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=========================================================================== NEW RESEARCH AT WWW.FORRESTER.COM -- Week Ending 1/09/99 =========================================================================== Companies cannot survive without constantly improving their products and services to meet customers' rising expectations. But consistent, incremental improvements are just the minimum ante to remain competitive. How is your IT organization preparing to integrate supply chains and streamline electronic relationships with customers? Learn how at our Catalytic IT: Reaching Beyond The Enterprise Forum.forrester.com **If you are a Forrester Intranet or Forrester Notes client, you can access Forrester's recent research through your organization's intranet or Notes site.** REPORTS THIN-CLIENT INFRASTRUCTURE Software Report, Frank E. Gillett, December 1998forrester.com Application servers and middleware will merge into a new product -- called application platforms -- that is the foundation for thin-client applications. Firms must lock down commitments to application platforms from BEA, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and Sun/Netscape and get on with building Internet commerce. BRIEFS/EXECUTIVE TAKES/DATA INSIGHTS Ringing Out '98, Charging Into '99 On-line Retail Brief, Kate Delhagen, January 8, 1999forrester.com Driving Traffic To Your Web Site Consumers & Technographics(R) Data Insight, Nicki Maraganore, January 6, 1999forrester.com @Home Enlivens Rich Media Media & Technology Brief, Jim Nail, January 6, 1999forrester.com ========================================================================== REMINDER: RECEIVE CUSTOMIZED RESEARCH ALERTS If you have any questions, please visit our new FAQ area on www.forrester.com <http://www.forrester.com> .forrester.com <http://www.forrester.com/FAQ/1,1162,0,00.html> For more information on the Forrester services to which your company has access, please contact the Forrester Customer Center: tech-support@forrester.com <mailto:tech-support@forrester.com> +1 617 520-5730 toll-free 888/265-7145 (United States and Canada only) Reprints Available Forrester clients can order additional copies of our Reports or our Briefs. Please contact your Account Manager for information.forrester.com <http://www.forrester.com/Personal/ViewContract/1,1090,0,00.html> Please forward the following information to people whom you feel would benefit from Forrester's research: To subscribe to Forrester's weekly research update, please send an e-mail to listserv@list.forrester.com <mailto:listserv@list.forrester.com> with the following command in the body of your message: subscribe Weekly_Research <FirstName> <LastName>. For example: subscribe Weekly_Research Jane Doe. If you don't want to receive this e-mail, simply send an e-mail to listserv@forrester.com <mailto:listserv@forrester.com> with the following command in the body of your message: signoff Weekly_Research. Technographics is a registered trademark of Forrester Research, Inc. Technographics is a registered trademark of Forrester Research, Inc.