John --
Maybe this will cheer us up. We made the top ten!
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The BusinessTech Top Ten Technology
Trends of 1996
To: Business Editors & Technology Writers*
NEW YORK, NY - (BUSINESSTECH) - December 9, 1996. The top trends in business and technology show the amazing growth of the Net, as well as how much work still needs to be done, according to the December issue of BusinessTech (http://businesstech.com), the leading business trends and technology strategy publication on the Web.
"The Net and the Web ascended to a dominant cultural position this year, influencing many areas of daily life on a global basis. But nowhere was this pervasive influence more apparent than in the world of business, where the Net and other high tech developments made
headlines virtually everyday in 1996," said Ed Rosenfeld, BusinessTech Co-Publisher.
In BusinessTech's current Tech Feature article, "The BusinessTech Trends of 1996," this year's ten top trends in business and technology are listed and described. "How government has slowed the growth of business on the Internet, seen, for example, in the turgid pace of progress in emoney and ecommerce, along with the failure of many in the telecommunications industry to keep up with these sweeping changes, are among the more critical developments of the past year" according to BusinessTech Co-Publisher Neal Goldsmith. "Add to this the emergence of concepts such as network computers and the Java language; the availability of inexpensive data storage; and the battle for the world's desktop interface 'mindshare' and you can see just how complex and important the emerging trends have been in 1996."
BUSINESSTECH'S TOP TEN TECHNOLOGY TRENDS OF 1996:
1. The Net & the Web: Enormous, pervasive and and almost ubiquitous.
2. Data storage - Iomega & DVD.
3. Browsers: Desktop battles - Webcasting/push/channels.
4. Enriched email.
5. NCs - The network computer concept triumphs.
6. Java - Not yet...
7. Bandwidth: Backbone OK - Telcos cry $ - Cable modems - xDSL - Satellite.
8. Standards: DVD - HDTV - Encryption: Not!
9. Emoney & Ecommerce - Not yet...
10. Government: Ironies: CDA & 1999.
BusinessTech is a monthly digital publication focusing on out-of-the-box ideas and solutions for executives, strategists, and technologists. BusinessTech covers the business of technology and the technology of business with emphasis on Internet trends, emerging technology, and strategic planning.
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