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To: HandsOn who wrote (100338)	4/26/2000 9:19:00 AM
From: marquis103	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108040

IFCI. Going to be a nice gapper this morning. Corning blow-out helps a lot too. Fiber is still hot. Russ

To: HandsOn who wrote (100338)	4/26/2000 9:23:00 AM
From: Jane4IceCream	Respond to of 108040

CNQR...+1 pre Jane

To: HandsOn who wrote (100338)	4/26/2000 9:26:00 AM
From: Probart	Respond to of 108040

BWEB, waiting on earnings. IBM and CSCO Leverages BackWeb's Polite Push. Apr 25, 2000 (Tech Web - CMP via COMTEX) -- IBM is making use of "polite push" technology from BackWeb Technologies to send updates to subscribed PC customers and build customer loyalty, the companies said. Polite push allows companies to send information only when network bandwidth is available, so that there is no effect on other network applications. A multimedia flash on the user's screen serves as notification that an update has arrived. "Our use of BackWeb to frequently touch customers is a real competitive advantage," said Nick Pratt, manager of Internet marketing for IBM's Personal Systems Group. Updating customers regularly frees them from having to visit the website to retrieve product, sales, and promotion information, according to IBM (stock: IBM). Another large customer deploying BackWeb's polite push is San Jose, Calif.-based Cisco Systems (stock: CSCO), which uses it to send alerts to 11,000 salespeople informing them of new products and promotions. San Jose-based BackWeb (stock: BWEB) began promoting polite push technology last November, with the launch of its Proactive Web initiative. It's meant to address the big problem associated with early push technology: the drop-off in performance on networks choked with pushed data. Copyright (C) 2000 CMP Media Inc. http://www.techweb.com