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28.01.2005 The State Committee of natural resources – effective application of information

Success of state economy, policy, resource management and resolution social issues depends on completeness, authenticity and promptness of information. That is why today executive authorities endeavoring to strengthen effectiveness of their departments are focused on application modern tools of information support of their decisions.

Thus to monitor information on their own realm The state committee of natural resources of Ukraine decided to install an information monitoring system based on Web-Observer and developed by Finport Technologies Inc.

Now officials of the committee can promptly get information about all issues related to activity of central and local executive authorities, enterprises subordinated to The committee. Respective services can now get information about references and publications about The state committee of natural resources as well as results of political and economic monitoring.

The system allows for tracing number of theme publications both for certain period and in dynamics. Besides it enables formation statistics of mass media loyalty related to certain object, tracking sources of aggressive, inauthentic or incorrect information. In a few minutes the system can create reports containing statistic data on number of references in mass media accompanied with direct links on respective articles.

According to Nikolay Slochevsky Chairman of The state committee on natural resources: “Nowadays effectiveness of collection analyses and structuring information represents key factor of viability and grounding for existence any foundation. Speaking about executive authorities monitoring information has become merely strategically important element in resolution tasks we face”.

28.01.2005 Effective control the information

Under programm of the general corporate information system of NNEGC "Energoatom" Finport Technologies Inc. has implementation of information monitoring system Web-Observer.

The personnel of the company will receive publications from political, economic, transport and power spheres, and also - publications about "Energoatom".

Corporate information monitoring system Web-Observer provides possibilities of timely and effective monitoring of web media and other information from e-sources. It allows to automate processes of retrieval, structuring, search and analysis of business-specific information. The system contains the built-in search utility, allowing to locate the relevant information using various filters, taking into account the morphological features of the language.

28.01.2005 Web-observer for financial monitoring

Web-observer for financial monitoring

On January, 1, 2005 the State department of financial monitoring has left structure of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine and works as independent central enforcement authority. It means and more powers and makes the big responsible.

The important problem in management of this State department is optimization of information monitoring of an environment and management of information streams inside the organization. Therefore for increase of efficiency of activity of the personnel, in the State department of financial monitoring it is introduced new corporate Corporate information monitoring system Web-Observer.

The personnel of Department receive already in a ready kind a database with new publications from interesting sources in a mode of real time, their subsequent semantic sorting on headings, and an estimation of information activity of commercial structures or persons, the analysis of positive and negative publications; formation of statistics of a mention of interesting objects in publications (the organizations, the companies, persons, brands).

The system raises effective and quality of work with the information, conditions for increase in a share of intellectual work on substantial both semantic work and decrease in expenditures of labour on routine operations are created, duly reception by spesialist and a management of the required information is provided.

Later the system will be integrated with all existing on this moment in Department software.

17.08.2004 A monitoring system for general prosecutor’s office has been completed

Finport Technologies has developed basing on Web-Observer software information monitoring system for general prosecutor’s office in Ukraine. The system is meant for prompt informing top officials of general prosecutor’s office about critical publications in mass media, tracking information about important events in Ukraine and abroad, problematic issues of law machinery, public opinion about their activity, tracing publication on scandalous topics.

Experts of General prosecutor’s office consider that application modern information technologies considerably contributes to effectiveness of work. They also pay much attention to mass media publications related to unfavorable public opinion as regards law machinery, activity of the general prosecutor’s office, investigation scandalous crimes.

Information monitoring system automates process of collection information its procession from enormous amount of sources both in Ukraine and abroad. “Intellectual procession” modules applied in the system allow allotment narrow realm information related to activity of the general prosecutor’s office, promptly deliver it to respective subdivisions and officials.

Due to its high capacity the system in on-line mode collects news and analytical information from hundreds of mass media resources (time for entering information in original and putting it into the system does not exceed several minutes) contacting 10000 thousand pieces of information every 24 hours forming publications archive.

“Functional stuffing” of the system allows its users independently not referring to developers sort information according to themes, sources of information, realms of activity, regional peculiarities, general sense criteria.  Experts to Finport Technologies have implemented statistics procession modules, whose application facilitates analyses informational activity related to scandalous issues.

