This one's not about CUBE, it's about us....................
BW0256 JAN 06,1997 13:30 PACIFIC 16:30 EASTERN
( BW)(SILICON-INVESTOR) Silicon Investor, Inc. Signs up 100,000
Registered Users and Introduces Biotech to its Web Site
Business Editors
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 1997-- Silicon
Investor, recently acclaimed as the Best Financial Site on the Web by
Internet World, today announced that its web site
(http://www.techstocks.com) is recording more than 40 million page
views per month, with 120,000 messages posted each month from its
user base.
Silicon Investor's community and discussion-oriented service for
technology stock investors has signed up more than 100,000 registered
users since it first launched 16 months ago. More than 75,000
visitors a day are attracted to Silicon Investor's site to conduct
research, formulate investing strategies, and discuss technology
stocks.
Members of Silicon Investor have access to over 620,000 messages
and more than 500 profiles on companies involved in the computer,
software, communications, and semiconductor sectors. Other popular
features include the just released Picks for '97, Comparison
Charting, Big Movers, the Interactive Calendar, Industry Indices,
Financial tables, SEC filings, and ongoing Bull/Bear sentiment
surveys.
The technology behind the site is impressive: Its proprietary
software runs on a distributed network of a dozen servers. "We
engineered the site to scale to 10 million personalized pages a day
and tens of thousands of messages per day," said Brad Dryer,
Director of Technology. "No other discussion system on the web can
do that."
Silicon Investor expanded upon its technology stock offering with
the launch of biotech coverage, which will include profiles on 250
firms by the 1Q of 1997. "We will continue to expand our service
offerings to provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date
information for our active stock trading subscriber base," states
Jeff Dryer, co-founder of Silicon Investor.
About Silicon Investor
Silicon Investor is the premier provider of technology stock
investment information and discussion on the internet. Silicon
Investor was founded in June 1995 by Jeff Dryer and Brad Dryer. The
firm's web site was first launched in August 1995 and can be accessed
at techstocks.com. Silicon Investor will offer profiles
on biotechnology companies in addition to its listing of computer
software, communications, and semiconductor companies by the first
quarter of 1997.
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Contact information:
Jill McKinney
Silicon Investor
3410 Stevens Creek Blvd, Suite 101
San Jose, CA 95117
Phone: 408-243-8638
E-Mail: jill@techstocks.com
webmaster@techstocks.com, techstocks.com
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CONTACT: Silicon Investor
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