Internet Pioneer Steve Harmon on RadioWallStreet: Permission-Based E-Mail Messaging will be Major Web Trend
PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 1999--Changing trends in email communications could reconfigure the Internet market for companies and their customers, top Internet analyst Steve Harmon said today on a live RadioWallStreet broadcast via the Internet.
Comparing today's up-and-coming messaging Internet companies to AT&T (NYSE:T) in its earlier years, Harmon warned that large telecommunications companies should pay close attention to emerging email-messaging firms like Critical Path (NASDAQ:CPTH) and MessageMedia (NASDAQ:MESG) as email becomes an increasingly sophisticated and tailored communications vehicle for business and their customers.
Both e-mail firms handle permission-based email and direct marketing for some of the Internet's largest companies. Critical Path has America On Line (NYSE:AOL) as a client and MessageMedia has Yahoo!, for example. RadioWallStreet also reported that MessageMedia has registered the domain name ciscomessage.com, leading some analysts to believe that a partnership with Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) is imminent.
Equating email to the early days of the telephone, Harmon explained, ''In the early days, AT&T provided telephones and service to companies because they didn't have telephone operators and technicians in-house. Today, companies have resource investments in IT professionals who specialize in email. As networks become more sophisticated, we're going to see email and telephony become more tightly linked, that's where smart companies have the opportunity to change the playing ground.''
Replays of Harmon's interview are available as well as a complete transcript on the RadioWallStreet site at vcall.com. RadioWallStreet hosts live interviews with premier analysts and executives daily. For more information on RadioWallStreet or the Steve Harmon interview, please visit the site or contact the following people:
Bennett Andelman
Investor Broadcast Network
215/814-6550
Julie Widrow
The Horn Group
781/794-9933, ext. 240 or
781/258-9447
About RadioWallStreet
RadioWallStreet, part of the Investor Broadcast Network, is the only Internet broadcaster serving investors and analysts on a regular basis with unique information straight from market and financial experts. RadioWallStreet provides live and archived programs with top management, top analysts, and other key opinion leaders.
For more information on Investor Broadcast Network visit investorbroadcast.com.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Contact:
Investor Broadcast Network
Bennett Andelman, 215/814-6550
or
The Horn Group
Julie Widrow, 781/794-9933 ext. 240 or 781/258-9447
|
