MarkIntel Continues Tech Coverage Expansion with New Resources

Information Today, Dec, 2000

Thomson Financial has announced that it continues to enhance the wealth of technology industry insight available from the MarkIntel database, which has added The Yankee Group, Semico Research Corp., and The Strategis Group to its more than 40 tech-oriented sources.

"Out of more than 125 market research contributors, approximately one-third are focused on technology markets that are of keen interest to the financial community," said Francine Falchook, executive vice president of Thomson Financial Investment Banking & Capital Markets Group. "Along with the recent addition of The Yankee Group, Semico, The Strategis Group, and other contributors to the MarkIntel database, we are the leading source for indexed and commingled high-tech market research, bar none."

The Yankee Group brings 30 years of knowledge and experience in areas critical to e-business, such as electronic commerce, telecommunications, wireless mobile, Internet computing, and enterprise applications to the MarkIntel research collection. More than 150 associates focus on network infrastructures and other critical components to successful e-business ventures in order to provide in-depth assessments of industry trends, market structures, products, services, technologies, and more. Individual page-level purchasing of The Yankee Group reports is only available through the MarkIntel database.

Among other new sources to MarkIntel, Semico Research Corp. exclusively contributes top-notch semiconductor industry research, which closely follows key markets using semiconductors, including the automotive, computing, electronics, and telecommunications industries. The Strategis Group publishes in-depth market research on the cable, satellite, Internet, competitive telephony, broadband, wireless, and communications industries. AMR Research, Inc. is a pre-eminent industry and market analysis firm that provides information on e-business strategy and infrastructure, focusing on enterprise and supply chain applications markets.

Additional technology-focused market research firms available from the MarkIntel database are Allied Business Intelligence, ZONA Research, Technical Insights, and Strategy Analytics.

Launched in 1992, the MarkIntel database delivers a comprehensive online collection of authoritative market and industry data and analysis. More than 125 of the world's top market research consulting firms provide expert insight into hundreds of market segments in countries around the globe. Reports are provided in original format (Adobe PDF), complete with all charts and graphs, and are fully searchable on the basis of industry, company, and geography. In total, more than 310,000 reports are available, with an average of 380 new reports added each day. To access the MarkIntel database and its newest research reports, log on to Research Bank Web at http://www.tfsd.com.

Source: Thomson Financial, Boston, 877/9TF-INFO, 617/856-4636; http://www.thomsonfinancial.com.