Information monitoring system based on Web-Observer allows resolution problem of prompt collection top priority electronic information shown in the open sources including the Internet. Unlike search services such as Google, AltaVista, Lycos или Yandex (as well as less popular ones such as “Meta” Ukrainian project), Web-Observer software mechanism does not brose Internet space hoping to embrace what can not be embraced but focuses on realm sources  of information. Due to this factor the information is imported and news is renewed promptly. 

Presently Web-Observer based monitoring systems are used by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Ministry of internal affairs, Ministry of fuel and energy, Ministry of foreign affairs, the National bank of Ukraine, the State tax administration.

13.05.2004 A monitoring system for “Eurocar” has been completed

Finport Technologies has completed development information monitoring system on order “Eurocar” company. The project has been developed on the basis of Web-Observer software product and is meant to track information on Ukrainian automobile market.

On order JSC “Eurocar” Finport Technologies has developed and set in exploitation information monitoring system based on Web-Observer. The system has been fully adjusted to the requirements of the customer. Specifically there are special categories for messages about “Eurocar” company and trading marks it possess, brands of competitors, the latest legislative acts that regulate automobile market, etc.

Information monitoring system assists in tracking number of publications on the item necessary as within certain time period so in dynamics. Besides it is possible to derive statistics of loyalty mass media to a certain brand, track original sources of aggressive, inauthentic or incorrect information.

Monitoring system allows within several minutes create reports containing statistic data on the number of mentioning in mass media with direct links to the respective articles.

Information:
JSC “Eurocar” (http://www.eurocar.com.ua/) initiated its operation on December 19, 2001 with the launch of the first of the two presupposed by the project large-knot assembly lines of “Skoda” automobile mark has successfully finished works on licensing Ukraine and upon audit and control of quality from the side of “Volkswagen Group” (“Skoda Auto”). Last October the company launched multiple production of “Volkswagen” (model “Passat” and “Bora”). This year model range of autos produced at “Eurocar” has been extended with “Audi” (A4) mark. Presently the plant undertakes construction works of its second line that presupposes gradual transition to full scale production line with welding, coloring and body-assembling.

23.04.2004 Ukrainian MFA has got a monitoring system

Finport Technologies basing on Web-Observer system has developed and put in exploitation information-monitoring system for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. The system enjoys unique interface, category division adjusted in conformity with the customer’s requirements and rests on the latest Finport Technologies achievements in monitoring technologies, procession and structuring data.

MFA monitoring system is tracking publications on hundreds of Ukrainian, Russian and the globe’s information sources. The system is meant to import hot news, create selections on the most urgent topics and automatically create surveys of publications. Now assistants of foreign political department will promptly get information about the burning occurrences in Ukraine and abroad.

The system can be used by various services of the Ministry including those operating abroad. Embassy of Ukraine in United Kingdom has become the first foreign user in April 2004. The following foundations take use of the monitoring systems developed basing on Web-Observer: the public relations center of MIA of Ukraine, Kyiv city tax administration, secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, press service of Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine, the National Bank of Ukraine. The projects developed on order of the American Chamber of Commerce, “Golden Telecom”, “Ukrnafta”, “Ukreximbank”, “UkrSibbank” and many others have been successfully operating.

29.03.2004 Web-Observer is an “intelligence engine” in Russia

Reconnaissance Technologies Ltd. (“R-Techno”Ltd.) and Finport Technologies Inc. have signed a treaty. In compliance with such treaty R-Techno is deemed an official distributor of Web-Observer on the territories of Russia, CIS and Baltic.

According to General Director of “R-Techno” Roman Romachev the agreement reached will enable launch on the Russian market a product that will satisfy demand of both large companies and small business enterprises that often lack finance to monitor information resulting in considerable slow down business development.

Thus Finport Technologies Inc. is the third software developer to provide solutions for business intelligence for R-Techno to sign partner agreement (R-Techno also has partner agreements from “Verbin and partners” and “Informburo” which also specialize on business intelligence).

All the software products to be promoted as assisted by the Internet project of R-Techno company “Intelligence engine” http://go.it2b.ru as well as electronic periodical “Intelligence 2 business” http://www.it2b.ru.

The main strategy of the company is to make products available not only for big but also for small business. Thus R-Techno prices of software solutions for business intelligence are considerably lower than those of producers!

Information:
Reconnaissance Technologies Ltd. (http://r-techno.it2b.ru) The company is specialized in system integration: business intelligence, business protection. To be precise it is consulting in business protection, introduction intelligence technologies on enterprises, promotion technologies of business intelligence, informational and analytical maintenance of business, etc.

