ACM TechNews - Friday, January 07, 2000 (fwd)

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ACM TechNews
Volume 2, Number 3
Date: January 7, 2000
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Today's Top Stories:
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0107f.html

"Businesses to Boost Computer Funds"
"Computer Glitch Halts Flights"
"Y2K Glitch Causes Double Recording of Card Purchases"
"IDC Predicts Increase in Web Hosting Revenues"
"Online Holiday Shopping Was Hardly Fulfilling"
"Wal-Mart Eyes Public Sale of Web Unit"
"Serving Up Java Pages"
"Red Hat to Buy Payment-Software Firm and Republish Content
 From Salon.com"
"Bus-Tech Juices DB2 Access"
"Agencies Add Mainframes for Web Apps"
"The Net Will Be the Driving Force"
"IT Agenda 2000: Save Money With Server Consolidation"
"B2B E-Commerce: the Quiet Giant"
"Outlook 2000"
"Everything Old Is New Again"
"Looking Ahead to Tomorrow's Multimedia Technology"


"Businesses to Boost Computer Funds"
IT spending is set to explode this year as companies invest the
money they saved in preparation for the effects of Y2K.  In an
IDC survey, 37 percent of 2,100 North American companies reported
freezing spending in 1999 on non-essential IT products not...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0107f.html#item1

"Computer Glitch Halts Flights"
An air-traffic control computer failed yesterday as a result of a
computer glitch that experts say was not related to Y2K, causing
hundreds of East Coast flights to be delayed.  The failure
occurred in the FAA's regional center in Leesburg, Va., which...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0107f.html#item2

"Y2K Glitch Causes Double Recording of Card Purchases"
A Y2K-related error in CyberCash credit-card verification
software is causing some transactions to be duplicated, but
credit-card companies believe they have found all the double
recordings so consumers will not be billed twice.  About 50...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0107f.html#item3

"IDC Predicts Increase in Web Hosting Revenues"
The hosting services market is now one of the fastest growing
markets in the IT industry, as companies look to third parties to
manage Web sites, which are becoming more complicated and more
integral to business, according to an International Data (IDC) ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0107f.html#item4

"Online Holiday Shopping Was Hardly Fulfilling"
Internet retailers spent about $3 billion on offline advertising
this holiday season.  But Stu Feldman, director of IBM's
E-Commerce Institute, says it is not working.  He says research
shows that advertising heavily is not enough to encourage...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0107f.html#item5

"Wal-Mart Eyes Public Sale of Web Unit"
Wal-Mart has announced that it will establish its Web site as a
separate company called Wal-Mart.com, to be jointly owned by
Wal-Mart and venture capital firm Accel Partners.  The companies
are said to be making cash investments in Wal-Mart.com that total...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0107f.html#item6

"Serving Up Java Pages"
Java technologies have become an integral aspect of Web
development as businesses seek to automate their processes.  Some
business-oriented transactions require JavaBeans and Servlets,
which can now be integrated with a new technology called Java...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0107f.html#item7

"Red Hat to Buy Payment-Software Firm and Republish Content
 From Salon.com"
Linux distributor Red Hat has agreed to acquire Hell's Kitchen,
which makes electronic payment-processing software, for about
$102 million in stock.  As a result of the acquisition, Red Hat
will be able to provide ISPs and others with an integrated, ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0107f.html#item8

"Bus-Tech Juices DB2 Access"
Bus-Tech has unveiled a new version of its EnterpriseExpress
Adapter for DB2 Access, designed to easily connect Windows NT
systems to IBM DB2 mainframe applications.  Bus-Tech views
EnterpriseExpress Adapter as a crucial offering because although...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0107f.html#item9

"Agencies Add Mainframes for Web Apps"
The trend of developing applications on low-end systems is waning
as many companies and government agencies rediscover the
mainframe as an option for e-business.  Three governmental
agencies, the USDA National Finance Center, the Texas Workforce...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0107f.html#item10

"The Net Will Be the Driving Force"
Major companies are increasingly embracing the Internet and
releasing products that will allow consumers to access online
information from anywhere and at any time.  For example, General
Motors is adding Internet access to its automobiles, and is...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0107f.html#item11

"IT Agenda 2000: Save Money With Server Consolidation"
Server sprawl has prompted many companies to reduce the number of
servers they maintain, in some cases dramatically.  Corporate
Express reduced its number of supported Unix servers from 48 to
2, saving $10,000 a day.  The Canada Life Assurance Co. expects...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0107f.html#item12

"B2B E-Commerce: the Quiet Giant"
Although the online shopping market was the hot topic in
headlines in 1999, the business-to-business (B2B) sector is
showing that it has more potential for stronger profit margins.
Analysts have already estimated that transactions over the...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0107f.html#item13

"Outlook 2000"
IT organizations say their IT spending will increase, their businesses will
expand, and the skills shortage will ease up in 2000, according to
InformationWeek Research's Outlook 2000 survey.  Y2K has slipped
from the No. 4 priority in 1999 to No. 9 in 2000, the survey shows, and IT...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0107f.html#item14

"Everything Old Is New Again"
Some technologies become more refined as they age and have more
to offer the market years after their initial debut.  High-tech
ideas that now look more promising in their second round include
handheld computing, CRM, outsourcing, and peripheral computing. ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0107f.html#item15

"Looking Ahead to Tomorrow's Multimedia Technology"
The PC market is almost saturated, but the next several years
will be a time of unprecedented market growth.  During the next
decade over a billion people will go online through low-cost,
easy-to-use computing appliances, rather than PCs.  The new...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0107f.html#item16


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