Biocare Share Discussion Threads

[haystack] 24/4/2001 16:06

We did not bother to put a press release out as we are much smaller
than BSN. It obviously means more to BSN than it did to me when we
were made an Independant Solution Provider. It has the potential to
make much more money for BSN than it did for my company. The point I
am trying to make is that it is not necessarily a deal that is going
to make any money. It is a bit like employing a salesperson. They make
bring in some business or they may not. This is not a 'dewal' at all.
It is just a distributor agreement. It is nice to have your software
distributed by IBM, but it does not always make you any money.

[jt] 24/4/2001 16:01

Without the Pru being a seller the share price would have achieved more today.

[mr.elbee] 24/4/2001 15:39

He's lonely.

[mr.elbee] 24/4/2001 15:34

So will the price rise or fall.We must know.Should I buy AU or BSN?Decisions.............mind-blowing ones.

[adam45] 24/4/2001 15:31

Giant Haystacks

I assume IBM made similar comments when your company established a relationship?
You have quotes from the IBM Director for Sales & Media saying how delighted he was? No? How about a quote from the Alliance Manager for the IBM Web Server Division? No?

Oh. I guess you are wrong in your assumption then.



[summit] 24/4/2001 14:28

Haystack

You're just not posting enough on this BB. Your bear attack won't be sustained unless we see your usual multiple rantings at every BSN announcement. Go on give it another go and slag BSN off again. Anyone would think you were Mike Lynch in disguise the way you constantly deramp BSN.

[mr.elbee] 24/4/2001 13:52

So it's possible then that the price will rise then?.

[haystack] 24/4/2001 13:23

No. It is not a bad thing. It is not such a good announcenent as it seems, thats all. There have been complaints by the Stock Exchange about companies using the RNS news for minor announcements. There have been car manufacturers using RNS to announce new car models, with advertising blurb within the notice describing the leather seats etc. I think that this BSN announcement comes under this category. It is just hype. The list of IBM Independant Solution Pooviders runs to hundreds of thousands. It just like appointing a distributer for your goods. It doesn't imply any sales, revenue or even the likelyhood of success in selling anything.

[mr.elbee] 24/4/2001 13:01

Is it a bad thing for the company then Mr. haystack?Should I sell??

[jt] 24/4/2001 11:40

This latest deal must change sentiment towards BSN.

[adam45] 24/4/2001 11:25

Some very solid buying going on.

[skylark] 24/4/2001 10:24

The and the seem to be having an affect. The price is up 12% so far this morning.

[barman92] 24/4/2001 10:19

"Bair, 37, is Senior Vice President, of Knowledge Management for Strategy
Partners and one of the world's leading information technology consultancies
with over 30 years of IT experience. He is a world-renowned expert in the
fields of knowledge and content management"

Shurely shome mishtake. Unless he was busily gaining IT experience at the age of 7 in 1971.

[piu888] 24/4/2001 10:18

Another massive contract for BSN. He's right when he said BSN is going to be bigger than Autonomy. Get in before the rocket is litted.

[skylark] 24/4/2001 09:42

There is an today suggesting that Dan may split Smartlogic from BSN and take the remaining business private leaving Smartlogic to be run by Steve Hill and David Jefferies.

[skylark] 24/4/2001 09:41

There is an today suggesting that Dan may split Smartlogic from BSN and take the remaining business private leaving Smartlogic to be run by Steve Hill and David Jefferies.

[haystack] 23/4/2001 22:50

Trustme

Have you tried the Offcice Shopper web site. Their prices are amazing. I can get almost anything from Viking, Quill etc. for far less. I was contacted by someone from Office Shopper after I registered and tried it. Thye asked me what I thought of it. I said that th site was very nice and functional. I also said that the prices were way too high and there was nothing that I could buy from the site without paying over the odds for it. The person replied that this was the usual comment from most people that they interviewed. I was told that because they do not sell much, they cannot get very good discounts from the manufacturers. When did this take place - nearly a year and a half ago. I revisited the site a couple of days ago. If anything, the prices are even higher. This not going to be any sort of a money maker in the short term. It looks like they are still not doing enough volume.

[haystack] 23/4/2001 22:48

Summit

Have you tried the Offcice Shopper web site. Their prices are amazing. I can get almost anything from Viking, Quill etc. for far less. I was contacted by someone from Office Shopper after I registered and tried it. Thye asked me what I thought of it. I said that th site was very nice and functional. I also said that the prices were way too high and there was nothing that I could buy from the site without paying over the odds for it. The person replied that this was the usual comment from most people that they interviewed. I was told that because they do not sell much, they cannot get very good discounts from the manufacturers. When did this take place - nearly a year and a half ago. I revisited the site a couple of days ago. If anything, the prices are even higher. This not going to be any sort of a money maker in the short term. It looks like they are still not doing enough volume.