13.02.2004 Ukrainian militia-men monitoring the Internet

Endeavoring to ensure for ministry of internal affairs top-executives prompt survey of mass media critical publications, tracking information about important events in Ukraine and CIS countries, the ministry problem issues, its structural subdivisions, oblast, city and district internal affairs offices, public opinion regarding militia activity, Finport Technologies while employing  Web-Observer system has developed and launched in exploitation information monitoring system for Ukrainian MIA.

MIA Public relations centre, Ukrainian militia paying much attention to publishing mass media publications, responding queries of citizens, breaches of the Law, target to raise law machinery image in the communion. Hi Tech employment is sure to highly encourage and stimulate law and order bodies activity.

Enjoying stylish interface and unique category division the system’s roots go down to the hottest Finport Technologies know-how in data monitoring structuring and processing. Presently more than 300 central and regional resources of Ukraine are tracking publications for MIA, Finport Technologies professionals calculated it is 90% national Internet segment while the monitoring system promptly delivers information promulgated in Russian and the globe’s mass media.

Ministry of internal affairs Information monitoring system provides for i) getting the hottest news, ii) creating selections on the most urgent subject matters, iii) selecting necessary recourses from the wide range of the given ones, iv) automatically creating surveys and statistic reports. Now experts of MIA public relations center to receive complete information about what is going on in Ukraine the utmost dramatic events and occurrences. The ministry’s certain bodies to get in real time mode publications about activity of central state and law-and-order bodies, militia and its officials estimation assisting law and order protection in Ukraine.

16.12.2003 Ukereximbank to monitor information space

Finport Technologies and Ukreximbank have contracted development and installation of Web-Observer information monitoring system. The system facilitates tracing publications about the bank and its competitors in real time mode.

Finport Technologies and export import bank of Ukraine (Ukreximbank) have contracted to development and installation information monitoring system based on Web-Observer software product. The system will enjoy specially designed interface, sections, in respect to customer’s requirements and include the latest achievements of Finport Technologies in data monitoring, processing and structuring.

Particularly Ukreximbank information monitoring system provides not only for viewing hot news, create selections using key words, choose necessary resources from the list. The system analytical blocks are to help the bank professionals to automatically build statistic reports on the accumulated publications base displayed both as publications with direct links of respective articles so as graphs.

14.10.2003 The American Chamber of Commerce to be promptly supplied with hot news

The representative office of The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine will promptly track news employing information monitoring system developed on the basis of Web-Observer system by Finport Technologies company. At present the system collects in real time mode publications from more than 300 leading Ukrainian, Russian and foreign periodicals.

The representative office of The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine will promptly track news of the key Ukrainian, Russian and global sources using Web-Observer information monitoring system. At present the system collects in real time mode publications of more than 300 periodicals, sorts them in respect to categories, creates personal news archive.
 
Information monitoring system of The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine allows viewing the latest news, creation of selections according key words by using the necessary sites from the list of sources. Owing to Web-Observer the representative office of The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine will promptly get the latest information regarding important events in Ukraine and in the world, activity of authorities, enterprises and organizations, amendments in Ukrainian legislation and latest publications about Ukraine in the world mass media. The system allows for automate building of statistic reports regarding the accumulated publications base, convert results in Word or Excel.

15.09.2003 UkrSibbank will know all about activity of competitors

Finport Technologies has introduced in Joint-stock investment bank "UkrSibbank" an information monitoring system. The project is created on base Web-Observer and will help to trace publications about bank and its competitors in a real time mode.

By the order of Joint-stock investment bank "UkrSibbank" Finport Technologies has developed and has put in operation the information monitoring system on the basis of software product Web-Observer. The system has the original interface, a rubrication according to the requirement of the customer and includes last achievements of Finport Technologies in the field of monitoring, processings and structurizations of the data.

In particular, the information monitoring system of "UkrSibbank" allows looking through the latest news, to create a selection on keywords, to choose necessary resources from the list of sources. Analytical blocks of system will help workers of bank to build automatically statistical reports on the saved up base of publications, to convert results in Word or Excel.

