Reynolds Metals Co.
www.rmc.com
This encyclopedia of aluminum tells users more than they ever thought they wanted to know about aluminum's history, preparation and many uses. The big surprise: it's interesting.

Rosenbluth International Inc.
Travelution
www.rosenbluth.com
Rosenbluth's Travelution site melds good navi- gation and design with content highlights such as airport maps and a Shockware audio lan- gauge translator. The site, which sells travel services, maintains user profiles for corporate clients. Results: new market and cost savings.

Silicon Graphics Inc.
silicon Surf
www.sgi.com
This site's license fulfillment system, Key-O- Matic, has generated about 30,000 evaluation licenses; the online product catalog has booked neraly $800,000 in U.S. orders; and the Contact Me page is credited with generating more than $2.5 million in revenues. We rest our case.

Software Ag Americas Inc.
www.sagus.com
Distribution of demos via Software AG's mar- keting and customer support site has helped the company save about $300,000 a year. Meanwhile, online sales leads have produced nearly 900 new deals.

ST Publications Inc.
SignWeb
www.signweb.com
Targeting the sign industry, this ad-supported resource center helps users advertise, interact, procure goods and services, get trade news and access and wealth of sign-related reference mate- rials. And it's got a bit of attitude, too.

Star Tribune
www.startribune.com
The Star Tribune offers one of the most solid online news services. More than 50,000 users visit weekly to read up on local news, hunt for bargains in the classifieds, debate in chat rooms, play games or view satellite weather images.

Switchboard Inc.
www.switchboard.com
The site's mission statement says it all: helping people find people. Speedy search engines con- duct 5 million searches weekly, compiling infor- mation from phone, mail and e-mail directories. Supported by ad and online-postcard sales, Switchboard also includes a business directory.

Trade Compass
www.trade.compass.com
This online database records official U.S. cus- toms records for import and export companies. Subscribers can use the site for general infor- mation or competitive intelligence, finding out, for instance, what their competitors, shipped to particular countries in a given month.

Union Pacific Railroad
www.uprr.com
Using the giant railroad's Web site, suppliers can track invoices, customers can track equi- ment or get news updates, potential customers can calculate shipping costs, and railroad buffs can view historic photos or buy memorabilia. The railroad reports dramatic time savings.

United States Environmental Protection
Agency
Envirofacts Warehouse
www.epa.gov/enviro/index.html
The EPA's site links to its Envirofacts data ware- house, providing the public with a single source for agency information about air pollution levels, water-discharge permit compliance, SuperFund Sites, toxic chemicals and hazardous waste-handlers.

United States Geological Survey
www.usgs.gov
Visitors to the USGS public service site use its 4 million pages to learn how to minimize the loss of life and property from natural disasters. Government officials and private citizens rely on the site for real-time data on floods, volcanoes and earthquakes.

United States Postal Service
Web Interactive Network of Government
Services(WINGS)
www.wings.gov
The WINGS site provides integrated services from state, local and federal governments, helping consumers change addresses, find jobs, check on Social Security benefits, get small- business information, research bills and laws, and tour the Smithsonian Institution virtually.

The Tenagra Corp./de Jager & Co. Ltd.
The Year 2000 Information Center
www.year 2000.com
This site, sponsored by the Tenagra Corp. and de Jager & Co. Ltd., serves as a clearinghouse for information, advice, warnings and referrals to vendors and specialists on the year 2000 crisis. Includes an up-to-the-minute countdown to the Big Moment.