[mr.elbee] 20/4/2001 00:07

Impression of Hay stack........."It cant happen!It mustnt happen!I[and my pals]wont let it happen!"Be careful.Once out of favour with the City it's very difficult to get back in.

[lurkalot] 19/4/2001 11:19

Anybody know how long the money will last?

[summit] 17/4/2001 10:16

Today sees more news to back up the Smartlogik statement above that they are as yet seeing no slowdown in orders, despite many others feeling the pinch.

RNS Number:1185C
Bright Station PLC
17 April 2001



Smartlogik secures $500,000 contract from Better TV


London, 17 April, 2001. Bright Station plc (www.brightstation.com)(LSE: BSN,
NASDAQ: BSTN), today announced that its information discovery subsidiary
Smartlogik (www.smartlogik.com), has secured a US$500,000 contract to provide
search and categorisation solutions to Tel Aviv based Better TV Group.


Better TV is combining Smartlogik's muscatdiscoverya and muscatstructurea
products with its own WiseGuideTM solution.


Better TV is the developer of WiseGuideTM technology - an innovative
personalisation and profiling tool for interactive media platforms:
Interactive TV (iTV), broadband services and Mobile Wireless devices.



Explaining the way Better TV will use Smartlogik's solutions, Ori Shapira, CEO
of Better TV Group says: "Smartlogik technology helps us to build a solution
which provides interactive TV companies with the ability to categorise and
search large numbers of text pages. This dramatically increases our
personalisation capabilities. Through personalisation systems, TV companies
can build marketing channels that deliver targeted content, services and
advertising."



Commenting on the relationship, Shapira said: "We considered other knowledge
management companies, however Smartlogik was more professional, proactive and
helpful. There was a transparency about its operation and offering, and we
felt they had more to offer us in a partnership"


Speaking of the partnership, Stephen Hill, CEO of Smartlogik, said: "We are
delighted to have secured Better TV as a client. Working closely with Better
TV, we have been able to assist them in accelerating the time to market of a
solution that satisfies international client demands. This contract continues
our success in the digital media market and further demonstrates the success
of our international sales program."



- ENDS -


For further information please contact:
Campbell Macpherson, Strategic Planning & Marketing Director 020 7930 6900



Bright Station plc

[e-mail]

John Fanning, Marketing Director 020 7930 6900


Smartlogik

[e-mail]


John Olsen 020 7357 9477

Hogarth Partnership Ltd

[e-mail]



Notes to editors:

Bright Station plc

Bright Station plc invents or acquires innovative Internet technologies and
transforms them into technology-driven businesses. Its main divisions are:

Smartlogik - Creates decision makers and corporate efficiencies through its
superior knowledge management and information discovery solutions. Smartlogik
solutions enable organizations to make sense out of unstructured information.
Unlike many of the competitive offerings, Smartlogik solutions are tailored to
the unique requirements of each customer thus providing more accurate and more
precise results. Smartlogik operates a multi-channel strategy consisting of
direct sales, a Value Added Reseller program and a consultancy arm.

Sparza - An eCommerce ASP providing online retailers with state-of-the-art
Internet shopping solutions at a fraction of the cost. By outsourcing their
entire web store operations to Sparza, retailers are able to remove eCommerce
from their balance sheets, thus enabling them to concentrate on the
value-adding parts of the business such as customer service, product
development and marketing.

WebTop - The next generation Internet search services company with one of the
largest web indexes in the world. Over 500 million web pages have been
catalogued and organized into information zones to deliver context specific
and accurate information retrieval on the web.

OfficeShopper - The Internet procurement and business supplies vendor
providing businesses with everything from copier paper, printer cartridges,
the latest fax machines, and the humble paperclip to an impressive range of
office furniture.

Bright Station Ventures - responsible for nurturing, and investing in,
promising technology and Internet start-up businesses leveraging Bright
Station's world-class technology assets and expertise.



Bright Station Symphony - responsible for coordinating the various assets of
Bright Station to provide integrated IT solutions for major partners such as
Virgin and Intel.


Better TV Technologies


Better TV Technologies (Btv) is a developer of personalisation and profiling
tools for all major Interactive TV applications including TV, Pay Per View,
Video on Demand, movies and content, internet sites, wall-gardened services,
advertising and ecommerce.


Btv's mission is to create the ultimate software management tool that will
shape the future of the Interactive services.

Btv has developed personalized entertainment management solutions that will
substantially increase revenues for operators, infrastructure and advertising
companies.


