology transfer; and enhancing NASA customer communications and interaction.
TechTracS - Technology Tracking System
The NASA Technology Tracking System (TechTracS) Forum is designed to give the public easy access to the most current information about commercial technology being developed or sponsored by NASA. We hope that you will find information contained herein useful for your particular technology needs.
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Address: http://callisto.rti.org/techtracs.html
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The NASA Technology Tracking System (TechTracS) Forum is designed to give the public easy access to the most current information technology being developed or sponsored by NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center.
NASA commercial technology is identified by a three letter prefix and number (i.e. KSC-12345). The three letter prefix (i.e. KSC) indicates the NASA Field Center (i.e. Kennedy Space Center) involved in tracking that particular piece of technology. The number uniquely identifies the commercial technology. There are four primary ways to find a particular piece of technology:
As a presentation of Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Technology Programs and Commercialization Office, this World Wide Web server provides a publicly-accessible source of information regarding the commercialization of KSC-developed technology.
How to Obtain NASA-KSC Technology:
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Address: http://www.nswses.navy.mil/Techxfr.html
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This is a database of NSWC/PHD(the Port Hueneme Division of Naval Surface Warfare Center). This provides links to the various documents and tools in the Port Hueneme Division Naval Surface Warfare Center program for Technology Transfer.
ORTA(Navy Offices of Research and Technology Applications)
This information resides on a DOD interest computer. Important conditions, restrictions, and disclaimers apply.
To derive maximum return on our country's technological investments, Congress has passed legislation to encourage the transfer of federally funded technology to the private sector. To promote this transfer, Congress mandated each Federal laboratory to create an Office of Research and Technology Applications (ORTA). Navy ORTA representatives identify and assess potential technologies and ideas from their own laboratories that may be transferred to state and local governments, industry, or universities. These representatives also assist in domestic technology transfer efforts.
An important mechanism to facilitate technology transfer is the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA). A CRADA between a Naval laboratory and industry or academia enables the commercialization of Navy-developed technology to the technological and financial benefits of both parties. Universities, industry, or individuals who wish to enter in to a CRADA with a Naval laboratory are encouraged to communicate with the nearest Navy ORTA representative. They may also communicate directly with any laboratory known to work on a technology that interests them.
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY ORTA REPRESENTATIVES:
California
District of Columbia
Indiana
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Connecticut
Florida
Maryland
Mississippi
New Mexico
South Carolina
Washington
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Address: http://www.ornl.gov/orcmt/
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This is a database of ORCMT(Oak Ridge Centers for Manufacturing Technology). This database provides "Seven core technology areas" which are organized around the national mission to improve American industrial competitiveness.
1) Manufacturing Technology Deployment:
2) Manufacturing Technology Demonstration:
3) Manufacturing Technology Development:
4) Energy and Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing:
5) Manufacturing Quality and Process Assurance:
6) Industry-Specific Technology:
7) Special Materials Processing
More than twenty centers are solving manufacturing problems and deploying technology. Oak Ridge has already helped more than a thousand companies solve manufacturing problems nationwide resulting in millions of dollars of savings and growth to industry. The Oak Ridge Centers for Manufacturing Technology is a customer-driven national resource for manufacturing.
The ORCMT uses several contractual mechanisms to work with industry, educational institutions, state and local governments, and other federal agencies.
1) Direct Technical Assistance
2) Partnerships
3) Access to Training
Interactions are designed to support the training of America's current and next generation of scientific and technical personnel.
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Address: http://tag-fileserver.larc.nasa.gov/TAG.Files/sbir.html
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This is a database for small business partnership team. This database provides SBIR and STTR.
The Small Business Partnership Team members administer the SBIR Program at the Center. The SBIR Program is:
The objectives of the SBIR Program are:
Small Business Technology Transfer Pilot Program
The Small Business Partnership Team members also administer the Small Business Technology Transfer Pilot Program (STTR) at the Center. This is a pilot program contributing to the NASA mission.
Awards are made to small business concerns.
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Address: http://tag-www.larc.nasa.gov/
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This is a database of TAG (Technology Applications Group). The TAG built a team. Key elements of the team represent four sectors in the shape of a wheel.
One sector is information and data. For TAG to be successful, we need to develop better ways to use electronic media and state-of-the-art tools to communicate internally, to archive data, and to develop databases and information that will be valuable to both the Center and to our external customers.
The second element of the wheel is the technology patent structure, which handles the "intellectual property" that is one of the focal points of industry interest. It may take the form of a hardware patent, a software program copyright or a technical know-how, but it is intellectual property. TAG has the patent staff members within its organization. This is important because the patent process is one of the tools we use for licensing and forming partnerships.
The third program element in the structure is a financial resource that NASA brings to small businesses. Those programs are the Small Business Innovation Research program (SBIR), the Small Business Technology Transfer program (STTR) and the Aerospace Industry Technology Program (AITP). This is the first year that AITP has been offered by NASA. The purpose of these programs is to stimulate businesses to partner with the government and to work in focused mission areas that have dual use and, by using dualuse technologies, generate greater competitiveness for US industry.
The fourth spoke of the wheel is the technology transfer team. These people represent engineers and scientists who have dedicated their professional careers to fostering technology partnerships with industry. They discover business needs by communicating with business; they identify the Langley technologies by knowing the Center, not just by reading papers but by knowing the people. They initiate the process of forming industry partnerships, helping to get the paperwork done, cutting the red tape, getting the agreements signed, sealed and delivered so researchers can do the work. And, very importantly, they stay with the project from beginning to end so that the TAG researcher team has a partnership or a kinship with the industry team. Partnering is an important concept in which industry is asked what they can bring to the table and how they would use NASA expertise. That expertise may take the form of a patent license, use of a facility at the Center, or a communication with a scientist or engineer. We want to help industry use this resource to turn that industry action into wealth generation and, through that, vitalize that industry sector.
