Business And Financial Resources


Global Network Navigator Business Pages

http://gnn.com/gnn/bus/index.html

An easy to use and well organized site listing of numerous business sources found on the Internet. Many markets and interests are represented here.


NCSA What's New Page

http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/Docs/whats-new.html

On of the most visited pages on the web. See why businesses pay up to $7,500 per week to sponsor this page. Always well done - anyone wishing to see what GOOD web pages look like should come here. Even though the pages are of a commercial flair - they can give you ideas on just how businesses should expose themselves and their products via the WWW. See you there!


Industry.Net

http://www.industry.com

Mostly a business related web search guide but still useful for many users. Includes an online yellow page listing and product information on all types of products and vendors. The database is searchable so if you need to find (for example) who sells and makes widgets and where they are located - then this searchable resource is your cup of tea. Site list is huge and growing.


McKinley Internet Directory

http://www.mckinley.com

A "yellow pages" directory of over 40,000 URLs !! The largest single directory listing available on the web to date. Your chances are high of finding what you were or are looking for on the web. Fantastic. Brought to you by Christine Maxwell (daughter of the late Robert Maxwell). Christine has become herself a new breed of Internet publishing tycoons.


AT&T 1-800 listings

http://att.net/dir800

A very complete 1-800 directory listing of businesses that offer toll free calling. Updated daily. Easy to use and find what you're looking for.


Internet White pages

http://home.mcom.com/commun/internet_white_pages.html

Various links and pointers to listings and searchers that can find individuals on the Internet. Find folks that have web home pages or find folks that have email addresses or folks that might post to Usenet. Other searchers and indexes also available. This site is brought to you by the folks at Netscape Communications.


Internet Yellow and White pages directories and the Four11 listings

http://home.mcom.com/home/internet-white-pages.html

http://yellow.com/

http://www.four11.com

The Internet "phone books" which contain numerous listings of both personal amd business addresses. Includes email addresses and Web URLs.


Nynex Yellow Pages

http://www.vtcom.fr/nynex

Nynex, which is the Northeast US region's largest local phone company now has their complete Yellow Pages directory and listing avalable through the World-Wide Web. It offers a searchable database and a a search using a clickable map and includes clickable links to many business home pages.


NetPages

http://www.aldea.com/wwwindex.html

A project that is still under construction but is still very useful. It's like a white pages and yellow pages directory of the Internet all rolled up into one big offering. It offers a searchable database and when this thing is finished (well... more complete) it's going to be a knockout!


Web Directory for Companies and Commerce on the WWW

http://www.directory.net

Alarmingly growing by leaps and bounds. I dare you to find one individual here - I triple dare you. (an affirmative reaction to a WIRED Mag article)


Manufacturer's hotlist

http://wwwww.svcmerch.com/service/svcmerc.html

After going to URL choose "Manufacturer's 800 numbers" list contains hundreds of Manufacturers from A --> Z.


Commercial Sites Index

http://www.directory.net

This web index provides daily reports, index listings and updates on all the new commercial sites available on the web. This index offers site annotations so the user is somewhat briefed and informed before deciding to choose a link to a commercial site for further investigation. This web site is sponsored by Open Market Inc. and remains a free idex service to the public. If you want the latest info on new commercial web sites then this is the place to go. Accurate and professional update reports daily.


Thomas Ho's Favorite Electronic Commerce WWW Research

http://www.iupui.edu/~ho/interests/commmenu.html

A large page download (182K) but an invaluable resource and worth every second of your time. Thomas Ho chairs the Computer Technology Dept at Purdue Univ and this resource to electronic commerce info on the Internet is complete and extremely professional. Links and pointers to most anything you could possibly want or need to know about electronic commerce.


BizWeb

http://www.bizweb.com/

A vast catalog of business and commercially related Internet sites arranged by market. This catalog is growing at a rapid pace as business resources and sites on the Internet continue to increase dramatically.


Professionals Online

http://www.prosonline.com

A large listing with numerous links to a variety of online resources aimed at the business community. Continually updated and maintained site.


FinanCenter

http://www.financenter.com/resources

All sorts of links and information await you relating to personal financing and personal/home money matters. There are online calculators designed to be used to figure out loan/mortage payments, loan comparisons, mortgage qualifucations, auto loans, investment portfolios and more! There are many dictionaries available that will explain financial terminology, types of loans (adjustable rates, balloon, etc...) and there is simply too much to list or explain in this brief annotation. A great site with well appointed links that is offered free to the public - a definite asset on the 'net.


Mortgage Query Calculator

http://ibc.wustl.edu/mort.html

A fantastic collection of easy to use online financial calculators. Simply fill in the blanks on these web forms and away you go - everything from simple mortgages to many other financial calculations is available.


FinanceNet


The information network that links and informs public finance professionals on the Internet.

NEW GOVERNMENT ASSET SALES WWW PAGE AND LISTSERVER

FinanceNet is now reaching out to the general public in offering a "one-stop-shop" for information on the sale of all manner of public assets from real property and loans to planes, boats, cars, jewelry, and just about anything that any government, Federal, state, local or International, will be offering for sale to the general public electronically.

This effort to build marketing efficiencies and reduce the cost to taxpayer's of offering these assets for sale is an outgrowth of the broader FinanceNet mission to improve the accountability and stewardship of public resources Information will be provided here not only on items and inventory directly available for sale by government entities, but also as announcements for sales events and public auctions all around the world.

