Upstream Progress: Definition and additional resources from BNET
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Business Definition for: Upstream Progress

  • advancement against opposition or in difficult conditions. A company or project can make upstream progress if it moves toward achieving its objectives despite impediments.
  • See also Downstream Progress

Additional Resources

Arrivato Advisors Selects Upstream As Technology Partner
BOSTON & NEW YORK -- Upstream Technologies LLC, a leading provider of investment management technology and solutions to the institutional and mutual fund industries, announced that it has been selected by Arrivato Advisors LLC, an SEC registered investment management firm, as its technology partner. Upstream will work with Arrivato to...
Tags: allocation, Benefits, FINANCE, Investment, optimization, SEC
Research articles 2005-07-27
Upstream Biosciences Inc. Announces $2M Financing
Upstream Biosciences Inc. (OTCBB: UPBS) ("Upstream" or "the Company") has announced that the Company has secured a $2M equity financing. Under the terms of the deal, Upstream has received $1M in immediate financing and will receive $1M within 30 days contingent on the successful completion of corporate milestones. The...
Tags: Company, FINANCE, financing, Investment, SEC, warrant
Research articles 2007-03-05
Upstream Biosciences Inc. Appoints Former Transamerica Treasurer Phil Rice to Board of Directors
Upstream Biosciences Inc. (OTCBB: UPBS) ("Upstream" or "the Company"), an emerging leader in the field of genetic diagnostics for cancer and the prediction of drug response, has appointed Philip Rice, former Treasurer for Transamerica and former Director of Dresdner Kleinworth Wasserstein to the Company's board of directors.
Tags: board, board of directors, Transamerica Corp.
Research articles 2007-03-27
Dan Mendell III Retires as President of ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company and ExxonMobil Upstream Technical Computing Company
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Tags: Exxon Mobil Corp.
Research articles 2001-01-10
Upstream and McGill University to Collaborate on Testing of Potential Tropical Disease Treatments
Upstream Biosciences Inc. (OTCBB: UPBS) today announced that it has entered into a collaboration with McGill University's Institute of Parasitology in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to begin in vitro testing of the Company's second generation of drug candidates for the potential treatment of tropical diseases leishmaniasis, trypanaosomiasis African sleeping sickness and...
Tags: CAD, Company, E-mail, Government, malaria, McGill University, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-07-09
Mobil and Shell Oil Co. affiliate CalResources agree on new upstream alliance in California
FAIRFAX, Va.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 6, 1996--Mobil Corp. Wednesday announced that its domestic exploration and production business unit, Mobil Exploration & Producing U.S. Inc. MEPUS, and Bakersfield, Calif.-based CalResources LLC, an upstream affiliate of Shell Oil Co., have agreed in principle to form a new company consisting of the California upstream operations...
Tags: alliance, Shell Oil Co.
Research articles 1996-11-06
Upstream Biosciences Inc. Appoints University of British Columbia's Dr. Wyeth Wasserman to Advisory Board
Upstream Biosciences Inc. (OTC BB: UPBS) ("Upstream" or "the Company"), an emerging leader in the field of genetic diagnostics for cancer and the prediction of drug response, has announced today the appointment of Dr. Wyeth Wasserman to its scientific advisory board. Dr. Wasserman is a Professor at the University of...
Tags: advisory board, University of British Columbia, Wyeth
Research articles 2006-03-21
Upstream Biosciences Inc. Appoints University of British Columbia's Dr. Artem Cherkasov to Scientific Advisory Board
Upstream Biosciences Inc. (OTC BB: UPBS) ("Upstream" or "the Company"), an emerging leader in the field of genetic diagnostics for cancer and the prediction of drug response, has announced today the appointment of Dr. Artem Cherkasov to its scientific advisory board. Dr. Cherkasov is a professor in the University of...
Tags: University of British Columbia
Research articles 2006-04-26
Upstream Appoints University of North Carolina Chemoinformatics Expert to Scientific Advisory Board
Upstream Biosciences Inc. (OTCBB: UPBS) today announced the appointment of Alexander Tropsha, Ph.D. of the University of North Carolina UNC, one of the world's leading chemoinformatics experts, to the company's Scientific Advisory Board. Chemoinformatics combines chemistry and computer science to accelerate the speed and reduce the cost of discovering drugs...
Tags: Company, Dr., modeling, UNC, University of North Carolina
Research articles 2008-06-25
Upstream Biosciences' Potential Tropical Disease Treatments Demonstrate Promising Signs of Efficacy at McGill University
Upstream Biosciences Inc. (OTCBB: UPBS) today announced that its second generation of novel antiparasitic agents demonstrated in vitro efficacy against both Leishmaniasis and Trypanosomiasis. Upstream's novel compounds were tested by Dr. Armando Jardim at the Institute of Parasitology of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Upstream continues to collaborate with...
