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Wednesday February 26, 10:01 am ET
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 2003
Industrial Information Resources (IIR) and WSI Energycast are
proud to announce a strategic alliance that includes WSI's Energycast
PowerTrader weather forecast products integrated into IIR's
PowerCast Live, a product that caters to the supply side of
the energy trading market by providing power plant outage information
as it happens derived from IIR's proven research methodology.
Subscribers can easily login and access their 3-day weather
forecast maps and aggregate power pool forecast temperature
plots organized by NERC Region that are found in the WSI Energycast
PowerTrader product directly from IIR's PowerCast Live Web site.
Energycast PowerTrader users can easily login directly from
IIR PowerCast Live at any time in order to access their exclusive
and definitive weather coverage provided by WSI's Energycast
Web page.
"The IIR-WSI alliance delivers critical information regarding
energy supply, outage research, energy demand and the weather
forecast to our respective clients in one place. This is a win-win-win
relationship for WSI, IIR and our respective clients," states
Jeffrey Shorter Ph.D., vice president of marketing for WSI's
Energycast Trader.
WSI Energycast PowerTrader is a product designed to help energy
traders navigate changes in weather as well as provide short-term
and long-term weather forecasting to more accurately anticipate
energy supply and demand.
"The addition of WSI's weather and meteorological information
to IIR's new product, PowerCast Live, enhances the value delivered
to our clients significantly without increasing their cost.
Our goal this year is to provide the best value for the best
price which helps our clients to move forward during difficult
times without busting their budgets," according to Ed Lewis,
president and CEO of Industrial Information Resources.
About IIR
Industrial Information Resources Incorporated (Houston) is
the most comprehensive provider of outage information and
a world leader in news on the industrial and energy-related
markets. For more information on IIR PowerCast Live send enquiries
to energygroup@industrialinfo.com
or visit us online at PowerCast Live or www.iirenergy.com.
About WSI
WSI Corporation is the world's leading provider of weather-driven
business solutions for professionals in the energy, aviation
and media markets, and multiple federal and state government
agencies. WSI is headquartered in Billerica, Mass., with offices
in Birmingham, England, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Landmark Communications. For more information, visit www.wsienergycast.com
or send enquiries to jshorter@wsi.com.
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