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ACM TechNews
Volume 1, Number 12
Date: December 29, 1999
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Today's Top Stories:
"Experts Play Down Virus Threat to Computers Over the Holiday"
"Avon Tries to Exploit Internet Without Alienating Its 'Ladies'"
"Meeting Big Expectations a Worry for Linux Firms"
"SAP Lawsuit Will Test Budding Legal Theory"
"Y2K Attention Turns to New Year's Viruses"
"Less Obvious but More Powerful"
"How Environmentally PC are PCs?"
"Will Employee Privacy Be the Internet Issue of '00s?"
"Greenwich to Be Center of e-Time"
"B2B Explosion Expected in 2000"
"The Next Agenda"
"Turning the Bug Into the Boom"
"National Y2K Nerve Center"
"Storage Management Software--The Race for Manageability"
"Experts Play Down Virus Threat to Computers Over the Holiday"
Computer security experts say that there is little evidence that
hackers or cyberterrorists are planning any major attacks on
networks over the New Year's weekend. Previously, many security
experts had worried that the New Year's weekend would spur many...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1229w.html#item1
"Avon Tries to Exploit Internet Without Alienating Its 'Ladies'"
Avon Products faces the challenge of moving its business onto the
Internet without abandoning its traditional direct sales force of
"Avon ladies." E-commerce offers great potential for Avon: the
company estimates it saves $1 to $3 for every online U.S. order, ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1229w.html#item2
"Meeting Big Expectations a Worry for Linux Firms"
Linux companies have recently had great success holding IPOs and
attracting venture capital financing due to investor enthusiasm
for the open source operating system. However, experts say Linux
companies might have difficulty meeting inflated expectations and...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1229w.html#item3
"SAP Lawsuit Will Test Budding Legal Theory"
SAP America in August filed a lawsuit against two of its former
executives charging that the workers left with confidential
knowledge when they went to work for competitor Siebel Systems.
The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, will...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1229w.html#item4
"Y2K Attention Turns to New Year's Viruses"
Companies are increasingly replacing their Y2K concerns with
fears of computer viruses caused by hackers over the New Year's
weekend. These viruses can be disguised as Y2K fixes, and they
may also be mistaken for Y2K problems and cause widespread panic. ...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1229w.html#item5
"Less Obvious but More Powerful"
Researchers at laboratories such as IBM's Almaden Research Center
and the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center are designing technologies
that can link to an information network, allowing various appliances to
work together and often anticipate user needs. To anticipate...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1229w.html#item6
"How Environmentally PC are PCs?"
Environmental "report cards" recently distributed to PC makers
have sparked a debate on what can be done with the
ever-increasing number of old PCs. The Silicon Valley Toxics
Coalition handed out report cards to PC makers, giving IBM and...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1229w.html#item7
"Will Employee Privacy Be the Internet Issue of '00s?"
Employee privacy on the Web is an increasingly controversial
Internet issue. While businesses are deploying monitoring
technologies to track employees' Web use, lawmakers might soon
address Internet privacy rights in the workplace. Experts say...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1229w.html#item8
"Greenwich to Be Center of e-Time"
Beginning New Year's Day, Greenwich will become home to an
international e-commerce clock. British Prime Minister Tony
Blair will announce this week the establishment of Greenwich
Electronic Time (GeT), which will serve as an Internet version of...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1229w.html#item9
"B2B Explosion Expected in 2000"
Business-to-business e-commerce will explode in the next several
years, and the Internet will account for a fourth of all
business-to-business purchases by 2003, according to a recent
study by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). By 2003 the online...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1229w.html#item10
"The Next Agenda"
IT managers in 2000 will find themselves even busier than before as
companies race to implement projects that were deferred by Y2K.
About 57 percent of North American firms say Y2K postponed other
projects, according to a Computer Sciences survey. Large, traditional
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1229w.html#item11
"Turning the Bug Into the Boom"
Rather than causing widespread damage and leading to a recession,
Y2K is now expected to result in an economic boom as companies
rush to implement projects that were put off because of
remediation efforts. After Jan. 1, companies are likely to wait...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1229w.html#item12
"National Y2K Nerve Center"
Government agencies and private companies will work together over
the date change to minimize the impact of Y2K. The Y2K Cyber
Assurance National Information Center, representing leading
companies and trade groups, will work with 40 government agencies...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1229w.html#item13
"Storage Management Software--The Race for Manageability"
The storage management market is broadening, sparking a
transition toward manageability. The number of highly trained
storage managers has not kept pace with the skyrocketing number
of enterprises implementing storage management, resulting in a...
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/1999-1/1229w.html#item14
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