The GovSales Public Mailing List

You can subscribe to our free public listserv for "GovSales" and begin to automatically receive many of these sales and auction announcements and notices by directly by email. To subscribe, in the first line of body of an email send the message:

subscribe govsales yourfirstname yourlastname

then address and send the message to:

mailto:LISTPROC@financenet.gov

You can also visit our FinanceNet World Wide Web page for Government Asset Sales which is populated with scores of useful documents, guidance and general resources for those seeking to acquire Government assets of all kinds. FinanceNet will be the Internet "clearing house" for all such public offerings of Government assets, all in one location. The URL is:

http://www.financenet.gov/sales.htm

The general URL for financeNet is:

http://www.financenet.gov/

Information on all FinanceNet public listservers are now listed on the gopher server's main directory tree at:

gopher://gopher.financenet.gov/FinanceNet Public Mailing Lists

Financenet encourages state and local governments and educational institutions to participate in this important "reinvention initiative" by promoting participation in FinanceNet's public mailing lists and by supplying financial documents and/or exchanging pointers between electronic libraries.

Visit our URLs:

http://www.financenet.gov/

gopher://gopher.financenet.gov/

ftp://ftp.financenet.gov/

news://news.financenet.gov

NEW ADDITIONS TO FINANCENET ELECTRONIC LIBRARIES

New Under /Happenings in Financial Management

New Under /Documents, Publications and Standards:

New Under /Closely Related Networks:


Big Dreams newsletter

http://www.wimsey.com/~duncans

Duncan's enthusiasm and off-beat style is infectious. Sometimes informative and often funny he gives a humorous approach to offering valuable info. Tongue in cheek articles along with analogous snippets will keep you reading 'till the wee hours of dawn. Take what he says with a grain of salt but for the cost of a newsletter subscription (free) why not give it a try? You might like it. Not for everyone - but then - what is? If you can read between the lines - there is a lot of sound advice in his humor.


Currency Converter (David Koblas's Web Page)

http://www.ora.com/cgi-bin/ora/currency

From Yen to Lira to British pounds to US dollars, even if your travels are strictly virtual this page is not only informative - it's fun!


Economics (exchange rates, economic info)

gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/ebb

http://gopher.econ.lsa.umich.edu

Coca-Cola Home Page (The Galaxy of Coca-Cola)

http://www.cocacola.com

The heading on this new web page reads, "The Official Destination For The World's Leading Soft Drink and Best Known Trademark" and it's hard to argue with any of that. Not only are the web pages well designed and graphically cool but there is lots of info availble on the Coca-Cola Company here. Earnings results for each quarter, stock info and all types of product info are within these pages (no you won't find Coke's secret recipe here) Also planned is a listing of upcoming Coca-Cola sponsored events and happenings. This is well done web site and the style is unmistakenly hip and fresh. Pretty awesome for a corporate site - other companies - take note of this web offering - in fact - take lots of notes on this well done web site.


Argiope Web Development Company

http://www.argiope.com

Argiope Web Services is a World Wide Web development company. We help businesses establish a commercial presence on the Internet by designing and implementing World Wide Web sites.

Argiope provides extensive technical and creative services -- HTML authoring; photo manipulation and design of custom graphics such as logos, borders, and icons; clickable image design; transparent and interlaced GIFs and inline JPEGs; copy writing; audio and video file editing, formatting and integration; online forms; CGI scripts and server-side includes; password authentication; user forums and chat pages; database interfacing and search engines; complete server development and customization on a wide variety of platforms; development of custom interactivity; an in-house Web server with T1 access to the Internet, and online publicity services.

Argiope Web Services has technical and creative talent, but also has the business sense to realize that skill and style are useless without a well thought out plan addressing each client's unique needs. Argiope Web Services will build a Web site that accurately represents each business with appropriate style, and employs language and images that visitors will respond to, not just a flashy showcase of graphics and techno-fluff.


Builder's Graphics and Custom Home designs WWW page

http://www.primenet.com/~mrclark/builders.html

As the title says... just another enterprising venture using the web as a medium of info-exchange and info-projection. This company can now enter many markets it could not otherwise reach. Head on over here to see how construction based and architectural companies can effectively use the WWW. Incidentally this is not a conglomerate but a small specialty company.


Architectural Gopher Database

gopher://library.berkeley.edu/Research Databases/Architecture

All sorts of architectural info with links and related links to many other gopher sites. Text files, drawings, diagrams, etc. This is a great place to start finding out about arcitecture and architectural design.


Architecture and Building: Net Resources

http://www.uky.edu/Artsource/bibliographies/brwon.html

ftp://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/inetdirsstacks

Jeanne Brown, the architectural resources librarian at UNLV has created what might be the most complete and comprehensive list of architectural net resources available. Anyone interested in this topic should check read this highly detailed directory listing. With a list like this in your hands you'll have the world of architectural net resources within your grasp.


HomeStyles

http://homestyles.com/hs

Commercial site that has building plans for you to browse and then purchase


MicroPatent Web Services

http://www.micropat.com/

Patent Images are finally available on the internet. You can test drive MicroPatent's Web Services and view any front page back to 1975 free of charge. You can also search the full-text of this week's US issued patents or last week's issued patents. Then you can view those front pages by simply clicking a button. All the pages of all the patents back to 1975 will be available shortly.


Quote.Com

http://www.quote.com/

Business and market news, market analysis, business profiles, stock info, and many other related business and financial information is located here.


