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To: Michael Olds who wrote (5019)	1/30/1999 6:55:00 PM
From: Chris Elsass	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17679

It has not been clear to me how Reiter Web hosting would be incorporated into ampex but, as mentioned before, data storage over the internet may be it. Article from CNN website from people a Xerox talking about things they see coming relating to computers. cnn.com " Some of Xerox PARC's hotter prospects currently in the works are the document bank project and the concept behind the Law of Surfing. Banking on documents Forget storage-area networking -- the future could be in document banks. The PARC's document bank project examines the theory of document storage as an electronic service. Document banks are central repositories where companies and individuals will store important documents, such as contracts and corporate financial information, says Bernardo Huberman, a research fellow at Xerox PARC. Though no document banks exist today, Huberman says he expects the idea to take off soon. Today, companies store important documents throughout their networks. But Huberman says that much as people keep copies of their birth certificates and mortgage papers in a bank's safety deposit box, companies and individuals are looking for a similar service online. "These [online] banks will serve the same function that banks now serve for marriage certificates and house deeds," he says. "Documents in their various versions will be safeguarded in some way for a fee paid to a service provider." The storage service provider would have immense storage capacity with high-end security, such as private keys, and backup capabilities. Customers would link to their document banks via the Internet or through a private connection. Although Xerox has no plans to get in the document bank business right now, Huberman says he hopes the company will do so in the future. " Chris