Monthly Archives: June 2001
Net Nations
In an in-depth study of 60 countries from across the world, the U.S. has emerged as the nation most ready to benefit from the...
Devon Cohen
CEO, FordDirect.comAge: 43Degree: CPA with KPMG Peat Marwick; bachelors in accounting from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1979.Car: Looking to...
Under Siege
The pain of the current capital crunch on building local exchange carriers likely wont extend much past their own boardrooms.Certainly, Eric Yopes isnt feeling...
Sites Unseen?
Some business leaders are growing increasingly concerned about the emergence of alternate Internet naming systems, saying they may lead to consumer confusion and possible...
Telecom Tunnel Vision
Top executives at major international telecommunications carriers are seeing light at the end of the economic tunnel, and are convinced that a global recession...
Nevada Rolls Net Gaming Dice
U.S. online gambling proponents are cautiously hopeful that a longstanding legal logjam is beginning to break up, allowing the legitimacy the Internet casino industry...
From Revolution to Evolution
Here stands the manager of corporate information systems: an autocrat, a dictator of data who rules with an iron fist.Its nothing to be ashamed...
Generating Returns
One of consumers major hang-ups about buying goods on the Web is the hassle involved in returning unwanted stuff to the store like an...
Global Divide
NTT DoCoMo started its trial of third-generation wireless services in Japan two weeks ago. After receiving nearly 150,000 applications from people hoping for a...
Its Tool Time for Java Developers
Trying to lure developers onto the bandwagon for its two biggest software pushes of the moment—J2ME and Sun ONE—Sun Microsystems Inc. and its partners...