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To: Ronald C. Vinyard who wrote (3810)	10/1/1998 4:37:00 PM
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Fall Internet World to Focus on E-Commerce, New Access Devices Bloomberg News September 30, 1998, 12:31 p.m. PT Fall Internet World to Focus on E-Commerce, New Access Devices New York, Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Mecklermedia Corp.'s Fall Internet World 98 conference will focus on topics such as electronic commerce and new Internet devices, as companies try to become more efficient using the global computer network. The conference, which begins Monday in New York, will feature names as big as No. 1 U.S. long-distance and wireless company AT&T Corp. and as small as startup Aplio Inc., which makes a device for placing Internet phone calls without a personal computer. Many Internet-software companies are focusing less on flashy Web sites that target consumers, and more on practical corporate markets like programs for computer-network security. Interest in electronic-commerce software also has surged as businesses look for ways to reduce costs and serve customers better through their Web sites. ''E-commerce will remain a focus for products and services in the Web-based arena for many years to come, frankly because that's where most of the money is going to be made,'' said Evan Quinn, an analyst at Gartner Group Inc. Most electronic-commerce will come from transactions between companies, as seen by Dell Computer Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc.'s corporate sales on their Web sites, he said. Corporations also are seeking to become more productive by using new technology such as streaming media, which lets users send and receive sound and video over the Internet. Other software to send and produce sophisticated graphics and interactive content on the Web, such as singing cartoons, will be displayed. ''To some degree, the delivery of that technology is ahead of bandwidth,'' or the capacity to transfer data on a digital communications system, said Gartner's Quinn. Device Demonstrations New devices aimed at linking people with data such as Internet phones and hand-held computers also will be on display at the conference. General Magic Inc., for instance, will be demonstrating its new Portico system, which lets users pick up voice mail, electronic mail, address books and other information from the Internet through a telephone. Aplio, which makes a $199 appliance to turn a regular phone call into an Internet-based call, released its first product earlier this year and hopes to drum up business at the show. ''Fall Internet World is the kickoff to the year just before Christmas, and it'll be the barometer for what happens for the rest of the year,'' said Olivier Zitoun, chief executive of closely held Aplio. Speakers include AT&T Chairman C. Michael Armstrong, Oracle Corp. Chairman Larry Ellison, Netscape Communications Corp. Chief Executive Jim Barksdale, Adobe Systems Inc. Chief Executive John Warnock and Sun Microsystems Inc. Chief Science Officer John Gage. The conference, which runs through Friday, Oct. 9, will be held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. About 50,000 people are expected and more than 600 companies will exhibit their products.