e-Business Advisor articles from September 1998

e-Business Advisor archives from September 1998

E-Business and the Year 2000: can you have a safe and profitable Y2K?(Editorial)
September 1, 1998... Because e-business is about connecting with your customers, your trading partners, and your employees, it may be impossible to insulate yourself from Year 2000 problems. It seems like hype when breathless TV news readers declare Year...

Calendar: September(events) (Industry Trend or Event)
September 1, 1998... SEPTEMBER e-Business World Aug. 30-Sept. 3 Boston, MA (978)470-3880 http://www.dci.com/eBusiness/ European IT Forum '98 Sept. 6-8 Paris, France http://www.idcresearch.it/ forum/itforum/ SCAN-TECH Sept. 14-16 Chicago, IL...

Alliances, agreements, and acquisitions.(Qwest Communications, CAIS Internet, QRS Corporation, Kurt Salmon Associates) (Company Business and Marketing)
September 1, 1998... Qwest Communications and CAIS Internet, an Internet service provider, announced a 10-year, $100 million agreement for Qwest to provide CAIS leased and routed IP bandwidth on the 18,449-mile domestic Qwest Macro Capacity Fiber Network. This...

CommerceNet New Innovator Awards. (Industry Trend or Event)
September 1, 1998... The Business Online Conference in San Francisco was the setting for the presentation of the Spring/Summer 1998 CommerceNet New Innovator Awards. Five companies were selected from more than 35 nominees. Award winners were: Audio Highway of...

Latest report reconfirms EC revenues are accelerating.(electronic commerce) (Industry Trend or Event)
September 1, 1998... ActivMedia Inc.'s annual study of Web-generated revenues, "Real Numbers Behind Net Profits," shows that, as a result of growth in both the Web population and per-site revenue, Web-wide revenue in 1998 will be close to US$75 billion, an amount...

Make your Web site a business success. (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
September 1, 1998... Companies are now being judged by how wisely they conduct e-business on their Web sites. The widespread adoption of Internet technology has spawned a new channel for conducting business. The World Wide Web has evolved from a place to post...

Successful electronic commerce and internet marketing agreements. (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
September 1, 1998... There are at least three reasons why written agreements are important to marketing relationships. 1. Some marketing agreements are legally unenforceable if they are not in writing. Under the Statute of Frauds (typically a state law that...

Making communication easy with unified messaging. (Technology Information)
September 1, 1998... Unified messaging solutions are coming of age. Now you can get to all your communications from a single application--and work more efficiently. Unified messaging gives you access to all your messages--wherever you are and whatever type of...

e-Business ask advisor.(server implementation, XML and EDI integration) (Question and Answer)
September 1, 1998... Server Implementation Q: With so many specialized servers available--database, web, application, merchant, proxy, and so on--which ones should I physically separate, and which can I put on the same machine (logically separated) safely?...

Internet direct marketing. (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
September 1, 1998... New developments promise a generation of even more powerful Internet-enabled direct marketing techniques. Direct marketing (DM) has grown into a major strategy for getting and keeping valuable customers. The size and scope of direct...

Internet auction house offers personalized approach to e-business.(ONSALE) (Company Business and Marketing)
September 1, 1998... Use application distribution and management (ADM) and Java to deliver a customer-focused solution. You've built a Web site for your customers. They can call up information about your products. Maybe they can even place orders, then check on...

Create a Windows NT virtual private network.(includes related articles on Windows Remote Access Service (RAS), and Advisor Tips) (Technology Tutorial)
September 1, 1998... At Flash Creative Management, our developers are frequently found working at a client site on their notebooks. Using a virtual private network (VPN), they can dial into a local ISP and connect with the home office to send and receive e-mail,...

Internationalize your Java applications: create software packages that display information according to the customs of local users. (Technology Tutorial)
September 1, 1998... Create software packages that display information according to the customs of local users. Internationalization refers to the process of making software display information in a manner familiar to the user. This could be something as simple...

Security for DSS over the Web.(Decision support systems, MicroStrategy's DSS Web 5.0, Business Objects' WebIntelligence) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
September 1, 1998... Here's how two decision support system products, MicroStrategy DSS Web and Business Objects WebIntelligence, secure your company's Executive Information. When a decision support system (DSS) meets the Web, there's a definite need for strong...

Set up shop on the Web: the Vision Factory's Cat@log helps you build a complex Web commerce site.(Cat@log 2.5 Web authoring software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
September 1, 1998... The Vision Factory's Cat@log helps you build a complex Web commerce site. E-business and electronic commerce are the main forces driving the incredible growth on the Web. However, setting up shop on the Internet isn't simple. Just creating...

e-Business advisor tips. (Technology Information)
September 1, 1998... Create Small Caps in HTML HTML Small caps are useful when creating page headings, and are a nice alternative to all caps or mixed-case. Desktop word processors and desktop publishing tools offer small caps, but not many Web page...

e-biz buzz. (Technology Information)
September 1, 1998... ***** Are you ready for some ch-ch-ch-changes in your ISP? Singer/actor David Bowie has launched BowieNet, an all-access pass to the Internet, and David himself, at no extra cost, http://www.davidbowie.com/. A quick dance over to this new...