The monitoring system of "UkrSibbank" was developed for use by several structural divisions of bank: marketing, analytical departments, the press-service. The experts of "UkrSibbank" will operatively receive the information on last acts, activity of the central authorities, situations in the financial market. Moreover the press-service of bank in a real time mode can receive publications about "UkrSibbank", its executives, shareholders and competitors.

The monitoring system will allow creating automatically reports in which the statistical data on quantity of mentions in mass media with direct links on corresponding items will contain.

Thus "UkrSibbank" continues introduction of the advanced technologies in information structure of bank. It allows responding operatively to changes of a situation in the market, needs of clients.

30.07.2003 Kyiv State Tax Administration enjoys info monitoring system

Finport Technologies Inc. has completed development of information monitoring system for State Tax Administration In Kyiv. The project is based on Web-Observer new kernel and enables tracking publications in the real time mode.

In compliance with application of Tax Administration in Kyiv Finport Technologies developed and put in commission information monitoring system based on Web-Observer software product. The system enjoys not-ordinary interface, category division developed to order and latest expertise of Finport Technologies as for monitoring, procession and structuring data.

Kyiv State Tax Administration information monitoring system allows not only review hot news, create selection according to key words, select necessary resources from their general list. The new analytical blocks will assist press service workers for Tax administration to automatically build statistic reports regarding the accumulated publication base, to convert then results in Word and Excel mode.

Now Kyiv State Tax Administration experts will promptly receive information regarding latest legislative acts, central authority bodies activity, State tax administration of Ukraine. Besides press service of State tax administration in Kyiv in real time mode will be able to receive publications concerning activity of Kyiv State Tax Administration and its leaders, automatically created reports, which will contain statistic data of their mentioning in mass media with direct links to respective publications.

30.07.2003 Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is monitoring Internet-space

Finport Technologies Inc. has completed development of Web-Observer-based information monitoring system for Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. The project allows automation accumulation and procession of information in real time mode from free Internet sources.

In compliance with application of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Finport Technologies company developed and put in commission information monitoring system based on Web-Observer technology. Implementation of the monitor project for Ukrainian government employs the latest developments of Finport Technologies concerning extraction, procession, structuring and delivery of data.

The project for Cabinet of Ministers enjoys not-ordinary interface and category division. The system automatically delivers diverse information to respective categories: political situation in the country; government activity; activity of Ministers; of their Deputies; Heads of structural subunits.

Information monitoring system for Cabinet of Ministers allows not only review hot news, select necessary resources from their general list. The new analytical blocks will assist press service workers government members to automatically build statistic reports regarding the accumulated publication base to convert then results in Word and Excel mode.

09.07.2003 Web-Observer operates on a new core

Now Web-Observer information monitoring system and all the services developed on its basis operate on a new core. This innovation not only considerably increased the operational speed but also extended the options provided.

Professionals of Finport Technologies, Inc. completed development of a new core for Web-Observer information monitoring system that considerable increased operational speed, allowed introduction of analytical blocks and tracking morphological aspects of words when working with glossaries. The new core is developed in Java language and the user’s interface part is writtent in PHP. The system can employ any database, which supports ANSI SQL standard.

Now Web-Observer allows reviewing hot news, forming personal newsfeeds with the help of keywords and selecting necessary resources from the list provided. The new analytical blocks allow to generate automatically statistic reports on the accumulated publication base, create information objects, for example the list of brands, to estimate the publication sentiments in respect to the object (Positive, Negative, Neutral) and to export the results to Word or Excel. There is a new option of manual submission, editing and deleting of data.

The systems developed on Web-Observer basis ensure (i) automatic extraction, classification and location of new publications from the Internet and information messages, which come by e-mail;  (ii) access to present publication data by means of user’s search web-interface, which can proofread basic morphology of the Russian, Ukrainian and English languages; (iii) dispatch of selections of information to e-mail addresses and/or mobile phones (SMS-messages) employing mechanism of creating and adjustment of searching agents;  (iv) automatic classification of messages coming in the system in compliance with the classification categories set; (v) generating statistic reports on the objects needed and converting results to the formats of documents.

Finport Technologies is about to launch a range of new specialized services based on Web-Observer system, particularly "Finance Observer" information monitoring system. "Finance Observer" will employ sites of banks and insurance organizations, sites of state authority bodies, finance portals and other finance resources.