PC Quote - Unlimited Free Stock Quotes

http://www.spacecom.com/Participants/pcquote

PC Quote offers unlimited free stock quotes to the public. PC Quote also provides info on real-time and delayed securities, futures and financial news from around the world. The company's data is used to prepare the daily stock tables that appear in The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, and dozens of other major newspapers across the country. Also, most of the nation's on-line services,such as CompuServe and America On-Line, use PC Quote data to format their stock and financial services.


American Stock Exchange Home Page (AMEX Home Page)

http://amex.com

The American Stock Exchange offers a comprehensive web site that not only contains a wealth of information - it is a well laid out web site offering quickly downloaded info and fast web pages.


Philadelphia Stock Exchange Home Page

http://www.libertynet.org:80/~PHLX/

The Philadelphia, PA (US) stock exchange is now online via the WWW. This is a project that is expanding to include a vast variety of financial and stock information. So far this site looks very good and is getting better and better with each new addition and each new page and link offered.


EDGAR Online

gopher://town.hall.org

EDGAR is a searchable database of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings and other related SEC information.


Electronic Messaging Association site (EMA)

http://www.ema.org/ema

The Electronic Messaging Association (EMA) is an inter-industry forum dedicated to the promotion, development and use of electronic messaging technologies for secure global electronic commerce.

Founded in 1983, EMA is now composed of nearly 500 user and provider member companies representing industries, such as aerospace, financial services, natural resources, consulting, hardware and software development, and network service providers. This gathering of a diverse user and provider membership creates the most comprehensive resource for information on the messaging industry and the issues affecting its future.

The mission of the Association is to foster an environment for the open exchange of information, opinions, and analysis of electronic messaging to advance electronic commerce and communication technologies. To achieve this goal, EMA focuses on three principle areas: technology, public policy, and education.

EMA has long been an active voice in the evolution of electronic messaging technology and standards. The focus of the organization is to remove barriers to global interoperability and connectivity. EMA assists in the definition, development, and endorsement of messaging standards, but more importantly champions the testing, demonstration, and implementation of pragmatic operating conventions and practices.

In addition, EMA is a leader in shaping messaging industry public policy. Representing its membership, EMA promotes legislative policies favorable to the development of electronic commerce to government agencies, technical standards bodies, and consumer groups. The work of EMA is a significant factor in adoption of public policies that encourage rather than inhibit the deployment of electronic messaging for use as a commercial tool.

Education is an essential part of EMA's charter. The Association sponsors and provides training materials, publications, tutorials, conferences, and meetings to promote an understanding of electronic messaging and related technologies for its membership and the public.

As the only trade association dedicated exclusively to electronic messaging, EMA's role will continue to expand in the coming years with the rapid growth of the industry. EMA enthusiastically supports the evolution and improvement of electronic messaging technologies for the exchange of information and commercial applications.


Online Bookstores and Publishing Houses


Macmillan Publishing

http://www.mcp.com

Computer Literacy Bookshops

http://www.clbooks.com

Online BookStore

http://marketplace.com:80/0/obs/obshome.html

http://marketplace.com/obs/obshome.html

Bookport

http://www.bookport.com

BSU (Book Stacks Unlimited)

http://www.books.com

ftp://ftp.books.com

telnet://books.com

Powell's Technical Books

http://technical.powells.portland.or.us

Titlenet

http://www.infor.com

gopher://gopher.infor.com

Intertain.Com

http://intertain.com

UCI Bookstore

http://bookweb.cwis.uci.edu:8042

gopher://gopherserver.cwis.uci.edu/Entertainment/UCI Bookstore

All offer huge, searchable databases of offerings listed by topic, by author or can be searched by ISBN number. These are some of the best examples of "book stores" (and more) on the web. UCI is the only college bookstore (Univ of Calif at Irvine) that is listed here - the rest being commercial offerings. But all are first-class sites that should be visited.


Amtrak WWW page

http://www.amtrak.com

Hey folks... I don't speak for Amtrak but I thought this was interesting.

PR Newswire and Amtrak WWW info

WASHINGTON, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Amtrak, the nation's rail passenger network, now offers it latest promotions and products on the internet via World Wide Web, and celebrates with a sweepstakes and special discount to internet users. Some 50 Amtrak pages of Amtrak photographs and text are continuously available to anyone with computerized access to the internet by entering: HTTP://WWW.AMTRAK.COM.

Amtrak browsers qualify for a special 10 percent discount for all travel through June 15 -- coach and first class. This offer may be extended so see the Web page for details.

"Amtrak is proud to be a travel industry pioneer in reaching customers for real-time marketing utilizing global technology," said Thomas M. Downs, Amtrak president. "Amtrak will use the internet to reach millions of potential Amtrak passengers broadening the company's customer base and providing travelers with a matchless travel experience."

Amtrak's internet pages detail new train services and include Amtrak's travel planner, illustrated with graphics and pictures. Special promotional offers are also available, and Amtrak's timetables will be on-line in the near future. Each month throughout 1995, Amtrak's Internet Sweepstakes will award two sets of All Aboard America transcontinental round-trip coach tickets to World Wide Web users. All visitors to Amtrak's home pages will be automatically entered in the sweepstakes.


Continental Resources

gopher://gopher.scranton.com/Local Businesses Online - Virtual Mall

Do you know all those gadgets and products that you see on TV Infomercials and late night cable are actually offered through this gopher. Well, most of the products anyway. You choose which product you'd like info on and and then you download the info and order form. Print outthe order form and mail it away (postal mail) with your check/money order and the product will be delivered to your doorstep (or wherever you want it delivered to).


