Chancery opens portal to education information

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Chancery Software Ltd. (Vancouver) has launched a Web portal called K12Planet.com to give parents, students, teachers and school administrators one-stop, on-line access to a range of data. Such data are traditionally stored in places ranging from a teacher's personal computer to a piece of paper in a student's backpack. Chancery is offering the new portal as an upgrade to current subscribers that already use earlier versions of the firm's software. Chancery hopes to eventually sell the portal to new users and generate additional revenue through corporate partnerships on the site. Chancery launched its first product, a student information system designed for Macintosh computers, in 1984. Chancery, which now has programs installed in more than 10,000 schools in North America, generates about $20-million (US) in annual sales. It raised $32.7-million in March from a group of investors to develop and launched K12Planet.com. As part of the portal's business model, Chancery will receive a share of revenue generated by the site from its commercial partners, which include educational tutoring service Sylvan Learning Systems Inc. (Baltimore).

General services, Chancery Software Ltd.

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Software firms' share slide

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Mountain View, Calif.-based Ariba Inc. and Foster City, Calif.-based Inktomi Corp. have begun cost cutting strategies that include significant job cuts. Industry analysts said that software companies are reporting falling revenues and issuing profit warnings to investors as information technology spending declines throughout the world.

United States, Labor force information, Financial management, Contract Software & Services, Computer integrated systems design, Internet software, Software support services, Inktomi Corp., INKT, Ariba Inc., ARBA

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ACD focuses on revenue stream

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Victoria, British Columbia-based ACD Systems International Inc provides shareware or free software for the digital images market. A new revenue model, which will require users to pay for products after a 90-day trial period, is expected to increase earnings for the firm.

Computer Services, Computer and Data Processing Services, British Columbia, Statistical Data Included, Information technology services, Company Profile, ACD Systems International Inc.

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