06.06.2003 Web-Observer has been presented at Internet World UK

Finport Technologies, Inc. has been presenting Web-Observer information monitoring system at Internet World UK exhibition in  Earls Court Exhibition Centre of London on 3 - 5 June.

Such a development of Finport Technologies allows collecting information from free Internet sources in real time mode, saving the information within standard structure of an integrated database, automatic generating of cite index, defining the rate of brand occurrence, etc. Web-Observer was highly appreciated at the recent exhibitions such as: CeBIT, Еxponet Vienna and Outsource World New York.

Specially for Internet World UK exhibition the programmers of Finport Technologies completed development of a new kernel for Web-Observer having significantly widened its capacities. Unlike its analogies it is not links for Internet publications but full versions of the articles that Web-Observer collects. The system structures received mass of information data correspondingly to Customer’s catigorizator and traces only publications of the theme introduced.  

Besides now this information monitoring system automatically generates index of occurrence of brands in mass media and displays them both in the form of a table and diagram. The system also allows directly in the software window to edit materials, introduce one’s comments to articles, mark them as read, what in great extend facilitates work for editors, analysts, brand- and PR-managers.

22.04.2003 Web-Observer - pivot of PR interest

Capacities of Web Observer, a monitoring system presented at the Second International Festival of PR Technologies, were of huge interest to its participants. It was a sheer discovery for PR managers and journalists from Ukraine, Russia and Latvia that there were tools allowing automate information retrieving and information processing from continuous news streams.

Finport Technologies Inc. representatives took part in the Second International Festival of PR Technologies that was held on April 18-20, 2003. Mr. Sergey Mamaev, Manager of PR and Information Department and Mr. Sergey Martynchuk, senior manager, had panel discussions with their colleagues, shared their experience and presented the products offered by Finport Technologies Inc.

But it was Ms. Yulia Litvinova’s speech that excited a storm of interest at the event. Ms. Litvinova, Press Secretary of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy, spoke about the experience of using the Web-Observer technology in the work of the press service of the Ministry. This report was of tremendous interest to leading PR experts, and discussions as to application of advanced software solutions in the work of public relations specialists continued the whole day.

The International Festival of PR Technologies has proved once again that the urgency of developments of the Finport Technologies Inc. company increases with the growth of information streams and that Web Observer not only facilitates the work of PR specialists but also allows respond more timely to continuously variable conditions.

31.03.2003 CeBIT 2003: IT-industry is getting over the crisis

The world’s largest information and telecommunication technology exhibition CeBIT 2003 was held in Hanover, Germany, on March 12-19, 2003. Finport Technologies Inc. was almost the only Ukrainian IT-company to present both outsourcing facilities and information technologies, with the data mining technology in particular.

The world’s largest exhibition of information and telecommunication technologies CeBIT 2003 was held in Hanover, Germany, on March 12-19, 2003. More than 7,500 exhibitors from 60 countries showed their latest achievements in 8 thematic pavilions of total more than 300,000 sq. m.

41 exhibitors, both of state structures and private companies, have presented Ukraine at the event this year. Finport Technologies Inc. was nearly the only one to demonstrate information technologies and outsourcing facilities, particularly, the data mining technology.

CeBIT 2003 has revealed that exhibition visitors were interested first of all in complete products and technologies rather than in their prospective development. In this connection Finport Technologies intends to turn from technology offer to the sale of finished or semi-finished versions of special products based on the developed technologies. These are the monitoring system Web-Observer and the content management system Web Logic Publishing.

31.03.2003 Ukrainian HI-TECH Initiative presented at CeBIT

The Ukrainian HI-TECH Initiative was presented at CeBIT-2003, the world’s largest exhibition of information technologies and telecommunications that took place in Hanover, Germany. Representatives of Ukrainian software developers declared that they united their efforts to promote Ukrainian hi-tech solutions on the Western markets.

The Ukrainian HI-TECH Initiative was presented to the exhibitors and visitors of CeBIT 2003. Representatives of Ukrainian software developers involved in the Initiative announced that they united their efforts to promote Ukrainian hi-tech solutions on the Western markets. The presentation was of interest first of all to Western companies, which placed orders for offshore software development. Ukraine, as a country, is only coming into the Western market, since the Western customer does not distinguish between Ukrainian, Russian or Byelorussian programmers from the CIS referring to them all as “Russian”.

