To: Robert Ague who wrote (995 ) 11/16/1998 7:27:00 PM From: ztect Respond to of 1754
Rob- Copy of earlier email to you. The following article is from the comdex show and discusses trends in the tech industry. Note the item pertaining to software tools and applications revolving around Web-enabling business. This is the hot trend. PINC's new product as per their release today, "The E-Commerce Suite" fits this description to a tee. Granted that all that we have now is a NR with its hype (there isn't any product even yet to assess), but- with that qualification- this product could be huge making PINC's y2k tool but a foot note. The timeliness of the product is canny, shrewd, and, if true, demonstrative of very intelligent prescient management. Let's just hope it is all that it claims to be. Sincerely, ztect >daily.zdevents.com COMDEX: Meet the Web-enabled future By Ann L. Zevnik, Editor COMDEX/Fall in a nutshell: Living and working in the Internet-enabled world. All of the biggest news and trends in the industry -- which you will find covered in this newspaper and its Web site throughout the week -- are part of the bigger evolution toward total access and connectivity via the Internet. As the trade show of record and mirror of the IT industry, COMDEX/Fall showcases these new products and provides a forum for learning and debate in the conferences. Everyone comes to COMDEX with a personal agenda, but here is a very brief checklist of major technology areas not to miss, all entwined in the overriding über-technology: the Internet. Hardware: The high end of the PC market is getting higher and the low end is getting lower. New processors raise the bar on devices from laptops to servers, and embedded intelligence is brings PC-like abilities to itsy-bitsy machines like cell phones. Big servers with really big storage capabilities are the foundation of e-commerce and online multimedia, not to mention the increasingly pervasive intranet. Upgrades to the digital life: Way cooler devices and applications for communications, entertainment, self-expression. Toys or tools? You decide. Software: Again, the latest in software tools and applications revolves around Web-enabling business and leisure processes . Among the biggest news expected this week is Microsoft's worldwide launch of its advanced database, SQL 7.0. The equally flamboyant Larry Ellison is keynoting Monday night and is sure to mention the new Oracle 8i database. Who cares about databases? Everyone interested in e-commerce, among others. The battle of the databases starts here. Other wars to be advanced on this field: voice recognition gets practical; who will dominate? The whole Java/ActiveX question remains. Windows 2000 (née NT 5.0) girds up against the revitalized NetWare. Wired? Wireless? There's plenty more. The Internet rules and COMDEX's got it.