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To: Domenic Caputo who wrote (3693)	5/3/1999 4:24:00 PM
From: Link Lady	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6076

Does anyone find this of interest? newswire.ca Attention Business/Technology Editors: IBM Design Centre Helps Customers Build Advanced e-businesses SOMERS, NY, May 3 /CNW/ - ...IBM today announced plans to create the IBM Design Centre for e-transaction processing, a 10,500-square-foot facility where customers can explore the leading edge of e-commerce and develop new approaches to e-business. While the explosive growth of holiday shopping over the Internet last year created many headlines, business-to-business e-commerce far outpaces consumer spending. Forrester Research, Inc., estimates that more than $43 billion (US) in e-commerce took place over the Web in 1998. Over the next four years, the Cambridge, Mass.-based industry research firm estimates that business-to-business transaction sales over the Web could grow to $1.3 trillion (US). ''Today, when one click on an Internet site can trigger hundreds of transactions, companies face the challenge of integrating all the systems required to complete a business transaction over the Web,'' said David R. Carlucci, General Manager, S/390 Division, IBM Corp. ''The new centre will draw from 30 years of design experience and IBM's deep talent pool to help customers who wish to build robust e-transaction processing systems.'' The IBM Design Centre for e-transaction processing -- located 90 miles north of New York City in Poughkeepsie, New York -- will support customers worldwide, staffed by a cadre of IBM Distinguished Engineers, along with network, communications and software architects from IBM's Research, Software, Server and Global Services organizations. Integrating business systems with the Internet is what becoming an e-business is all about. The next, more advanced step is e-transaction processing, in which all e-business-related IT transactions can be completed end-to-end, without intervention. e-transaction processing is the enabling technology that permits companies to create systems that can handle both the increasing volume and the increasing sophistication of e-business transactions in a highly secure, available environment. Role of the IBM Design Centre for e-transaction Processing The IBM Design Centre for e-transaction processing represents a significant IBM investment in infrastructure, hardware, software and intellectual resources. To prototype and test customers' solutions, the centre will be equipped with the latest technology, including IBM's family of servers, from Netfinity and AS/400 to the largest S/390 G6 Server, S/390 Parallel Sysplex and RS/6000 SP clustering technology, and the requisite storage and networking infrastructure for e-transaction processing. The Design Centre will concentrate on assisting industry leaders with complex and unique applications and system designs. Customers can benefit by seeing their application run in an environment similar to their own. IBM will apply lessons learned at the centre to help other customers as they move toward advanced e-commerce. The Design Centre is expected to be operational in July.

To: Domenic Caputo who wrote (3693)	5/3/1999 5:33:00 PM
From: jocko	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6076

Hi DOM I won't go into a long thing about why I am optimistic but I will say that I can't recall stronger fundamentals with any other stock I have ever invested in and that includes management following through with what they have said they would try and accomplish. I will leave the "potential" up to someone who is far more experienced than I, regarding the technical applications, to comment. In the meantime I will see if I can figure out how to write shorter sentences, study some grammar, and maybe even learn to spell :-) Best regards to all j