Selected Resources for CDROM Publishers

Copyright _ 1991 Optical Publishing Association. All rights reserved.

Compiled by Richard A. Bowers

This listing is extracted from a publication of the OPA with the above title.  
The complete booklet contains information about nearly100 vendors of a 
variety of products and services for optical publishers, with an index by 
category.  It is available from the OPA for $10.  For a complete catalog of 
OPA publications, and membership information, contact OPA, Publications 
Dept., PO Box 21268, Columbus OH 43221, 614/793-9660, 614/793-0749 
(fax).

Company Listings

Access Innovations Inc.
4314 Mesa Grande SE
PO Box 40130
Albuquerque  NM  87196
505/265-3591
505/265-1080 (fax)
Contact: Marjorie Hlava, President
Products: Database management and conversion services

American Interactive Media Inc.
11111 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 1000
Los Angeles  CA  90025
213/473-4136
213/479- 5937 (fax)
Contact: Bernard Luskin, President
Products:  CD-I development systems and software

Applied Optical Media Corp.
18 Great Valley Pkwy., Suite 160
Malvern  PA  19355
215/889-9654
215/993-8392 (fax)
Contact: John Brown, President
Products:  Retrieval software for multimedia data, including DVI and CDTV

Aries Systems Corporation
One Dundee Park
Andover  MA  01810
508/475-7200
Contact: Lyndon Holmes, President
Products: Retrieval software, Knowledge Finder, publishing for Macintosh

Arthur Anderson & Co.
69 W. Washington St.
Chicago  IL  60602
312/580-0069
Contact: Shahzad Bashir, Mgr., Advanced Computing Techniques Group
Products: Consulting, integration services

Bertelsmann Computer Beratungsdienst
Heidenkampsweg 44 D-2000
Hamburg 1 West Germany
+49 40 23 607166
Contact: Bernard Dufe
Product: COBRA retrieval software

Britannica Software Inc./Del Mar Technologies
722 Genevieve, Suite M
Solana Beach  CA  92075
619/259-0444
619/259-0449 (fax)
Contact: Harold Kester, VP Technology
Products: Retreival software, SmarTrieve

Bureau of Electronic Publishing
141 New Road
Parsippany  NJ  07054
201/808-2700
201/808-2676 (fax)
Contact: Barry Cinnamon, President
Products: Distribution of CDROM products

CD-ROM Strategies
18 Chenille
Irvine  CA  92714
714/733-3378
714/630-1025 (fax)
Contact: Dr. Ash Pahwa, President
Products: Consulting on CDROM production, seminars

CEDROM Technologies
68 Quai de la Seine
75019 Paris  FRANCE
+33 1 40 05 06 76
Contact:  Sales Manager
Products:  Retrieval software and development tools

CMC ReSearch, Inc.
7150 SW Hampton, Suite C120
Portland  OR  97223
503/639-3395
503/639-1796 (fax)
Contact: Chris A. Kitze, President
Products: Software, publishing services

Commodore International
1200 Wilson Dr.
West Chester  PA  19380
215/344-3040
215/429-0643 (fax)
Contact: David Rosen, Market Development
Products: CDTV, Amiga-based, multimedia CDROM platform

Crowninshield Software Inc.
1105 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston   MA   02134
617/787-8830
Contact:  Mary Lynn Davis, President
Products: Retrieval software, Mediabase, formatting tools

Dataware Technologies, Inc. 
222 3rd St., Suite 3300
Cambridge  MA   02142
617/621-0820
617/621-0307 (fax)
Contact: Kurt Mueller, President or David Wilcox, VP
Products:  Database development and retrieval software, CD-Builder and 
CD-Author

Data Development Inc.
PO Box 899
49 W. Flagler Ave.
Stewart  FL  34995
407/288-7226
Contact: Steve Swan, VP
Products: Data conversion Services

DCA Inc.
317 W. Broadway
PO Box 1646
Cushing  OK  74023
918/225-0346
918/225-7050 (fax)
Contact: Doug Carson, President
Products: Technical consulting for CDROM production

Earth View, Inc.
6514 18th Ave. NE
Seattle  WA  98115
206/527-3168
Contact: Bryan Brewer, President
Products:  Product development, marketing services

Eastman Kodak Co.
343 State St.
Rochester  NY  14650-0518
716/724-1630
Contact: Jeanne K. Eason, Comms. & Public Affairs
Products: Kodak Photo CD, a graohic poresentation system compatible with 
CDROM XA, and other formats

EBSCO Electronic Information
461 Old Boston Rd., Unit D-3
PO Box 325
Topsfield  MA  01983
800/221-1826
508/887-3923 (fax)
Contact: Michelle Montgomery
Products: Distributor of CDROM products
 
Electroson B.V.
Veldersweg 14, 5298 LE
Liempde,  The Netherlands
+31 4113 2349
+31 4116 77411 (fax)
Contact: 
Products:  Complete authoring and data preparation tools and workstation