Tags: CAD, Company, efficacy, Government, McGill University, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-10-07
Comcast Increases Upstream Speeds for Its High-Speed Internet Customers for No Additional Charge
Upstream Speed to Nearly Triple for Performance Customers and More Than Double for Performance Plus Customers
Tags: Comcast Corp., High-speed Internet
Research articles 2008-06-12
Technology Unleashes Upstream Industry
The upstream oil and gas industry has long advocated and depended upon advanced technologies as a major contributor to its success. Whether it be 3-D seismic processing made possible by fast and reliable high-performance computing and storage capabilities or the ubiquity of PCs, servers, handheld devices and mobile communication devices,...
Tags: Industry, Mobile Communication, IBM Corp., Strategy, Cellular Phones, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
White papers 2003-12-01
Visualizing the Future: The Upstream Industry Unleashed by Technology
The upstream oil and gas industry has long advocated and depended upon advanced technologies as a major contributor to its success. Whether it be 3D seismic processing made possible by fast and reliable high performance computing and storage capabilities or the ubiquity of PCs, servers, PDAs and mobile communication devices....
Tags: Storage, Industry, Mobile Communication, PDAs, Cellular Phones, Strategy, Handhelds, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management
White papers 2004-09-01
Meeting the Challenge of Upstream Control
The upstream oil and gas industry are facing the challenge of managing the ever-higher risks and greater challenges imposed by the increasingly difficult and hostile environments in which it must operate. Control products and innovative systems have been developed to minimize the risk and turn the challenges into profitable business.
Tags: Challenge, Business Briefings, Strategy, Management
White papers 2004-08-03
Visualization and Collaboration for the On-Demand Upstream Petroleum Enterprise
Visualization and collaboration are strategic enablers of the data-rich and knowledge-constrained upstream enterprise. The on-demand business model provides a robust framework for building and fine-tuning the High Performance Computing HPC entity by becoming more responsive, adaptive and dynamic. Combining the on-demand business model with these enablers, the upstream enterprise can...
Tags: Visualization, On-demand Business, Petroleum, On-demand, Collaboration
White papers 2004-05-01
Visualization and Collaboration for the on Demand Upstream Petroleum Enterprise
Visualization and collaboration are strategic enablers of the data-rich and knowledge constrained upstream enterprise. The On Demand business model provides a robust framework for building and fine-tuning the high performance computing HPC entity by becoming more responsive, adaptive, and dynamic. Combining the On Demand business model with these enablers, the...
Tags: Groupware, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Business Model, Visualization, Enterprise, Petroleum, Collaboration
White papers 2004-05-01
Upstream Biosciences Inc. Appoints University of British Columbia Dean of Pharmaceutical Sciences Robert Sindelar to Scientific Advisory Board
Upstream Biosciences Inc. (OTCBB: UPBS) ("Upstream" or "the Company"), an emerging leader in the field of genetic diagnostics for cancer and the prediction of drug response, has announced today the appointment of Dr. Robert D. Sindelar to its scientific advisory board. Dr. Sindelar is Professor and Dean of the Faculty...
Tags: University of British Columbia
Research articles 2006-06-14
Stanford Telecom Introduces Ready-To-Use Kit For Evaluating and Testing Its HFC Upstream Systems and Components
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 25, 1997--Stanford Telecommunications, Inc. (NASDAQ/NMS:STII) today announced the availability of the STEL-9252 upstream modulation/demodulation kit for evaluation and testing of its modulator and demodulator products designed for hybrid fiber/coax HFC systems. The STEL-9252 kit offers a convenient way for OEMs to quickly and easily...
Tags: ASICs, Business Wire, California, Components, HARDWARE, HFC, INTERNET, Modems, NETWORKING, Semiconductors, Sunnyvale, Telephony
Research articles 1997-08-25
UpStream Networks Receives A+ Rating from Keynote Systems; Leading Provider of Content Delivery Services Passes Rigorous Testing with A+ Rating
SAN FRANCISCO -- UpStream Networks, a leading provider of Internet streaming and content delivery services, today announced it has scored an A+ rating from Keynote Systems, Inc., (NASDAQ:KEYN), The Internet Performance AuthorityR. UpStream Networks received the A+ rating after passing a 30-day quality assurance test, which measured the performance and...
Tags: content delivery
Research articles 2006-05-24
BP Tops Upstream Rankings Again; Shell, Hess, Marathon Still On Bottom.
For the fourth consecutive year, supermajor BP has come out on top in Prudential Securities' annual upstream performance rankings. For the fourth consecutive year, supermajor BP has come out on top in Prudential Securities' annual upstream performance rankings.
Tags: British Petroleum Co plc
Research articles 2004-11-10