END

[trustme] 17/4/2001 09:14

RNS Number:1185C
Bright Station PLC
17 April 2001



Smartlogik secures $500,000 contract from Better TV


London, 17 April, 2001. Bright Station plc (www.brightstation.com)(LSE: BSN,
NASDAQ: BSTN), today announced that its information discovery subsidiary
Smartlogik (www.smartlogik.com), has secured a US$500,000 contract to provide
search and categorisation solutions to Tel Aviv based Better TV Group.


Better TV is combining Smartlogik's muscatdiscoverya and muscatstructurea
products with its own WiseGuideTM solution.


Better TV is the developer of WiseGuideTM technology - an innovative
personalisation and profiling tool for interactive media platforms:
Interactive TV (iTV), broadband services and Mobile Wireless devices.



Explaining the way Better TV will use Smartlogik's solutions, Ori Shapira, CEO
of Better TV Group says: "Smartlogik technology helps us to build a solution
which provides interactive TV companies with the ability to categorise and
search large numbers of text pages. This dramatically increases our
personalisation capabilities. Through personalisation systems, TV companies
can build marketing channels that deliver targeted content, services and
advertising."



Commenting on the relationship, Shapira said: "We considered other knowledge
management companies, however Smartlogik was more professional, proactive and
helpful. There was a transparency about its operation and offering, and we
felt they had more to offer us in a partnership"


Speaking of the partnership, Stephen Hill, CEO of Smartlogik, said: "We are
delighted to have secured Better TV as a client. Working closely with Better
TV, we have been able to assist them in accelerating the time to market of a
solution that satisfies international client demands. This contract continues
our success in the digital media market and further demonstrates the success
of our international sales program."



- ENDS -


For further information please contact:
Campbell Macpherson, Strategic Planning & Marketing Director 020 7930 6900



Bright Station plc

[e-mail]

John Fanning, Marketing Director 020 7930 6900


Smartlogik

[e-mail]


John Olsen 020 7357 9477

Hogarth Partnership Ltd

[e-mail]



Notes to editors:

Bright Station plc

Bright Station plc invents or acquires innovative Internet technologies and
transforms them into technology-driven businesses. Its main divisions are:

Smartlogik - Creates decision makers and corporate efficiencies through its
superior knowledge management and information discovery solutions. Smartlogik
solutions enable organizations to make sense out of unstructured information.
Unlike many of the competitive offerings, Smartlogik solutions are tailored to
the unique requirements of each customer thus providing more accurate and more
precise results. Smartlogik operates a multi-channel strategy consisting of
direct sales, a Value Added Reseller program and a consultancy arm.

Sparza - An eCommerce ASP providing online retailers with state-of-the-art
Internet shopping solutions at a fraction of the cost. By outsourcing their
entire web store operations to Sparza, retailers are able to remove eCommerce
from their balance sheets, thus enabling them to concentrate on the
value-adding parts of the business such as customer service, product
development and marketing.

WebTop - The next generation Internet search services company with one of the
largest web indexes in the world. Over 500 million web pages have been
catalogued and organized into information zones to deliver context specific
and accurate information retrieval on the web.

OfficeShopper - The Internet procurement and business supplies vendor
providing businesses with everything from copier paper, printer cartridges,
the latest fax machines, and the humble paperclip to an impressive range of
office furniture.

Bright Station Ventures - responsible for nurturing, and investing in,
promising technology and Internet start-up businesses leveraging Bright
Station's world-class technology assets and expertise.



Bright Station Symphony - responsible for coordinating the various assets of
Bright Station to provide integrated IT solutions for major partners such as
Virgin and Intel.


Better TV Technologies


Better TV Technologies (Btv) is a developer of personalisation and profiling
tools for all major Interactive TV applications including TV, Pay Per View,
Video on Demand, movies and content, internet sites, wall-gardened services,
advertising and ecommerce.


Btv's mission is to create the ultimate software management tool that will
shape the future of the Interactive services.

Btv has developed personalized entertainment management solutions that will
substantially increase revenues for operators, infrastructure and advertising
companies.

[mjf123] 06/4/2001 11:55

Date: 06 Apr 2001 11:16:37
Service: AFX
LONDON (AFX) - Bright Station's SmartLogik unit said it sees no slowdown in
its orders, despite profit warnings by its peers, and its revenues are
continuing to grow quarter-on-quarter, as will be revealed in first quarter
results.
"I think increased competition is one of the key reasons that some of our
competitors may be feeling the pinch at the moment," said chief executive, Dan
Wagner.
"The knowledge management sector is projected to be worth 3 bln stg in
Europe alone within the next 2-3 years. There is plenty of room for a host of
competitors in such a large market."
Earlier, peer Autonomy Corp PLC warned that its revenues and earnings will
be lower than expected after a major slowdown in European IT spending.
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