Ask Sam Freeform Searchable Database Software - Who Needs Ask Sam?
Anyone who needs to manage and organize information - which is just about everyone - can use Ask Sam. Users of on-line systems (such as the Internet, CompuServe, AOL, Lexis/Nexis, Westlaw, Dow Jones) and anyone who uses OCR to scan in text, can use Ask Sam to turn raw text into useable databases. Ask Sam provides instant access to information.
Internet Users - for creating and archiving HTML documents, research and e-mail databases. The Ask Sam Internet Desktop archives e-mail, newsgroup messages, HTML files and more. Turn web pages into Ask Sam databases.
Legal Market - Attorneys, Paralegals, Legal Administrator, Expert Witnesses, Law Librarians, and Judges - for litigation support, conflict of interest, case management, legal research, policy and procedure manuals, help desks, tracking evidence, searching downloaded information from on-line systems such as Lexis and Westlaw, and for organizing and distributing laws, statues, and regulations.
Human Resources - Recruiters, Trainers, Negotiators, Safety Officers, Employee Relations, Public Relations, Health Services - for resume tracking, contact management and form letters.
Corporations - Records Management, R&D, Librarians, Personnel, Marketing - for online documentation; help desks; archives of information such as policies, surveys, sampling of job sites, log books, e-mail, and intellectual properties; departmental databases; reports; product information; and manuals. Ask Sam helps the MIS departments by giving individuals an easy-to-use database to manage their information. Ask Sam helps the corporation collect both new and historical information often without any idea of how the information will be used. Ask Sam makes information accessible to individuals and to groups when it is needed.
Government - Congress, Military, Law Enforcement, Librarians, Departments - for organizing catalogs, regulations and other applications similar to the legal market. Several groups, such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy, and General Accounting Office distribute information in an Ask Sam format. This allows people receiving this information to search for specific items. Law Enforcement, Intelligence Agencies, and Forensic Scientists use Ask Sam's unique combination of database and text searching capabilities for a variety of projects.
Journalism - Print and Broadcast - for contact management, research and archiving articles and other information. Several Pulitzer Prize winning journalists have used Ask Sam to manage their research. Publications use Ask Sam to distribute books, manuals, collections of documents and databases in electronic form. They also manage information as it comes in from services like API (Associate Press International), BusinessWire, etc. Groups within CBS and programs such as 60 Minutes use Ask Sam to manage their information.
Sales / Marketing - Real Estate, Insurance - for contact management, product information, competitive intelligence and price lists. Ask Sam provides instant access to information.
Small Businesses / Home Offices - for office and contact management, market research databases. The Ask Sam Office includes easy-to-use pre-defined templates designed for addresses, notes, todo lists, faxes, memos and letters.
Research - Doctors, Investigators, Scientists, Professors, Engineers, Students, Marketing Professionals, Fund Raisers, Writers, Public Speakers, Associations, Geneaologists - for test results, reports, interviews, research, class notes and rosters, product specifications, competitive product information, contacts, journal articles, membership, scheduling, family notes, ...
Consultants, Contractors, Vars & System Integrators - Government, Corporate, Educational, Library - for Information Management Solutions involving database, text-retrieval, word processing applications as well as OCR, online research and electronic publishing.