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To: zbyslaw owczarczyk who wrote (13447)	9/27/1999 8:47:00 AM
From: zbyslaw owczarczyk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18016

China eyes Net reform Laws governing non-Chinese ISPs may be rethought: minister September 27, 1999: 8:42 a.m. ET SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's laws that do not allow international investors to provide Internet content or servers could be changed by year-end, Minister of Information Industry Wu Jichuan said Monday. He said issues related to Internet investment by international firms were now under discussion, but offered no clue as to what the resolution might be. "The current law does not permit foreign investment in ISP (Internet service providers) or ICP (Internet content providers )," he told reporters at a Fortune 500 global business conference. "There should be legal changes by the end of the year." Asked to specify, Wu said: "I don't know. We are discussing the issue." Wu sent chills through the budding online industry last week when he told a newspaper that international investment in ICPs -- long regarded as a regulatory grey area -- were prohibited. Wu also said Monday that existing Internet investments by non-Chinese citizens would have to be "put in order", but later conceded that the issue had not been resolved. The outspoken minister, who had steadfastly opposed international investment in telecommunications operations, has often been at loggerheads with reformist Premier Zhu Rongji. Despite the policy concerns, Yahoo! Inc. announced an agreement with Chinese computer company Founder last week to set up a joint venture and run a mainland-based Web site. Dozens of other foreign-invested content providers, including popular web portals Sina.com, Sohu.com and Zhaodaola.com, have continued business as usual since Wu's remark last week. Internet users in China have doubled their ranks to more than 4 million since the end of last year. Wu also said China expected to surpass 20 million Internet subscribers by the end of 2003, while other conference participants forecast the number would reach 30 million. Businessmen at the conference complained that high telecommunications fees were restricting the development of the industry. Wu said he hoped to bring down the fees but said that he must also ensure enough revenue to maintain the country's telecommunications infrastructure.

To: zbyslaw owczarczyk who wrote (13447)	9/27/1999 3:13:00 PM
From: pat mudge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18016

September 27, 1999 07:17 FastLane DM/Suite(TM) Updated To Offer Fastest Time-to- Benefits For Enterprises Moving To Windows 2000 Jump to first matched term -- FastLane DM/Suite(TM) upgrade addresses key Windows 2000 assessment, planning, and migration issues of large enterprise organizations -- HALIFAX, NS, September 27 /PRN-CNW/ - FastLane Technologies, a leading developer of enterprise Directory Management software solutions, today announced a major upgrade to FastLane DM/Suite offering fastest time-to-benefits for large enterprises migrating to Windows 2000. The upgrade includes the release of FastLane DM/Reporter(TM) 2.5 and FastLane DM/Manager(TM) 5.0, two of four applications within FastLane DM/Suite -- the industry's most comprehensive set of Directory Management applications. The other applications include FastLane DM/Administrator(TM) and FastLane DM/Developer(TM). FastLane DM/Reporter 2.5 now enables administrators of large enterprises to completely and easily assess their network infrastructure and directories, a key step in preparing for Windows 2000. Its new exception-reporting feature immediately uncovers problem areas, such as inappropriate administrative access or computers that do not have fast enough processors, enough disk space or enough RAM for Windows 2000. FastLane DM/Manager 5.0 now enables administrators to populate all of Active Directory's attributes from any data source, not just Windows NT 4.0. Until now, this was an unanswered challenge of migrating to Windows 2000. Major new features of FastLane DM/Reporter 2.5 include: - Policy Enforcement - allows a network administrator to define specific network policies and show exceptions to that policy; - Definable Scopes - enables a network administrator to define a certain area of the network for reporting; - Windows 2000 Preparation Container - provides a set of reports specifically designed for Enterprise preparation for Windows 2000. Major new features of FastLane DM/Manager 5.0 include: - Migration Mapping Technology(TM) - ability to extract data from any directory and data source, including NDS(TM) and Exchange to Active Directory(TM); - Support for all Microsoft(R) Migration Scenarios - allows complete domain collapsing and movement of resource domains to Windows 2000 Active Directory organizational units; - Group Mapping - enables conversion of Windows NT 4.0 groups to new Active Directory Group types, such as Universal Groups. ``This significant upgrade to FastLane DM/Suite represents a real break-through for large enterprises with mixed environments and unique migration challenges,' said David Waugh, FastLane's vice president of marketing. ``At FastLane, we have completed migration projects for more than half of our 600 enterprise customers, so we know how challenging and complex migrations can be. Unlike other migration tools, FastLane DM/Suite truly addresses large enterprise needs through the use of powerful process and project management capabilities, in addition to the robust and scalable set of functionality.' ``Windows 2000 is a complex undertaking. You have to prepare for it, especially when you have as many users as we do,' said Charles Denny, senior network analyst, University of Texas and a Microsoft JDP customer. ``We're using FastLane DM/Reporter to get information about our network and FastLane DM/Manager to collapse our domains, then migrate to Windows 2000. For this type of project, we need more than a utility. FastLane is our answer. FastLane products are designed for large enterprises.' Price and Availability FastLane DM/Suite will be available in October from FastLane and FastLane partners. Pricing begins at $25 per managed user, with enterprise license discounts available. About FastLane FastLane Technologies Inc. provides fast, scalable and cost-effective enterprise Directory Management software solutions to Global 2000 organizations. FastLane is a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider Partner and Newbridge Networks Affiliate. The company can be contacted in Halifax at 800-947-6752, in Ottawa at 613-271-2022, and at fastlanetech.com. NOTE: FastLane, DM/Suite, DM/Manager, DM/Reporter, DM/Administrator, and DM/Developer are trademarks of FastLane Technologies Inc. Other products mentioned in this document are registered, trademarked or service marked by their respective owners.