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Forecast IT Industry 1998 -- Ikuo Nishioka, Chairman of Intel KK Japan
January 2, 1998 (TOKYO) -- How will the IT industry fare in 1998? BizTech asked Ikuo Nishioka, Chairman of Intel KK of Japan, one of the leading domestic IT companies, for his impressions.
BizTech: What will be important issues for enterprise computing or informatics in 1998?
Nishioka: This is a mega-competition age. To cope with the rapidly changing world situation, it is a must for management themselves to use a PC freely, grasping domestic and overseas information on an online, real-time basis and conducting agile management so that necessary countermeasures to competition can be established quickly.
Visual computing, which enables management to easily utilize a PC and read business data visually on the PC, will debut as a new PC trend.
BizTech: What are the products and services the IT industry and your company should provide as solutions to such issues?
Nishioka: Visual computing requires a PC which incorporates a high-performance microprocessor. We as Intel will offer a Pentium II processor with the highest performance to satisfy every kind of demand, such as a desktop PC, notebook PC, workstation and server.
BizTech: What do you think of the progress of the information- and network-oriented movement in the home computing market? And what are the necessary requirements driving that market sector?
Nishioka: The Internet will be further spurred into the popularity and released from the limited number of maniacs to the general people as a convenient information network. But, popularization of the communication infrastructure, or low price, are indispensable conditions.
It is really hoped that Telephodai service -- the fixed-charge system of NTT Corp. -- be provided around-the-clock and not limited to midnight, and the open computer network (OCN) be priced below 20,000 yen (US$156) per month. Besides, it is an important condition that services provided by city, town and village offices be announced over the Internet.
BizTech: How will the Internet be used in 1998 in homes and enterprises, and what will be its impact?
Nishioka: It is troublesome for idle correspondents to write a letter even when they want to do. But, they can communicate very easily if they use the Internet.
Besides, not only can they have every type of information at their homes, but also buy desired merchandise from information on a home page by means of visual computing. The year 1998 will be the start of such services. It will be desirable to completely instruct a customer how to access the Internet when he/she buys a home PC.
(BizTech Editorial Dept.)
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