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ACM TechNews
Volume 1, Number 9
Date: December 20, 1999
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Today's Top Stories:
"Companies Move to Curb Web Surfing on the Job"
"US, EU Aim to Conclude Talks on Data Privacy"
"Cisco to Buy a Pirelli Unit for $2 Billion"
"Software Evolving Into a Service Rented Off the Net"
"Data Sealed But Delivered"
"The Importance of Assurance for Electronic Shoppers"
"Is PKI Ready for Takeoff? Many Say Yes"
"The Leaders of E-Business"
"CA to Host IT Operations"
"Academia and Industry Move to Bolster E-Commerce"
"Telecommunications: New Technologies Change the Face of the Future"
"For Certificates, a Slow Rollout"
"E-Business Digital Divide Is European Not Transatlantic, Say
Pollsters"
"Seeing Is Believing"
"The Internet Unplugged"
"Joy to the World"
"Companies Move to Curb Web Surfing on the Job"
Many employees are using work hours to do their holiday shopping
online, and as a result companies are increasingly trying to
limit personal Internet use at work. About half of the companies
in a recent Washington Post survey conducted by the American...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1220m.html#item1
"US, EU Aim to Conclude Talks on Data Privacy"
The United States and the European Union have set a March
deadline to end 20 months of negotiations over the EU's data
privacy directive. Those familiar with the negotiations say that
the dispute over the data privacy directive must be settled...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1220m.html#item2
"Cisco to Buy a Pirelli Unit for $2 Billion"
Cisco Systems may announce a $2 billion stock deal to buy
Pirelli's fiber-optic telecom gear operations, according to
insiders. Cisco may also provide a roughly $100 million
investment in the optical-components and submarine-cable...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1220m.html#item3
"Software Evolving Into a Service Rented Off the Net"
The transition of software from traditional packages to an
Internet-based service is likely to advance significantly in
2000. Software companies in the future will sell applications as a service,
just as utility companies sell electricity or phone service. The move...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1220m.html#item4
"Data Sealed But Delivered"
TRUSTe, BBBOnline, WebTrust, BetterWeb, and other top privacy
seal programs are coming up short in protecting users' online
privacy, privacy advocates say. Although these programs ensure
that participating members inform users how their personal data...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1220m.html#item5
"The Importance of Assurance for Electronic Shoppers"
Customer service is even more important at e-commerce sites than
at brick-and-mortar stores, yet many online retailers seem to be
neglecting this aspect of their business. In a recent Ernst &
Young survey, half of the email inquiries sent to retail sites...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1220m.html#item6
"Is PKI Ready for Takeoff? Many Say Yes"
Several leading public-key infrastructure (PKI) vendors,
including IBM, Microsoft, and Entrust Technologies, formed the
PKI Forum to speed up the deployment of the security system by
resolving interoperability issues among vendors and users...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1220m.html#item7
"The Leaders of E-Business"
InformationWeek recently compiled a list of the 100 most
innovative e-business companies. The E-Business 100 range from
established firms to startups less than a year old, and cover a
variety of industries. The companies are all using the Internet...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1220m.html#item8
"CA to Host IT Operations"
Computer Associates (CA) plans to move into the ASP market next
year, offering network management services such as storage,
desktop management, and security. CA also will let existing ASPs
use its CA-Unicenter network management platform to provide...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1220m.html#item9
"Academia and Industry Move to Bolster E-Commerce"
Stanford University and Andersen Consulting this week both
announced major initiatives aimed at supporting e-commerce. The
moves verify the confidence of academia and industry alike in
the promising future of Internet commerce. Stanford announced a...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1220m.html#item10
"Telecommunications: New Technologies Change the Face of the Future"
A wealth of new technologies aim to revolutionize cell phones,
allowing mobile access to the Internet, email, digital photos,
and even videos. Technologies such as Bluetooth, the Wireless
Application Protocol, and 3G are expected to transform...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1220m.html#item11
"For Certificates, a Slow Rollout"
Digital certificates help secure e-commerce transactions and
offer proof of online identity that is accepted worldwide, but
few people are actually making use of the technology. The
technology needs to be made simpler and people need to be...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1220m.html#item12
"E-Business Digital Divide Is European Not Transatlantic, Say
Pollsters"
A Mori survey of high-ranking officials at U.S. and European
businesses indicates that the difference in attitudes about the
Internet between the two regions is not as large as previously
thought, but that northern and southern Europe are exhibiting a...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1220m.html#item13
"Seeing Is Believing"
The National Transparent Optical Network Consortium (NTONC) is
helping to develop the U.S. government's Next Generation Internet
(NGI). NTONC is now working on the West Coast part of the
network, which eventually will be used to test high-speed...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1220m.html#item14
"The Internet Unplugged"
Wireless Internet devices can help businesses improve internal
processes as well as the services they offer consumers, and
companies should begin implementing wireless technology now to
take advantage of these opportunities. Wireless devices allow...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1220m.html#item15
"Joy to the World"
Home Web users spent $454 million online for retail purchases,
excluding cars and travel, during Thanksgiving Week, according to
PC Data Online, a good indication that the Internet is now woven
into the fabric of mainstream culture. America Online saw its...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1220m.html#item16
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