Executive Technologies Inc.
2120 16th Ave. S.
Birmingham  AL   35205
205/933-5495
Contact: Jim Geer, President
Products: Retrieval software, SearchExpress

Faxon Company, Inc.
15 Southwest Park
Westwood  MA  02090
617/329-3350
617/461-1862 (fax)
Contact: Joel Baron, VP
Products: Distributor of CDROM products

Folio Corporation
2155 N. Freedom Blvd., Suite 150
Provo  UT  84604
800/54-FOLIO, 801/375-3700
801/374-5753 (fax)
Contact: Customer service
Products: Retrieval software, Folio VIEWS

Fulcrum Technologies, Inc.
560 Rochester St.
Ottawa  Ontario  CANADA  K1S 5K2
613/238-1761
613/238-7695  (fax)
Contact: David Dow, VP
Products: Retrieval software, Fulcrum Ful/Text and support services
 
ICOM Simulations Inc.
648 S. Wheeling Rd.
Wheeling  IL  60090
708/520-4440
708/459-3418 (fax)
Contact: David S. Feldman, VP Technology
Products:  Simulation and authoring tools for CDROM and CDTV production

Information Arts
PO Box 21726
Columbus  OH  43221
614/793-0771
614/793-0749 (fax)
Contact: Richard A. Bowers
Products: Product development, marketing, consulting services

Infoscan-Optical Media Systems
(div. of M. Nissen-LIE)
PO Box 35 BYGDOY
Oslo 2, N-2011 NORWAY
+47 2 556220
+47 2 434702 (fax)
Contact: Morten Groseth, President
Products: Service bureau

InfoTech
PO Box 593
Pittsfield  VT  05762
802/746-8923
802/746-8924 (fax)
Contact: Julie B. Schwerin, President
Products: Marketing, consulting services

Intel/DVI
PO Box CN5325
Princeton NJ   08543
609/734-2884
Contact: Dr. David Ripley, Paula Zimmerman
Products: System development, DVI authoring tools, Authology: Multimedia

Interactive Media Systems
Philips Consumer Electronics Co.
One Philips Dr.
PO Box 14810
Knoxville  TN  37914
615/521-4438
615/521-4308 (fax)
Contact: John Hartigan, Mktg. Manager
Products: CD-I authoring and support products

International Computaprint Corp.
475 Virginia Dr.
Fort Washington  PA  19034
215/641-6200
215/641-6227 (fax)
Contact: James Krull, Dir, Sls & Mktg
Products: Data conversion, software services

Knowledge Access, Inc.
2685 Marine Way, Suite 1305
Mountain View  CA  94043
800/2KAWARE, 415/969-0606
415/964-2027 (fax)
Contact: Lewis B. Miller
Product:  KAware2 Retrieval System and product development services
 
KnowledgeSet Corporation
888 Villa St., Suite 500
Mountain View   CA  94041
415/968-9888
415/968-9962 (fax)
Contact: Chris Bowman
Products:  Text KRS (Knowledge Retrieval System), Graphic KRS for IBM, 
HyperKRS for Apple Mac
 
LASEC Datenbank Technologien GmbH
Fasanenstrasse 47
Berlin 15
D-1000  West Germany
+49 30 861 3921
+49 30-881 5394 (fax)
Contact:  Wolfgang Dahmen
Products: Service bureau

Logos Progetti
Str. 4 Palazzo Q8
MilanoFiori, 20089 Rozzano
Italy
+39 2 824 4177
Contact: Sales Manager
Products:  Retrieval software, Iridis/CD

Lotus Development Corporation
55 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge  MA   02142
800/554-5501, 617/577-8500
617/225-1197 (fax)
Contact: Rob Lippincott 
Products:  Retrieval software

Mammoth MicroProductions Inc.
7112 W. Jefferson Ave., Suite 307
Lakewood  CO  80235
303/987-0572
303/985-0648 (fax)
Contact: Robert H. Ogdon, President
Products: System design, production and publishing services, esp. 
multimedia

Maxwell Data Management, Inc.
275 E. Baker St., Suite A
Costa Mesa  CA  92626
714/545-8131
714/751-1442 (fax)
Contact: Don E. Bissell, Dir. Mktg.
Products: Systems integration, publishing services, retrieval software

Meridian Data, Inc.
5615 Scotts Valley Rd., Suite 101
Scotts Valley  CA  95066
408/438-3100
408/438-6816 (fax)
Contact: Monica Meyer
Products:  CD-Publisher, complete authoring, testing and data preparation 
workstation, plus networking servers and software, variety of support 
hardware and services

Metatec/Discovery Systems
7001 Discovery Blvd.
Dublin  OH   43017
614/761-2000
Contact: Jack Ryan
Products:  Publishing and all aspects of disc pre-mastering, mastering and 
replication.

