I am looking for comparitive analysis on top CI packages. One place I
found a reference to a bunch of them was at the link below. I couldn't
figure out what companies they were though. Any ideas???

http://www.academyci.com/ResourceCenter/intelligence.doc

Thanks,
Joel

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Request for Question Clarification by missy-ga on 12 Jun 2002 18:44 PDT

Hi Joel,

Nice to see you back with us.

I must admit, I'm a little stumped here.  Are you asking for an
interpretation of the document you've pointed us to (which,
incidentally, seems to be a decent analysis of the software packages,
having skimmed through it in preliminary research) or are you asking
for us to track down the companies?

If the former, I think I can do that.  I'm printing the document as I
type so I don't go cross-eyed trying to read it on-screen.  If the
latter, LazerFX-ga has already compiled that data, but he has gone to
bed (it's the wee small hours of the morning in the UK) and won't be
available til morning.

Please advise. 

missy-ga

Hi! Thanks for the question.

In terms of company backgrounds of the software providers and their
product features, I have found the following website which gives a
short overview of some of the products mentioned in your link.

Intelligence Software from Lowell Professional Services Limited
http://www.lowell.ca/CI/Links/intelligence_software.htm 

My next links provide the company or organization backgrounds of each
of the manufacturers and product features of these CI software.

Competitive Intelligence (CI) Spider is made by the Artificial
Intelligence Lab, headed by Dr. Hsinchun Chen at the University of
Arizona.
http://ai.bpa.arizona.edu/go/about.html 

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Corporate Intelligence Services is made by Intelliseek.
Introduction
http://www.intelliseek.com/prod/cis.htm 

General Information about Corporate Intelligence Services
http://www.intelliseek.com/aboutus/aboutus.htm
http://www.intelliseek.com/aboutus/history.htm (Company History)

Product Information
http://www.intelliseek.com/prod/ci.htm 

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Knowledge Works is made by Cipher Systems and even provides a course
in competitive intelligence.

The Partners of Cipher Systems
http://www.cipher-sys.com/website.nsf/Partners?OpenPage

Software Information
http://www.cipher-sys.com/ 

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Market Signal Analyzer developed by Docere Intelligence

Company Info and Philosophy
http://www.docereintelligence.com/company/about1.htm

Docere Intelligence’s Products and Consulting Services
http://www.docereintelligence.com/consulting/consulting1.htm

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Plumtree Corporate Portal from Plumtree Software

Company Overview of Plumtree Software
http://www.plumtree.com/company/
 
The Plumtree Corporate Portal Software straight from the manufacturer.
http://www.plumtree.com/products/platform/ 

Corporate Partners in different Industries:

Technology Partners
http://www.plumtree.com/partners/technology/

Channel Partners
http://www.plumtree.com/partners/channel/

Hosted Solutions Partners
http://www.plumtree.com/partners/asp/

Developer Partners
http://www.plumtree.com/partners/development_resources.htm 

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TextAnalyst from Mega Computer Intelligence Inc. 

Introduction
http://www.megaputer.com/products/ta/index.php3

Full Company Information
http://www.megaputer.com/company/index.php3

The Text Analyst Product Fact Sheet
http://www.megaputer.com/company/index.php3

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Wincite 7.0 from Wincite Systems

Company Overview
http://www.wincite.com/companyoverview/Overview/index.html

All About the product:
Features (http://www.wincite.com/Product/prod01.htm)
Installation Base (http://www.wincite.com/Product/graph.gif)
Services (http://www.wincite.com/Product/Support.htm ) 
Technical Specs (http://www.wincite.com/Product/environment.htm)

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Wisdom Builder from Wisdom Builder LLC

A Short Company Overview
http://www.wisdombuilder.com/about.htm

Partners
http://www.wisdombuilder.com/partners.htm 

Products
http://www.wisdombuilder.com/products.htm

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Strategy from Strategy Software

Corporate Information
http://www.strategy-software.com/indexprodia.html

Company Contact Information
http://www.strategy-software.com/indexprod.html 

Products and Services
http://www.strategy-software.com/indexprod.html

I was not able to find information on the 3 companies C-4-U Ltd,
Powerize and E-Sense. It seems that the link to their website is not
updated.

It also seems that the article you’ve got is the most definitive
source for a study about CI software since it has been cited numerous
times during my research.

The following articles about competitive intelligence software could
be of help to you.