Web Referencing Kit

http://apollo.co.uk/web-kit.html

Is your home page getting enough hits? Are you doing all you can to promote your site? Find out how to quickly and easily get your name out over the Net. See Apollo's Web Referencing Kit.


Guide to Computer Vendors (Hardware and Software - multi platform)

http://www.ronin.com/SBA/

Complete listing of various computer and computer related vendors and suppliers. Numerous platforms and systems represented. Updated regularly.


Framenet

http://branch.com:1080/frames/frames.html

Offers picture frames for photo and artwork through the web. Includes a visual catalog and info on every frame that is offered including the picture frame dimensions and construction materials and where it is made.


Salem Five Cents Savings Bank and Financial Calculators

http://www.salemfive.com/salemfive/

Salem Five Cents Savings Bank in New England (US), has opened a virtual branch on the World Wide Web. This marks the first time a New England bank has offered a fully interactive presence on the Web. Online customers who purchase Certificates of Deposit can lock in special rates. Interactive calculators allow you to perform savings and investment planning, calculate an estimate of mortgage potential, and more!


Carlos A. Howard Funeral Home Page

http://www.melanet.com/shops/Carlos_A_Howard_Funeral_Home/

This funeral home decided to set up shop on the Web and has done a very good job of it. Photos of various caskets and info on various services that can be provided are on this page. Funeral arrangements become a simple point-and-click-with-your-web-browser affair. Ordering can be done right from this secure web page. Products can be delivered anywhere.


Sweeps Vacuum Page

http://branch.com/sweeps/sweeps.html

A company offering vacuum cleaners for sale on the web. Can ship anywhere.


Sponsorable Site Directory (Internet Traffic page)

http://www.i-traffic.com/60.html

Interactive Traffic Company has just released an online directory of sponsorable sites called The Traffic Resource. It's meant to help the online marketing community sort through all the recent (and forthcoming) announcements about sponsorable sites. It's the framework for a complete "link-buying" guide. It's free to view and free to place a listing.

Each listing includes such information as: the type of site (publication or electronic magazine, directory, mall, services, etc.), its intended target market, ownership, online status, traffic stats, rates, whether the site requires visitor registration, etc. The directory is not tied to any third-party traffic-measurement service and intends to evolve to meet whatever rate/measurement standards emerge. This "traffic list" is just starting up and so the listings are evolving and being posted and will soon be a major site for individuals and companies/vendors to turn to.


Web Digest For Marketers (WDFM)

http://nyweb.com/webdigest

WDFM is a bi-weekly executive summary aimed at marketers who need to stay on top of the latest events in marketing sites on The Web. Each site has a short description of what you can expect to find if you should decide to visit the site yourself. The online samples issues are hyperlinked and will take you directly to the site mentioned when you click on it. Subscribers receive a simple text file delivered via email. For those who wish to receive a sample copy of WDFM via email, simply address your mail to "sampleWDFM@advert.com", and you'll automatically receive that sample issue in return. If you choose to visit the web site, you'll also be able to retrieve articles on World Wide Web marketing by Larry Chase, President of The Online Ad Agency. The articles appear in Marketing Tools Magazine (a Dow Jones publication) and Direct Marketing News, a new client of The Online Ad Agency. or further info on this service contact: Larry Chase at his email address:


Southwestern Exposure

http://www.rt66.com:80/swest

Secure transaction pages accept Visa and Mastercard for purchases. This is a really cool site because it offers neat and hard to find "boutique" and one of a kind items you won't find elsewhere. The items for sale all come from New Mexico. Everything from jewelry to South West cookbooks. Lots of catalog images and descriptive text to help guide your purchase decision. Even if you don't intend to buy - this place is great to browse through.


Commercial Internet Services

http://www.directory.net/

A large listing of computer vendors' Web sites and home pages.


Security APL Stock Quotes page

http://www.secapl.com/cgi-bin/qs

Updated every three minutes Mon-Fri 8:00am - 6:00pm EST this site has stock market info and quotes from NASDAQ, the American Stock Exchange and Canadian Exchanges. The New York Stock Exchange is planned to be added at a later date. This site is searchable and you can obtain charts and graphs following stocks over a specified period of time. The info is provided by North American Quotations, Inc and has a 15 minute delay.


Wall Street News

http://Wall-Street-News.com/

http://Wall-Street-News.com/forecasts

A good resource for market trends and financial news and information. This site has many valuable links to other finance related pages and resources.


LEGO Product site

http://legowww.itek.norut.no

This has to be one of the coolest and most fun commercial sites around.


The Internet Shopkeeper

http://www.ip.net/shops.html

Cruise through this expanding mall of wares or set up shop yourself. This is a public internet web shop where anyone can set up a shop of their own.


Taxing Times - US and Canadian Tax information

http://www.scubed.com:8001/tax/tax.html

Holy moly! A complete info-base of US and CAN tax info including tax forms and other legally acceptable documents. So long H&R Blockhead!


Mammon Internet Stock Market

telnet://mammon.media.mit.edu 10900

A stock market simulation game where players start out with $100,000 in play money. Just like the pros - invest in stocks, currencies, futures. Each day the player's portfolio value changes. The only thing you stand to lose is a lot of your time playing this great simulation.