According to expert estimates there are more than 1,000 companies and several thousands of interim work collectives that render services in software development. Export software development (the so-called offshore software development) accounts for a considerable turnover share in this segment of the market of information and communication services, with 80-90% of Ukrainian software developments being not identified by Western customers as such that are produced in Ukraine. The Initiative sets the task for itself to restore the image of Ukraine as a software manufacturing country.

In the opinion of HI-TECH Initiative members, there have emerged prerequisites nowadays to present with all dignity the existing potential of Ukrainian software developers on the World market of outsourcing software development.

For information:

The Ukrainian HI-TECH Initiative (http://www.hi-tech.org.ua) is a non-commercial association of both organizations and specialists engaged in information technology. The Initiative unites Ukrainian software developing companies, scientific and research organizations, educational establishments and specialists dealing with high technology both in Ukraine and abroad to promote Ukrainian hi-tech solutions on the World markets.

21.02.2003 Exponet Vienna-2003: IT Technology Benefits

International exhibition The Exponet Vienna 2003 and The Congress on Information Technologies and Telecommunications under the motto IT-Technology Benefits were held at the Austria Center exhibition hall on February 11-13, 2003. Finport Technologies Inc. was among the participants of the event.

Representatives of Austrian and other world companies demonstrated their latest innovations, shared investment experience and discussed plans for the future. At the Exponet Vienna-2003 took part such world leaders as Cisco, Computer Associates, EMC, Hewlett Packard, Kapsch, MIS, NextiraOne, OneConnect, Microsoft, SAP, Tenovis, Telecom Austria. The Finport Technologies Inc. representatives participated in the exhibition at the invitation of their Austrian partner - the NetWave company.

Finport Technologies Inc. presented for judgment of visitors of the exhibition the technology on which basis there was created information monitoring system Web-Observer. The technology enables to process large masses of unstructured information bringing it to a unified structure, to extract necessary data, to computerize the process of forming directories and archives.

The exhibition evoked a huge interest towards the technology on the part of solid corporate clients that confirms the upward tendency in demand for data mining systems. Moreover Web-Observer was of interest to common Internet users since it allowed to economize time spent in search of the required information.

Finport Technologies Inc. will be promoting Web-Observer on the markets of Austria and Germany in association with its Austrian partner company NetWave.

For further information about the exhibition and its participants please refer to http://www.exponet.at//index_uk.htm

16.01.2003 OutsourceWorld conference in New York

For the first time, an Ukrainian delegation will participate to the New York's OutsourceWorld conference. Leading software development companies from all over the world will present their products, services and expertise there.

The representatives of Finport Technologies Inc. company can be find at the Russian Pavilion, named RUSSOFT Pavilion on January 21st-22nd from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

OutsourceWorld is a two-day event held in New York, US, where organisations can meet potential outsourcing partners. From small privately owned companies to multi national blue chip corporations, all can benefit from this one event. All of them will be shown proven ways to shave a considerable amount of cost off their bottom line. More information about OutsourceWorld New York 2003 you will find at http://www.outsourceworld.org

23.12.2002 International conference "Internet-2002. Internet-services for politics, economy, business, and finance"

Finport Technologies Inc. participated in international conference "Internet-2002. Internet-services for politics, economy, business, and finance", which took place on the 4-6th of December in Moscow.

The conference of such level is held for the third time, and each time due to public interest to the issues discussed, all leading professionals of Internet-services in Russia gather at the round table. Joint discussion allows finding the best ways of implementation and development of Internet technologies in business, economy, politics, and finance.

This year Finport Technologies Inc. presented to Russian colleagues its software for discussion and estimation, which is an information-monitoring system Web-Observer, meant to automate processes connected with collecting, structuring, and processing large data volumes. The feature of the system is that besides information accumulation, Web-Observer also allows each user to create personal newsfeeds on interesting topics and automatically informs them about newly obtained materials via e-mail or SMS.

Russian specialists showed great interest in wide abilities and functionality of the system. This interest was confirmed by agreements about launching joint projects with leading Russian companies.

20.11.2002 Web-Observer technology gains popularity in Europe

On November 18, 2002 Finport Technologies Inc. signed a partnership agreement in the field of software development with the Austrian company "Netwave Internet Dienstleistungen GmbH". The main directions of cooperation are offshore software development and development of the project aimed at monitoring of German-language Internet, which will be based on Finport Technologies' proprietary information monitoring system Web-Observer.

