ATS, or American Technology Services, Inc., is a full service systems integrator. The company provides high quality services to a wide variety of clients through information technology consulting, systems analysis and design, integration services, implementation services, and network design and management. Internet World Magazine voted ATS one of the top design firms for several years running. ATS specializes in not only Web design, but also Web hosting for its clients.

One of ATS' clients, WorldTradeLaw.net, posts the World Trade Organization's Dispute Settlement Commentary (DSC) commentary. The service provides detailed summaries and analysis of all WTO Panel and Appellate Body Reports. Features include: analysis of new reports; analysis of all past reports back to the establishment of the WTO in 1995; up-to-date keyword index, and updates of past DSCs to reflect new developments in WTO jurisprudence.

To search these reports for WorldTradeLaw.net, ATS and the client chose the dtSearch Text Retrieval Engine. "We chose dtSearch because of its fast search speed," said Alex Koludrovic, Vice President, Hosting Operations at ATS. "The ability to navigate highlighted hits in Web-based PDF files was also key."

ATS also liked the customizability of the dtSearch Text Retrieval Engine with ASP. "We used ASP code to allows users to choose specific areas to search," explained Mr. Koludrovic. "We then used ASP to customize the results that WorldTradeLaw.net wanted displayed, such as sorting instructions and display of specific text fields such as 'Title' and 'Category' in the PDF documents."

ATS is located in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C. For more information about ATS, including their Web hosting and design services, please call them at 703-876-0300, email info@networkATS.com, or visit them on the Web at www.networkATS.com.