Competitive Intelligence Software Applications -- E-Business Focuses
on Analysis and Integration for Actionable CI by Arik Johnsson
http://www.aurorawdc.com/arj_cics_competitive_intelligence_software.htm
 
Building A Competitor Profile by Competia
http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol4/competia.htm

I do hope this is what you are looking for. If you need further
clarification please do not hesitate to ask and I will give it my best
effort.

Regards,
Easterangel-ga

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Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 12 Jun 2002 20:57 PDT

Additionals:

I have found something for Powerize but still their website links do
not function.

Powerize.com Announces Enterprise Portal Service, Alliances With
Enterprise Information Portal Companies by Rebecca Jones March 20,
2000
http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb000320-2.htm

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Request for Answer Clarification by joel1357-ga on 12 Jun 2002 20:58 PDT

I did not write my question clearly. Thanks for the information given.
I am wondering what the best 150-175 CI packages are.

Thanks,
Joel

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Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 12 Jun 2002 23:04 PDT

Hi again! The clarification I have to admit is a tough one. I am
listing here the products and services I could find online with a
criteria wherein you would be able to find something about your
competition and your clients using this product. The varieties of
software capabilities mentioned are really very interesting.

I could not find a list for the top 150 – 175. 

This is a list of products from The CI Resource Index
Vividence
http://www.vividence.com/

Dialog
http://www.dialog.com/

Infominder
http://www.infominder.com/webminder/index.jsp

The Fetcher “TheFetcher is a simple Webpage: it regularly e-mails you
any Webpage you want, anytime you want. Is there a Website you want to
skim every morning, but you forget to go there every day? Worry no
more, TheFetcher is here: have this Website in your e-mailbox every
day!”
http://www.thefetcher.com/

Benztech Competitive Intelligence Systems
http://www.benztech.com/benztech/ISCompetitiveIntelligence.nsf?OpenDatabase

2s2i
http://www.2s2i.com/

Active Radar
http://www.activeradar.com/ 

Answer Chase
http://www.answerchase.com/

Aurigin Systems
http://www.aurigin.com/corproot.htm

Banxia Software
http://www.banxia.com/

Business Intelligence Builder
http://www.zeronis.fi/bibuilder.htm

Bot Box
http://www.botbox.com/

Bright Planet
http://www.brightplanet.com/

Brimstone
http://www.brimstone.se/

Catch The Web
http://www.catchtheweb.com/

Citeline
http://www.citeline.com/C1SE/search

ClearForest
http://www.clearforest.com/

Click Garden
http://www.clickgarden.com/about/index.html

Decise
http://www.decise.com/

Current Analysis
http://www.currentanalysis.com/

Cyber Watcher
http://www.cyberwatcher.com/

Cyveillance
http://www.cyveillance.com/

Digimind
http://www.digimind-corp.com/

Goldridge Strategic Landscapes
http://www.goldridge.net/

FindAgent
http://www.findagent.biz/

Hitwise
http://www.hitwise.com/ss/

IBNet PLC
http://www.ibnetplc.com/index_ie.asp?section=0

Yellow Brix
http://www.yellowbrix.com/pages/www/index.nsp

Mindful Eye
http://www.mindfuleye.com/

Net Periscope
http://www.netperiscope.com/netperiscopenew/

Rocket Info
http://www.rocketinfo.com/2corporate/

Track Engine
http://www.trackengine.com/servlets/com.nexlabs.trackengine.ui.Login

Rotondo Spider
http://www.eurospider.com/eurospider.php

Strategic Finder
http://www.strategicfinder.com/

TEMIS
http://www.temis-group.com/

TEXIS
http://www.thunderstone.com/texis/site/pages

Vantage Point
http://www.thevantagepoint.com/

Vizigence
http://www.vizigence.com/

WebQL from Caesius Software
http://www.webql.com/

Webspector from Illumix Software
http://www.webspector.com/

WhizBang Labs
http://www.whizbanglabs.com/

I do hope that this is what you require. Some products are merely
search engines so I did not include them. There are also products,
which have bad links to their websites.

The link for the complete list of CI software can be found here.
(It boasts of 120 CI products listed.

CI Resource Software
http://www.bidigital.com/ci/Software/ 

Again please do not hesitate for a clarification so I could get back
to your question. Again thanks for visiting us.

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Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 12 Jun 2002 23:24 PDT

More Additionals:

I have finally found the C-4-U website.

Introduction
http://www.c4u.com/  

About the Company
http://www.c4u.com/about2.html

Contact Information
http://www.c4u.com/contactus.html