The Austrian side showed particular interested in developing of the project, which first appeared in March, 2002 at CeBIT Exhibition, where Web-Observer was first introduced to public. Having learnt the stable work of the system and growing demand for such services, Netwave Internet Dienstleistungen GmbH proposed to introduce it to the Austrian market.

UNIAN-Monitor project, based on Web-Observer, will serve as the prototype for the Austrian project. The latter will be approximately launched in the first half of 2003.

12.11.2002 "Ukrnafta" keeps track of the Internet professionally

Finport Technologies accomplished implementation of a corporate information monitoring system (CIMS) for JSC "Ukrnafta". The system is based on Web-Observer technology, unique for CIS countries.

Web-Observer technology (http://www.webobserver.info) is Finport Technologies' proprietary solution, enabling effective, timely and economical way of obtaining information about the company, its products or services, personalities and hot topics. Web Observer is an entirely automated system screening Internet publications, performing information collection and delivery and enabling efficient work with information.

According to Ukrnafta?s press-service, implementation of Web-Observer-based solution made information collection substantially easier.

Now Ukrnafta is able to perform round-the-clock monitoring of business-specific markets events. This raised the company's responsiveness to the market events and crisis situations.

For your notice:

JSC "Ukrnafta" is the largest oil-producing company in Ukraine. The company produces75% of Ukrainian oil and gas condensate and includes 6 oil and gas producing divisions and 6 geological and drilling plants. In 2001 the volume of company's production made up 2406.7 thousand tons, the volume of sales - 2608.61 million hrn., net profit -975.2 million hrn.

Finport Technologies Inc. (http://www.finporttechnologies.com) specializes in developing information systems for businesses and state institutions. The company's proprietary solutions include the content management system Web Logic Publishing, minimizing time and cost for development and informational support of corporate Internet systems, and information monitoring system Web-Observer, automating collection and processing of information from open Internet sources.

05.11.2002 Presentation of information monitoring system "Web-Observer"

On November 1, 2002 Finport Technologies Inc.held a presentation of information monitoring system "Web-Observer" in the context of "Enterprise Management-2002" exhibition.

Vladyslav Baranov, head of the board, speaking about the premises of "Web-Observer" noticed: "We set our minds to create a system that would help people who tightly work with information. With the help of "Web-Observer" they will receive information timely and use it more effeciently than it was before."

During the presentation the visitors could learn the conceptual approaches to information processing and structuring, as well as the system's basic functional capabilities and the examples of implementations.

23.10.2002 Presentation of UNIAN-Monitor project has been held

On October, 22 a joint press conference of news agency UNIAN and Finport Technologies Inc. took place. The conference was dedicated to presentation of a new UNIAN project "UNIAN-Monitor". The information system of the project was built on unique patented technology Web-Observer, developed by Finport Technologies Inc.

According to UNIAN's editor-in-chief Mr. Oleksandr Kharchenko, "UNIAN agency has been working on the Ukrainian information market for more than 10 years and feels pretty well the increase of information flow. Therefore, one has to use new tools for information processing. Various means of information processing are represented on the Ukrainian market, however having learnt the Finport Technologies product, we realized that together we can do something extraordinary".

Vladyslav Baranov, Finport Technologies Head of the Board, speaking about the premises of the project noticed:"We aimed at creating a project that helps people, working with information, receive it in time and use more efficiently than it had been before".

"UNIAN-Monitor" is a tool for monitoring information from open web sources. To date the system processes about 100 information sources in three languages (Ukrainian, Russian, English). The system periodically screens the sources and delivers new publications into the project's database. For clients' convenience the information is categorized and disseminated into corresponding categories. Users can search the information within a certain information category and in the whole database of publications as well.

The information system of the project also allows creating custom newsfeeds. The built-in notification mechanism alerts the users to new pieces of information via e-mail or SMS.

"UNIAN-Monitor" is meant for those companies or departments, which use information as the basic production resource: mass media editorial boards, commercial services, marketing and analytical departments, advertising and PR agencies, business security services, etc.

18.10.2002 Press conference dedicated to "UNIAN-Monitor" project launch held by UNIAN agency chiefs to take place October 22, 11am.

"UNIAN-Monitor" project allows efficient monitoring of open information sources in the Internet. The services, offered in the context of the project, will help automate search, collection and structuring of specialized information. The technological system of the project developed by Finport Technologies Inc.