First Slovenian Bank on WWW

http://www.skb.si

SKB BANKA d.d. - First Slovenian Bank on WWW. The SKB BANKA d.d. has its WWW server up and running now. There's a presentation of the bank itself as well as some interesting facts about the Slovenian economy. Hmmm...


IRS home page

http://www.ustreas.gov/treasury/bureaus/irs/irs.html

The Tax Man online. Unexpected multimedia extravaganza. A plethora of tax information, FAQs and tax forms. You'll need to get done surfing before April 15th - so be careful! Note: many forms need Adobe's freeware Acrobat Reader program as they are in PDF (Portable Document Format)


Income Tax Information (Frank McNeil's home page)

ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/ftmexpat/taxsites.htm

ftp://ftp.netcom.com./pub/ftmexpat/html2text/taxsites.txt

mailto:ftp-request@netcom.com

Subject line: ftp-request

Message body: SEND ftmexpat/html2text/taxsites.txt

Precise and informative - this info explains how to access Tax information from across the internet. For folks that don't have access to a Web browser or the WWW - a text version of this file is available via aon ftp and email.

This is, perhaps, the most complete tax information available and includes pointers to get even more information. Incredibly well done!


FedWorld

http://www.fed-world.gov

ftp://fedworld.gov

telnet://fedworld.gov

The United States Federal Gateway to over 10,000 different agencies and Federal Bureaus. This has got to be one of the hugest repositories of info available in the world. If it has to do with the U.S. govt - it's here.


Economic Bulletin Board (University of Michigan)

gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/ebb

Has foreign exchange rates updated daily. Also includes tons of economic indicators and World trade leads and info. For the Wall Street Journal crowd although anyone interested in Economics will find this site most interesting. Not a good K-12 resource as the indicators are complicated to understand. College students and business pros will get a lot from it.


Federal Express Corp. Online

http://www.fedex.com

Track your Fed-Ex packages and airbills from the web


Management Working Paper Archive Gopher

gopher://ursus.jun.alaska.edu

Academic papers that include a wide range of business and management info. Everything from time efficiency to networking skills are here to read.


PC Quote Financial Sit

http://www.spacecom.com/Participants/pcquote

A premier provider of real-time and delayed securities, quotations, and news. The company's data is used to prepare the daily stock tables that appear in The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, and dozens of other major newspapers across the country. Also, most of the nation's on-line services,such as CompuServe and America On-Line, use PC Quote data. Future enhancements will include Market updates, exportability to other financial software, and more.


Mutual Funds Magazine

http://www.mfmag.com/aam

Contains Articles, Screen Fund Database, Financial Calculators, etc.

Mutual Funds Online

http://www.mfmag.com/aaf

This is a 100% FREE site sponsored by Mutual Funds Magazine


VISA

http://www.visa.com/

The credit card giant is now online.


MasterCard

http://www.mastercard.com

The other credit card issuer online. Actually - a very good site.


Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company WWW page

http://www.massmutual.com

Actually this is a helpful site because it includes a number of helpful docs and brochures relating to life insurance.


Road Warrior Outpost

http://warrior.com

Helpful products for the connected business traveller. From SCSI to PDI to laptops and those hard to fine thing-a-ma-jiggers...


Painter's Calculator

http://www.btw.com

After accessing web page, click on "Applets: A collection of Useful Tools Online" and then select (click on) Paint Calculator. (Try out the other neat tools too!) Fill in the blanks on the form (room dimensions, how many coats of paint you'll want to use, etc), and then click on the "Calculate" button. The "Paint Calculator" will figure out just how many gallons you'll need for the job. It's accurate and not a toy. This is a professional tool.


Commercial Use Strategies Home Page

http://www.dserv.com:80/~andrew/business.html

Lots of *highly useful* and well organized information here. If you or your company/organization is going to become a presence on the WWW or through online services then this site is a *must visit*. Absolutely brimming with ideas, tips, suggestions and sound advice including professional stats and figures. Also contains informative Internet resource lists and lots more. One of the best sites available for the person looking for ideas and tips on commercial Internet strategies.


Bellcore's WWW Server

http://www.bellcore.com

http://www.bellcore.com/CAT10/cat10.html

Bellcore offers information on ISDN, Bellcore's security products and other information. It also provides an interactive online catalog of Bellcore's information products. This document contains abstracts of Bellcore documents.


For MIS/IT professionals


Center for Information Systems Management

http://cism.bus.utexas.edu/issues/iindex.html

Discussion based forum for MIS/IT professionals


InfoSys Junction

http://www.rpi.edu/~okeefe/infosys/IJ.html

The preferred "hangout" of MIS folks


ISWorld Net

http://www.cox.smu.edu/mis/iswnet/home.html

Focuses on MIS training and new-technology topics and issues


MISQ Central

http://amex.cox.smu.edu:80/mis/misq/central.html

Online version of MIS Quarterly


CISM's MIS Forum

http://cism.bus.utexas.edu/issues/iindex.html

This is The Center for Information Systems Management discussion and issues forum. Lots of helpful info and topical discussions located at this site.


CIO Help Desk

http://www.entex-is.com/

A comprehensive resource of project case studies, technology white papers, technical support documents and information, IT planning modules and more.