New Media Productions Ltd.
12 Oval Road
London NW1 7DH ENGLAND
+44 1 482-5258
+44 1 482-4957 (fax)
Contact: Dick Fletcher, President
Products: Software development and creative services

Nimbus Information Systems, Inc.
PO Box 7305
Charlottesville  VA  22906
800/782-0778, 804/985-1100
804/985-4625 (fax)
Contact: Larry Boden, General Mgr
Products: ROMware software, publishing services, mastering

Norminfo Company
741 Boston Post Rd.
PO Box 133
Guilford  CT   06437
203/458-8183
203/458-2597 (fax)
Contact: Gary Delius, General Mgr.
Products: Retrieval software, Purveyor, specially designed for CAD 
environments

Online Computer Systems, Inc.
20251 Century Blvd.
Germantown  MD  20874
800/922-9204, 301/428-3700
301/428-2903 (fax)
Contact: Dennis McDonald, VP
Products: Retrieval software, networking hardware and software, service 
bureau

Optical Media International
180 Knowles Dr.
Los Gatos  CA   95030
408/376-3511
408/376-3519 (fax)
Contact: Alan Adkins, President, Scott France, VP
Products:  TOPIX multi-media authoring and data preparation, IBM and 
Mac

OPTIM Corp.
338 Somerset St. W.
Ottawa ONT  K2P 0J9  CANADA
613/23-CDROM
613/232-8413 (fax)
Contact: Shawn Brennan or Brian Cheney
Products: Software, services

PC Consult AB
Box 205
Skovde, S-54125 SWEDEN
+46 500 174 45
+46 500 890 09 (fax)
Contact: Carl Adam Schildt, President
Products: Consulting and integration services

Personal Library Software, Inc.
15215 Shady Grove Rd., Suite 204
Rockville  MD   20850
301/926-1402
301/963-9738 (fax)
Contact:  Matt Koll, President
Products:  Retrieval software, Personal Librarian

Quanta Press
2550 University Avenue West, Ste 245N
St. Paul  MN  55114
612/641-0714
612/644-8811 (fax)
Contact: Mark Foster, President
Products: Publishing services

Reference Technology, Inc.
5700 Flatiron Parkway
Boulder  CO  80301
303/449-4157, 303/442-1816  (fax)
Contact: Mike Befeler, VP Mktg.
Products: Full service bureau, fully-integrated index & retrieval software 
system, custom software and consulting 

Saztec International
6700 Corporate Drive
Lakeside Building II, Suite 100
Kansas City  MO  64120
816/483-6900
Contact:  Elvin Smith. VP Sales
Products:  Data conversion services

SilverPlatter Information Services
One Newton Executive Park
Newton Lower Falls  MA  02181
617/969-2332
617/969-5554  (fax)
Contact: Rick Farr, President
Product: SilverPlatter search and retrieval software, publishing, PC and 
Macintosh
 
Software Mart Inc.
4121 Spicewood Springs Rd., Suite E-100
Austin  TX   78759
512/346-7887
512/346-1393 (fax)
Contact:  Carolyn Kuhn, President
Product: Media Mixer, a multi-media development system

Sony/PDSC
One Lower Ragsdale Dr.
Monterey  CA  93940
408/372-2812
408/375-7130 (fax)
Contact: Francis Juliano, Publishing and Distribution
 	Greg Smith, Marketing
Products: Retrieval software, Questar, and publishing and distribution of 
CDROM products plus development of products for Data DiscMan

Space-Time Research Ltd.
668 Burwood Rd.
Hawthorn East
Melbourne  Victoria  3123  Australia
+61 03 8133211
Contact:  Jeff Leeuwenburg
Products: Retrieval software for CD-ROM applications, specializing in 
statistical data 

Tiger Media
5801 E. Slauson Ave., Suite 200
Los Angeles  CA  90040
213/721-8282
213/721-8336 (fax)
Contact: Laura Buddine, President
Products:  Multi-platform authoring systems, especially for multimedia 
products

TMS, Inc.
110 W. 3rd St.
PO Box 1358
Stillwater  OK  74076
405/377-0880
Contact: Ashok Mathur, VP
Products:  Retrieval software, RESEARCH, data preparation tools and 
workstations
 
UniDisc
3941 Cherryvale Ave.
Soquel  CA  95073
408/464-0707
408/464-0187 (fax)
Contact: Chris Andrews, President
Products: Consulting services

Verity Inc.
1550 Plymouth
Mountain View  CA  94043-1230
415/960-7600
Contact: Cliff Reid
Products: Retrieval software, TOPIC

Warner New Media
3500 Olive Ave, Suite 1050
Burbank  CA  91505
818/955-9999
818/955-6499 (fax)
Contact: Stan Cornyn, President
Products:  Multimedia development tools

Young Minds, Inc.
308 W. State St., Suite 2B
Redlands  CA  92373
714/335-1350
714/798-0488 (fax)
Contact: Andrew Young, President
Products: Retrieval and authoring software for Unix platforms