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ACM TechNews
Volume 2, Number 14
Date: February 4, 2000
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Today's Top Stories:
http://www.acm.org/technews/current/homepage.html
"Software Makers Aim to Dilute Buyers' Rights"
"U.S. Government Officials: Y2K Billions Well Spent"
"Thumbs Down on Net Wiretaps"
"Computer Language Consensus Sought"
"Obsessed With Customer Service and Experience"
"Ford's Computer Deal Gives a Windfall to HP"
"IBM: Not By Databases Alone"
"Scramble to Cope With the Demands of E-Commerce"
"Smart Homes Aren't Too Far Into Future"
"Mobile World Readies for IP-Based Future"
"Managing the Web Only a Phase of Enterprise Management"
"Ergonomics Efforts Work"
"Revving the E-Commerce Engine"
"IT Plots Aggressive Upgrades"
"Bye-Bye, Middleman"
"The Dawn of Electronic States"
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"Software Makers Aim to Dilute Buyers' Rights"
Several major software companies are advocating state legislation
based on the Uniform Computer Transactions Act (UCITA) that many
experts say would significantly detract from software buyers'
rights. The software industry is leveraging its favored status . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0204f.html#item1
"U.S. Government Officials: Y2K Billions Well Spent"
Deputy Secretary of Defense John Hamre and Sen. Bob Bennett
(R-Utah) on Tuesday emphasized their view that U.S. resources
were well spent on Y2K remediation. The two officials, both key
leaders in the nation's Y2K campaign, spoke at a meeting . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0204f.html#item2
"Thumbs Down on Net Wiretaps"
The Internet Engineering Task Force, the committee that creates
Internet standards, recently announced that it was against online
wiretapping. The decision came after months of debate, spurred
by an FBI request to allow wiretapping on the Web in certain . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0204f.html#item3
"Computer Language Consensus Sought"
Industry members are working to develop Extensible Markup
Language (XML) on the grounds that it could be the piece of
Internet infrastructure needed to enable widespread exchange of
data across different computing platforms and software. There . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0204f.html#item4
"Obsessed With Customer Service and Experience"
Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos says the company's long-term goal is to
be the entry point for all online shopping. Although some argue
Amazon is trying to be all things to all people, Bezos counters
that Amazon is trying to be only one thing--"Earth's most . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0204f.html#item5
"Ford's Computer Deal Gives a Windfall to HP"
Ford's move to provide all of its 350,000 workers with
Hewlett-Packard computers will significantly boost HP's PC sales
and might help HP establish itself as an Internet company. All
Ford employees will be able to buy an HP Pavilion PC with a 500 . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0204f.html#item6
"IBM: Not By Databases Alone"
IBM aims to revolutionize the structure of databases by replacing
the single, giant database that is standard today with several
small data sources that can be managed from a single location.
The concept, dubbed heterogeneous integration, will be featured . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0204f.html#item7
"Scramble to Cope With the Demands of E-Commerce"
Customer relationship management (CRM) software and services,
including necessary front- and back-office integration services,
promise to be of crucial importance over the next few years.
Sales of CRM products will reach $16.8 billion worldwide by 2003, . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0204f.html#item8
"Smart Homes Aren't Too Far Into Future"
Many computer companies are working to develop, refine, and
market home networking technology for use in the typical American
middle class home. Home networking possibilities include systems
to de-ice the driveway and sidewalk, televisions that project . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0204f.html#item9
"Mobile World Readies for IP-Based Future"
At the 2000 GSM World Congress today, a group of top computer,
networking, and telecommunications firms announced an alliance
designed to expedite the adoption of open, mobile Internet
standards. The consortium, called the Mobile Wireless Internet . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0204f.html#item10
"Managing the Web Only a Phase of Enterprise Management"
Web site management is only one phase of implementing enterprise
system management. The only difference about Web servers is that
they operate outside of the firewall, but is just another set of
servers included in the scope of management programs like IBM's . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0204f.html#item11
"Ergonomics Efforts Work"
Intel, 3M, and the City of San Jose all have successful
ergonomics programs, and they say that the effective ergonomics
programs proposed by the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) are in the long-term best interest of both . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0204f.html#item12
"Revving the E-Commerce Engine"
Network professionals intend to focus on e-commerce, convergence,
and VPNs over the next two years, according to the Network World
500 survey. Within two years respondents plan to obtain an
average of 41 percent of total revenue from e-commerce, and . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0204f.html#item13
"IT Plots Aggressive Upgrades"
Many IT organizations plan to run critical e-business
applications on Windows 2000, according to a recent InternetWeek
survey. Almost half of the IT managers responding to the survey
intend to use Windows 2000 for e-business, with top applications . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0204f.html#item14
"Bye-Bye, Middleman"
Internet sales and B2B e-commerce allows auto manufacturers and
other industry manufacturers to save money. General Motors and
Ford Motor have both set up e-commerce sites, called TradeXchange
and AutoXchange, respectively. GM Chairman John Smith Jr. expects . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0204f.html#item15
"The Dawn of Electronic States"
Two states, Georgia and Kansas, are leading the nation in
government e-commerce development, according to the first edition
of "The Digital State" report, a year-long study by the Center
for Digital Government and the Progress & Freedom Foundation of . . .
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2000-2/0204f.html#item16
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