SECURITY RESOURCES - Leaks, Holes and Cracks in Internet Exchanges


Mailing Lists


Bugtraq

mailto:bugtraq-request@crimelab.com

Subject line:

Message body: subscribe bugtraq

CERT Advisory

mailto:cert-advisory-request@cert.org

Subject line:

Message body: subscribe cert-advisory

CERT Tools

mailto:cert-tools-request@cert.org

Subject line:

Message body: subscribe cert-tools

FTP sites


CERT Advisories

ftp://ftp.cert.org/pub/cert_advisories

COAST security FTP archive

ftp://coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub

Security Arcive (University of Tokyo)

ftp://theta.iis.utokyo.ac.jp/pub1/security

A mammoth archive of security info, documents and tools


Security FAQ

ftp://ftp.santafe.edu/pub/SIG/Security/FAQ.Z

ftp://rtfm.mit.edu.pub/usenet-by-group/comp.answers/computer-security

Look at the documents: "anonymous-ftp-faq", "compromise-faq", "security- patches", and "vendor-contacts"

Geez - now *that's* a killer address! Good solid info though makes it well worth typing in the address. This is a collection of Usenet FAQs.


SPY BBS (via ftp)

ftp://ftp.spy.org

James Bond would like this one.


GOPHER Security Sites


SPY BBS (via Gopher)

gopher://gopher.spy.org

WWW Internet Security Sites


bsy's Security-Related Net Pointers

http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/bsy/www/sec.html

Complete Bugtraq archives including Bugtraq mailing list archive, also deals with a complete Unix discussion and pointers to mounds of other security related information.


Security HOLES

http://crimelab.com/bugtraq/bugtraq.html

Tons of info and plenty of pointers will keep you on track.


Pilot's Home Page

http://pilot.net

SAIC Waterridge Home page

http://mls.saic.com/mls.text.html

Security Reference Index

http://www.tansu.com.au/Info/security.html

Unix Security Information

http://www.alw.nih.gov/~jbk/security.html

SPY BBS

http://www.spy.org

PGP (Pretty Good Privacy data encryption by Phillip Zimmermann)


Freeware Mac versions of this excellent encryption software are available.

The PGP FAQ

ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/gbe

The file name is pgpfaq-.asc


Complete PGP site list

ftp://ftp.csn.net/mpj

Excellent site and information list on how to obtain PGP. Includes info on pointers on PGP web sites, BBSs and FTP sites.


WWW PGP page

http://www.mantis.co.uk/pgp/pgp.html

PGP Telnet site

telnet://net-dist.mit.edu

log-in as: "getpgp"

You will be asked four questions and then be told where to get the latest version of PGP via anonymous FTP. If you are not an American citizen an Archie search is the recommended way to find PGP. Do an Archie search for pgp262 ("archie -s pgp262") Or try an Archie search for pgp2.3 or 2.3a. If that still doesn't retrieve anything as a last resort try a search on "pgp"


Public Key Directories

http://www.four11.com

mailto:info@four11.com

SATAN (System Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks)

ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/net/SATAN/

ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/SECURITY/

ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/mirrors/satan/

ftp://ftp/lerc.nasa.gov/security/

Written by Dan Farmer formerly of Silicon Graphics Inc., and CERT. SATAN (a freeware Unix based utility) scans networks looking for vulnerabilities and misconfigured ftp setups, mail gateways and servers. A "must have" for all who administer networks of any kind. Especially networks hooked into the Internet. SATAN can uncover and detect security flaws on WWW servers, anon FTP servers and POP mail sites. Hosts with security holes were flagged and then a linked list of on-line docs was provided by SATAN with recommendations and solutions for fixes. SATAN uses a WWW browser for it's interface and requires Perl Version 5.


Gabriel

ftp://ftp.lat.com

A free SATAN detector from Los Altos Technologies Inc.



Branch Information Services

http://branch.com:1080

One of the founders of web shopping malls. They were also the first to include an interactive "forms-based" approach to marketing so that users could email to vendors, obtain software and files via FTP and use gopher to deliver the goods. They also can include automatic email responders to companies. A solid company that offers services that are always cutting edge yet their pages are beautifully elegant and easily used by people. Check out this site if you want to see what a WWW cybermall *should* be.


MarketPlace.Com

http://marketplace.com

Owned and operated by Cyberspace Development Inc., this site offers news information, digital books and texts, software, info-journals and Internet market reports. This company also offers business services to get your idea or company up on the web with full service and support.


MarketNet (United Kingdom)

http://mkn.co.uk

Another well done electronic "cyberspace" shopping mall. It also includes other Internet services that range from free to pre-arranged paid account. They have space "to let" in their mall and can arrange to provide all the web pages done in-house or import your own. At this time only Windows based secure transactions are available but all platforms should be supported soon. I personally don't think that this offering is up to par with the rest of the mall based multi-service offerings but things improve quickly on the Internet and today's dud may well be tomorrow's hot prospect.


Interactive Super Mall

http://supermall.com

This site offers a wide range of electronic shops to visit and a complete Internet service solution. They can set up a cyber-shop for you at low cost and fairly quickly. They offer customized web page writing and various announcements concerningthe opening of your new cyber-store. Even if you are not interested in opening a cyber-shop this is a neat site to browse and see what's available. Many free offerings to be found here and each store has automatic email responders so that you can receive more info on the products and/or services of the store(s) you visited. This site also offers secure transaction web pages for all platforms/browsers.


Downtown Anywhere

http://awa.com

Another cyber-mall that seems to be gaining momentum. Many cyber-malls became virtually empty - but now that there are secure transaction pages on the WWW - business has been picking up nicely. It's no fun to go to a cyber-mall and find that the store fronts are empty. Hey - it's no fun to go to a regular mall and find out that the stores are empty with no tenant in sight. Keep your eyes on this one - it's expanding rapidly.