The press conference to take place in the conference hall of UNIAN agency.

Phone for inquiries: 536-0217

Reference

The Ukrainian Independent Information Agency (UNIAN) is one of the biggest Ukrainian producers and providers of political, business and financial information from Ukraine.

16.10.2002 Russian businesses interested in informational solutions

Last week in Moscow Finport Technologies Inc. reached the agreement with a Russian company Business-Console on partnership in the field of distribution of informational systems, developed on Web-Observer technogy.

The first step in development of partner relations will be the mutual participation in the Fourth exhibition&conference "Management-2002. Methods. Means. Technologies", taking place in Moscow, October 22-25.

Reference:

Business-Console is a developer of software for automation of business processes at manufacturing firms. The company was established in 1992. Business-Console develops and successfully implements "Figaro" software complexes at Russian enterprises. The company renders consulting, system integration and employee training services to its customers.

25.09.2002 Ukrnafta improves its information infrastructure

On September 23, 2002 joint-stock company Ukrnafta signed an Agreement with Finport Technologies Inc. for development of corporate information-monitoring system (CIMS) based on Web-Observer technology.

The CIMS will enable key departments of Ukrnafta perform round-the-clock monitoring of political and economic events and will become the basic tool for forming of actionable information feeds on Ukrainian, Russian and international fuel and energy markets. According to Ukrnafta professionals? estimations, the system will essentially simplify information processing and improve the company's responsiveness to market events and critical situations.

Implementation of CIMS based on Web-Observer technology becomes the next step to improvement of Ukrnafta's information infrastructure and to strengthening its competitive advantages on the market.

JSC Ukrnafta is the largest Ukrainian oil producing company, which provides around 75% of Ukrainian oil and gas condensate production. The company includes 6 oil and gas producing departments and 6 geological and drilling enterprises. In 2001 the company's oil production volume made up 2406.7 thousand tons, sales volume 2608.61 million hrn., net profit ? 975.2 million Hrn.

Finport Technologies Inc. specializes in development of information systems for state bodies and large-scale businesses. Finport Technologies Inc. is an official vendor of the World Bank Group in Ukraine.

12.09.2002 Information system solution for the Business Assistance Project in Ukraine, International Finance Corporation, to be based on Web-Observer technology

Finport Technologies Inc. won the tender of International Finance Corporation for development of web system of Business Assistance Project in Ukraine.

Information monitoring system Web-Observer, the companys proprietary solution, will become the key component of the project. The system will give the users access to the information concerning all possible sources of their business funding, including bank and non-bank credits, leasing and investments. The system will make easier the complicated process of finding and choosing the optimal financing source.

"We highly appreciate your willingness to cooperate and consider it an honor to entrust the fulfillment of our project to your company", said Nikita Savitsky, Technical Coordinator of the Project, in his letter.

International Finance Corporation established in 1955, has been operating in Ukraine since 1993. Almost ten years for now IFC has been assisting with development of entrepreneurship in our country. The three main goals of IFC in purposing its aim are extend access to capital, increase the possibilities of domestic organizations, supporting SMEs, increase and simplify access to information and technologies.

29.07.2002 Web-Observer Demo Version Launch

In the context of promotion of Web-Observer product, developed by Finport Technologies Inc., the company decided to develop a resource giving opportunity to all persons interested in the system and its capabilities to get free access to demo version of the product. The resource will give exhaustive information about the product. Having filled a short form, the visitors will receive access to the system for 7 days. The demo version differs from the full version of the product by some limitations imposed on access to information, formation of custom sets of publications and their distribution.

08.07.2002 FTI completed development of informational and monitoring system for Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine

Finport Technologies Inc. completed development of informational and monitoring complex for Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine. With the help of the system, the ministry clerks can effectively track information about the industry, records in mass-media, economy, observe the trends of fuel and energy complex, and take quick measures, which comply with obtained information.

20.05.2002 Finport Technologies cooperates with UNIAN

Finport Technologies Inc. started development of the informational system for Ukrainian Independent News Information Agency (UNIAN). A new informational portal will be based on Web-Observer software complex. With the help of Web-Observer the agency will be able to significantly extend the range of provided services and offer fundamentally new ones to its clients. The presentation of the system is planned for autumn, 2002.