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To: L H RENTLER who wrote (146808)	11/8/1999 11:22:00 PM
From: John Koligman	Respond to of 176387

A bit more on what IBM management is saying in this area... John IBM Outlines Post-PC Era (11/08/99, 7:24 p.m. ET) By Edward F. Moltzen, Computer Reseller News IBM will begin unveiling a series of products and alliances to take the first steps in the "post-PC" age, a top executive said. Phil Hester, chief technology officer for the IBMPersonal Systems Group, said the company is developing a game plan, internally called "EON," to broaden offerings at the edge of the network. "We've been getting lots of questions about where this marketplace is headed in the post-PC era," Hester said in an interview. "We wanted to articulate our vision on the next level of detail about the post-PC era. This does not mean the PC is going away." Specifically, Hester said, IBM will begin unveiling products, technology, and alliances to push broadband, communications, processing, network software, and pervasive computing to the next level. EON, for now, is acting as Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM's framework for that technology, Hester said. "On the pervasive device side, we will sort of look at what's happening with wireless technology," Hester said. "Again, with the continued evolution of Moore's law ... a whole new class of these pervasive wireless devices can supplement the full-function capability you have on the desktop or notebook." With the EON framework, IBM is taking its first public step into the post-PC era since IBM chairman and CEO Louis Gerstner proclaimed the new age in the computer maker's most recent annual report. Hester stopped short of saying which products would come first out of the effort, or which alliances. However, he said there has been no commitment yet to a separate unit or division for EON, the way IBM developed its technology group or Internet division, because of the broad nature of the technology involved.