ISN (Internet Shopping Network)

http://shop.internet.net

This site claims to be the biggest cyber-mall in the world. It has over 600 clients (stores) presently and hope to have 1000 by the end of 1995. There's something here for everyone. Come and browse this grand web mall.


Hall of Malls

http://nsns.com/MouseTracks/HallofMalls.html

A guide and linked listing of all the virtual malls and shopping centers offered via the Web. Some are good and some are not so good - you really don't know until you try 'em out. Secure web pages should create less consumer anxiety about purchasing over the Web and not only increase the cash/credit flow through the web malls - but also attract more businesses to fill up some sparsely populated malls. Some web malls are nearly empty of vendors while others have a noticeable increase of companies that have set up shop on the WWW. In any case, this site is both useful for the consumer who wishes to find and access the many malls and shopping places dotted along the WWW and for business to check out how other vendors are setting up their web pages and web services/products for sale.


ECHO (European Commission Host Organization)

http://www.echo.lu/echo/en/menuecho.html

telnet://echo.lu

The WWW site is preferred although telnet access can alternatively be done. A large and informative database of European Community business resources including business stats and figures with market suggestions. This site is sponsored by the European Union and is a non-commercial venture that has a mission of supplying data and information to the business community. You will find over 20 complete databases of information that will help you guide and launch effective business strategies in Europe and European related regions or the world. There is simply too much to list and explain here but let it be known that the info available through this resource is vast and contains both current and past trends and analysis. There are so many databases and links that this may be considered a "one-stop" shop for thoses interested in the European business market and European business in general. Well worth the time to carefully browse through this info. You may need to assign an entire staff to sort through all of this...


Internet Labor Resources


AFL-CIO LaborNet

mailto:75300.3442@compuserve.com

Canada SoliNet (Solidarity Network)

mailto:belanger@web.apc.org

IFWEA (International Federation of Worker's Education)

mailto:ifwea@elronet.co.il

IGC LaborNet

mailto:labourtel-admin@mcr1.poptel.org.uk

ERN-L (International Industrial Relations Association List)

mailto:listserv@ube.ubalt.edu

message body: subscribe iern-| your name

Labor-L (Labor in the Global Economy List)

mailto:listserv@vm1.yorku.ca

message body: subscribe labor-| your name

NWAC-L (National Workforce Assistance Collaberative List)

mailto:listserv@psuvm.psu.edu

message body: subscribe nwac-| your name

EDIN Gopher (Economic Democracy Information Network)

gopher://garnet.berkeley.edu:1250

EDIN Home Page (Economic Democracy Information Network)

http://garnet.berkeley.edu:3333

LaborNet Gopher

gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org

LaborNet Home Page

http://www.igc.org/igc/ln.html

NWAC (National Workforce Assistance Collaberative)

gopher://info.psu.edu/Information Servers at Penn State/Research Centers and Institutes

Internet Business Resources


African Development

mailto:mali2@worldbank.org

Baltic Republic Info

mailto:listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu

("subscribe balt-l")

Black/African Online list

mailto:amcgee@netcom.com

Bureau of Labor

mailto:helpdesk@bls.gov

Bus. Process Redesign

mailto:listerv@is.twi.tudelft.nl

("subscribe bpr-L")

Bus. Research

mailto:listserv@idbsu.idbsu. edu

("subscribe buslib-L")

Caribbean economics

mailto:listserv@vml.yorku.ca

("subscribe carecon")

Comm. Bus. Daily

gopher://eng@sh.server.hss.cmu.edu

CommerceNet

mailto:info@commerce.net

http://www.commerce.net

Commun. Privatization

mailto:listserv@psi. com

("subscribe com-priv")

Community networking

mailto:mech@eff.org

Compensation Ins. Council

mailto:hartwig@inca.gate.net

Computer Sys. Policy Proj.

mailto:cspp@mcimail.com

CyberCash

mailto:info@cybercash.com

http://www.cybercash.com

Defense Tech. Info Center

mailto:momara@dgis.dtic.dla.mil

DigiCash

mailto:info@digicash.nl

http://www.digicas.com

Disability Info

telnet://128.83.86.13

(login: "tatp")

Disclosure Forum

mailto:listserv@disclosure.com

("subscribe disclosure")

E-Public Info News

mailto:epin@access.digex.net

E. Europe Business

mailto:listserv@pucc.princeton.edu

("subscribe e-europe")

Economic Resource

mailto:bgoffe@whale.st.usm.edu

Economics and Management

mailto:listserv@hasarall.bitnet

("subscribe corryfee")

Electronic Postal Service

mailto:eps@world.std.com

Environmental Info

gopher://econet.apc.org

European Commission Info

telnet://158.64.1.36

(login: "echo")

European Internet info

mailto:glenn@eu.net

Federal BBS gateway

telnet://fedworld.gov

Federal Info News Syndicate

mailto:fins@access.digex.net

Federal Reserve and EDGAR

mailto:mail@town.hall.org

Financial Econ. Net Info

mailto:trimble@vancouver.wsu.edu

Financial Gerontology Inst.

mailto:sdevlin@mail.sas.upenn.edu

General Business Resources

gopher://refmac.bent.edu

Geological lnfo

telnet://152.61.192.54

(Iogin as "guest")

Government Documents

mailto:listserv@psuvm.psu. edu

("subscribe govdoc-L")