This provides the overall leadership for implementation of the Center's Technology transfer and Commercialization program. This includes:
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Address: http://www.tech-board.com/tbot/
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This is a database of Stream International, Inc. which became world's largest manufacturer and reseller of computer software and services with annual revenue of more than $1.3 billion.
Stream has been formed to meet the needs of two previously distinct customer groups: software publishers, who require faster and more cost-effective ways to deliver their products to customers; and corporations, who need rapid, customized delivery of software applications and support directly to individuals' desktops. The new company will substantially reduce the time and cost of delivering and integrating multiple vendors' software products to corporate customers throughout the world. Stream's goal is to improve the productivity of individual users by delivering personal, customized documentation, training, applications integration and support.
"Stream represents the confluence of two successful businesses whose innovative offerings are being maintained and enhanced within a single organization," said Mort Rosenthal, chief executive officer of the new company, and founder of Corporate Software. "Stream intends to build the capability to deliver greater value, more choice, more customized service and faster fulfillment than ever before by closely connecting software buyers and manufacturers."
Rosenthal previously was chairman and CEO of Corporate Software. Rory Cowan, who continues as an executive vice president of R.R. Donnelley, becomes chairman of Stream. Terry Leahy, president of Global Software Services, and Steve Moore, president of Corporate Software, will serve as presidents of the new organization. R.R. Donnelley is the majority shareholder (80 percent) of the new company, with the remaining shares being primarily owned by Stream International's management and Bain Capital.
"Stream is the result of a long working relationship between two leaders in the software services industry, each with complementary capabilities and extensive knowledge gained from serving the rapidly evolving needs of both publishers and users," Cowan said. "By merging to become the global leader in software resale and services, Stream is positioned to lead the evolution of the software industry over time toward a more efficient distribution system. Our goal is instant electronic fulfillment of custom orders to individuals - integrating the software products, documentation, training and support from a variety of sources and delivering them to users at their desktops almost immediately, no matter where they may be in the world."
Stream plans to build upon its ongoing industry relationships to provide a number of key benefits, including:
Stream International Inc., which will be headquartered in the Boston area, integrates Corporate Software's distribution and support organization in North America, Europe and Japan with R.R. Donnelley's global software manufacturing and services network covering North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America. Through these combined operations, Stream's 6,000 employees serve the industry's largest independent software vendors and hardware original equipment manufacturers, as well as many of the world's largest corporate users of information technology.
Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Norwood, Mass., Corporate Software Inc. is the world's largest provider of microcomputer software and services to businesses and institutions. The privately held company, which attained 1994 revenues of approximately $650 million, is jointly owned by management and Bain Capital. The company's services include outsourcing of software support, technical training, pilot implementations, consulting, software integration and migration management. Corporate Software is an authority on software licensing and alternative distribution methods and is one of the world's largest suppliers of telephone-based technical support.
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (NYSE: DNY), founded in 1864 and headquartered in Chicago, Ill., is a world leader in managing, reproducing and distributing print and digital information for the publishing, retailing, merchandising and information technology markets. It specializes in the production of catalogs, inserts, magazines, books, directories, and financial and computer documentation. The company, with 1994 sales of $4.9 billion, employs 39,000 people in 20 countries on five continents.
Global Software Services (GSS) is an R.R. Donnelley business unit specializing in the design, manufacture, assembly and distribution of software products and documentation. It has more than 4,000 employees in 15 countries and operates 23 manufacturing plants serving key technology regions worldwide. GSS reported $650 million in sales for 1994.
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Address: http:// itre.uncecs.edu/itre/t2/t2.html
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This is a database of the T2 Center (North Carolina Technology Transfer Center for Local Transportation Agencies), which is one of 55 centers nationwide, provides a vital form of training and technical assistance. The T2 Center is funded by the Federal Highway Administration through the Local Technical Assistance Program grant and serves North Carolina's urban and rural local transportation agencies. Since it was established in 1986, the center has trained over 5,500 individuals in current road maintenance and management practices. Local agencies also receive a quarterly newsletter and have access to a technical information referral service as well as a report and videotape lending library.
The Institute for Transportation Research and Education was established in 1978, The Institute for Transportation Research and Education (ITRE) is recognized by state and local government agencies as a leading resource in transportation research and technical assistance. As a unit of North Carolina State University, ITRE provides research assistance and project administration for the 16-campus UNC system and Duke University, as well as for state government agencies.
ITRE assists local government and state government agencies in meeting a wide range of transportation challenges through the application of research. This effort is coordinated through ITRE's program areas: Highways, Local Governments, Pupil Transportation, Geographic Information Systems, and Public Transportation.
ITRE shares with North Carolina A&T State University lead institute responsibilities for the Southeastern Transportation Center, a consortium that pursues regional approaches to transportation research and training challenges. Accordingly, ITRE provides administrative coordination for cooperative research and teaching activities at STC member schools: Georgia State University, Vanderbilt University, the universities of Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, and UNC-Charlotte, UNC-Chapel Hill, NC Central University, NC State University, NC A&T State University, and Duke University.
ITRE also serves as North Carolina's Technology Transfer Center, a federally funded technical assistance program focused on local government transportation needs and issues. Furthermore, ITRE supports the activities of two newly established research centers at NC State University: the Center for Transportation and the Environment and the Transportation Materials Research Center. Both of these centers will conduct research and education activities that will have national prominence.