Guide and U.S. listings

mailto:personal.finance@umich.edu

Harvard Bus. School Press

mailto:josborn@cchbspub.harvard.edu

Health/Medical

mailto:listserv@asuvn@inre.asu.edu

Hotel/Restaurant

mailto:listserv@mizzoul.missowi.edu

Indus Design

mailto:listserv@yorkvml.bitnet

("subscribe idforum")

Insurance Info

mailto:listserv@bongo.cc.utexas.edu

International Education

telnet://nis.calstate.edu

(login: intl)

International Labor

mailto:listserv@yorkvml.bitnet

("subscribe labor-L")

International Trade

mailto:listserv@csf.colorado.edu

("subscribe trade")

Internet Shopping Network

mailto:info@internet.net

http://shop.internet.net

IS09000 Info

mailto:listserv@vml.nodak.edu

("subscribe IS09000")

Japan Business

mailto:listserv@pucc.princeton. edu

("subscribe Japan")

Labor Economics

mailto:listserv@shsu.edu

("subscribe labor")

Library of Bus. Resources

ftp://ksuvxa.kent. edu

List/news gateways

mailto:tale@uunet.uu.net

Marketing

mailto:listserv@clemson.edu

("subscribe market-L")

Marketing

mailto:listserv@ucflvm.cc.ucf.edu

(sub. market-L)

Mechanical Engineering

mailto:listserv@utarlvm1.uta.edu

("subscribe mech-L")

Misc. Business info

gopher://cwis.usc.edu

Nader Tax Asset Project

mailto:listserver@essential.org

("subscribe tap-info")

National Info Infrastructure

mailto:nii-forum@educom.edu

NBER (economics)

telnet://nber.harvard.edu

(login: "gopher")

Netscape Communications

mailto:info@mcom.com

http://home.mcom.com

Nielson TV ratings

mailto:normg@halcyon.com

NSF Info

telnet://128.150.195.40

(login: public)

Open Market

http://www.openmarket.com

Personnel Info

gopher://gopher.rosen.corn

Political Economics

mailto:listserv@shsu.edu

("subscribe Pol-Econ")

Transport Canada Reg. Lib.

mailto:rowland@unixg.ubc.ca

USDOC BBS

telnet://ebb.stat-usa.gov

(login: "guest")

World Bank'

gopher://gopher.worldbank. org

WV Business Network

mailto:jeff@wvnvm.wvnet.edu

Xerox PARC

mailto:huberman@parc.xerox.com

Business Sources on the Net Gopher

gopher://ref-mac.kent.edu/Business Sources On The Net

ftp://zeus.kent.edu

Be certain that you carefully read the document titled "An Introduction to BSN" before going further through the BSN gopher site. The ftp site only archives the documents and is not as concise or informative as to how best to use the archives/resources. Before you use the ftp site - get a "handle" on how BSN works by using the gopher. Actually, the gopher address is highly recommended over the ftp archive site. There are over 200 other business related gopher links in the BSN gopher and the business related gopher list goes on for more than 72 pages! Included topics at BSN are Small Business, Management, Managing non-profit and charitable orgs, Accounting and accounting procedures and practices, Taxation laws and how these rulings affect business issues. Other topics include how businesses can effectively deal with "public policies", societal trends and environment or "green" issues. This BSN gopher is HIGHLY recommended destination for any business Internet traveller. No lay-overs in Dallas-Ft. Worth !


Cyberpreneur's Guide to the Internet

gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/inetdirstacks/cyberpreneurship

http://asa.ugl.lib.umich.edu/chdocs/cyberpreneur/Cyber.html

This is an excellent gopher resource for the individual or company either starting a plan for doing business on the Internet or that already have commercial ventures or are presently doing business on the Internet. This gopher resource provides a huge compendium of Internet business related information. E-Mail lists, other gophers, Web pages, newsgroups and a host of other pointers for the online entrepreneur. The site is well organized and broken down into areas or topics. The WWW address version of CGI is a graphical version of the gopher with many links to other resources. Either going through the CGI gopher or surfing to the CGI web page will take the budding or flowering entrepreneur on an informative ride through a plethora of vital information. Highly recommended site for business.


Small Business Help Center

http://www.kclink.com/sbhc/

An often over-looked WWW site that has pointers and info for operators of small businesses or that plan to start a small business. Worth a look-see.


Small Business Administration Home Page

http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/

Offers information on the SBA's mission and overview of the SBA. Information links and addresses and phone numbers of local SBAs is included on this web page. SBA events and seminars are also offered. The SBA can help you finance and start a small business and you'll want to check out all your options - right? So make plans to visit this page - it's graphical interface helps to make the information interesting and well... fun. In fact if you plan to do business on the Internet, take note of how this well written home page is done. This is another HIGHLY recommended info-stop for the business traveller. Many interesting features of the home page should be noted by the user. Point and click maps, etc, show that the SBA knows its net stuff!


Various Business Listings on the Internet


Yahoo's Business Resources

http://www.yahoo.com/Business/

http://www.yahoo.com/Business/Miscellaneous

EINet Galaxy

http://www.einet.net/galaxy/Business-and-Commerce.html

Internet Business Directory

http://ibd.ar.com

Open Market Commercial Sites Index

http://www.directory.net

Commercial Usage of the Net

http://pass.wayne.edu/business.html

Thomas Ho's Favorite Electronic WWW Resources

http://www.engr.iupui.edu/~ho/interests/commmenu.html

Interesting Business Sites

http://www.rpi.edu/~okeefe/business.html


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