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StratVantage Consulting, LLC — Mike’s Take on the News 9\/24\/00<\/h1>\n

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T<\/strong>he News — 9\/24\/00<\/h1>\n

One-Third of Business Say E-Commerce Will Transform <\/h2>\n

The majority of companies in a KPMG International global study see the Internet having a profound effect on the role they play in their industries – with nearly one-third expecting to see e-business changing their core businesses, according to the professional services organization.<\/strong> Full Story <\/a><\/p>\n

Microsoft Enhances bCentral <\/h2>\n

Microsoft today introduced "Business Web Services <\/a>," a collection of hosted Web tools, email, e-commerce and marketing applications that will be available on the software giant’s bCentral small-business service.<\/strong> The service, which will be available later this year, will cost businesses $24.<\/strong>95 per month.<\/strong><\/p>\n

City-Wide Wireless Service Provider <\/a> <\/h2>\n

One London resident, James Stevens, wants to wirelessly network all of London by using relatively cheap, off-the-shelf parts <\/a>.<\/strong> With the help of dozens of volunteers, Stevens is hoping to create a city-wide wireless network, built and maintained by the users themselves.<\/strong> Unlike the commercial wireless networks, Stevens’ Consume the Net <\/a> network will offer free access to anyone with a computer and a US$100 wireless networking card.<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Mobile Modem Hits Download Speeds of 128 kbps <\/a> <\/h2>\n

Wireless Internet access provider Metricom today launched a broad offensive to boost adoption of its service for mobile PC customers.<\/strong> Metricom has debuted its speedier service in six new cities: Baltimore, Dallas, Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix and New York.<\/strong> The slower original version was available only in San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C., with service recently launched in Atlanta and San Diego as well.<\/strong> All cities now receive the faster service. The newer service, also called Ricochet, delivers Internet content to PC customers at 128 kbps <\/a>, comparable to an ISDN connection and several times faster than dial-up modems or the original Ricochet offering, which is only capable of 28.<\/strong>8-kbps downloads.<\/p>\n

Out on a Limb with M-Commerce <\/a> <\/h2>\n

" Consumers don’t think they want the wireless Web yet, but they will <\/a>.<\/strong>" So said Forrester analyst Patrick Callinan, explaining his firm’s recent conclusion that there is "latent demand" for Internet-enabled mobile phones in the United States.<\/strong> The study that uncovered the latent demand also pointed out that respondents from 34 percent of households surveyed said it was unlikely they would buy any cellular devices, and two-thirds of North American consumers said they were reluctant to make purchases using Internet cell phones.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shakeout Looming in B2B Communities?<\/strong> <\/h2>\n

This is a good round-up article from ClickZ about the opportunities and threats facing B2B communities and exchanges.<\/strong> It’s packed with stats and references as well as questions you should ask about participating in an online exchange or community.<\/strong><\/p>\n

"B2B communities are places where businesses sometimes engage in e-commerce, but that’s not their primary goal.<\/strong> Exchanges or online marketplaces, on the other hand, are established specifically to conduct e-commerce.<\/strong> They bring together buyers and sellers, offering procurement services that feature consolidated purchasing from numerous partner vendors, e-malls, or bidding\/auction-oriented sites.<\/strong> Is a shakeout looming for these types of web properties?<\/strong>" Full Article <\/a><\/p>\n

1 Million Businesses on DSL in 3 Years?<\/strong> Sounds light to me <\/h2>\n

This prediction seems way too conservative to me.<\/strong> According to eMarketer, "More than 1 million U.S. businesses will turn to xDSL technologies for broadband internet access within the next 3 years, according to eMarketer’s eCommerce: B2B Report.<\/strong> During the same period, the number of businesses accessing the internet will rise from 4.<\/strong>5 million by year-end 2000 to over 6.<\/strong>7 million by 2003.<\/p>\n

"Currently, less than 10% of business users connect to the internet using xDSL, but by 2003, eMarketer expects that business xDSL subscribers will rise to more than 16% of the business access market.<\/strong> A study by the Strategis Group found that 57% of U.S. firms access the internet via dial-up connections at speeds of only 56 kilobits per second.<\/strong> The vast majority of these companies are small businesses, with less than 100 employees.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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"As e-commerce activity increases, many small businesses will be upgrading to faster access speeds in order to accommodate the greater demand for bandwidth," says eMarketer’s Senior Business Analyst, Steve Butler.<\/strong> "Research has found that the use of application service providers (ASP’s) will be a significant driver of broadband adoption as well.<\/strong>"<\/p>\n

"xDSL will be the preferred access technology chosen by small businesses due to its low cost compared to fiber.<\/strong> Furthermore, xDSL technologies offer better security than cable," added Butler.<\/strong><\/p>\n

"For more on the report, click here <\/a>.<\/strong>"<\/p>\n

Preparing for the B2B Battle <\/h2>\n

Gulf War veteran and FreeMarkets founder\/CEO Glen T. Meakem is trying to stave off competitor VerticalNet and survive in the perilous online marketplace sector.<\/strong> Business Week <\/a><\/p>\n

Wireless Web wave breaks over the IPO market <\/h2>\n

Wireless is hot for VCs too.<\/strong> This article focuses on the wireless providers for devices such as palm and Blackberry.<\/strong> Red Herring <\/a><\/p>\n

The Great Thing About Standards: There are so many of them!<\/strong> <\/h2>\n

There’s a new XML format in town: RSS 1.<\/strong>0. Co-founder and Chief Architect David Galbraith of Moreover.com is co-author of RSS 1.<\/strong>0, which has become the de facto standard for web-based syndication.<\/strong> This new version of RSS promises to make simple web syndication rival existing heavyweight standards.<\/strong> Through the use of modules, it will allow different parties to extend the core spec.<\/strong> to produce components describing data specific to a particular use or industry.<\/strong> It is a significant step towards inventor of the web Tim Berners Lee’s vision for the ‘semantic web’: one vast database of information.<\/strong> Check it out at Moreover <\/a><\/p>\n

Business guru Tom Peters sees major e-commerce shakeout <\/h2>\n

OK, I think Tom Peters is great.<\/strong> But after seeing him speak at a Delphi conference in May, I don’t think he knows a thing about B2B e-commerce.<\/strong> Here he holds forth about that topic and says over 85 percent of e-commerce-based companies will bite the big one.<\/strong> He may be right about that, and I sure like this quote: "E-commerce is not a technology play, it’s a relationship, partnering, communication, and organizational play, made possible by technology.<\/strong>" More <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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StratVantage Consulting, LLC — Mike’s Take on the News 9\/28\/00<\/h1>\n

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T<\/strong>he News — 9\/28\/00<\/h1>\n

Rocket Cars That Go Splat, Involuntary Kidney Donations, and Other Net Myths<\/h2>\n

Don’t believe everything you read, and especially, don’t believe everything you see in your email box.<\/strong> I’ve spent many hours over my career trying to extinguish various types of net myths, which take on a life of their own as well-meaning colleagues forward them endlessly and clog up the corporate email system.<\/strong> In fact, for years, my particular pet peeve was the notion that you could harm your computer by reading an email.<\/strong> For years, this was not true.<\/strong> Sadly, reality caught up with myth, and today, email really can eat your computer.<\/strong> This article points to a number of excellent sites you can go to to find out if that juicy rumor is really true.<\/strong><\/p>\n

LA Times <\/a><\/p>\n

Oracle B2B Not So Hot<\/h2>\n

Larry Ellison has vowed to smash B2B competitors like Ariba and Commerce One.<\/strong> This article says it hasn’t happened yet; will it ever?<\/strong> Oracle claims to be powering 55 online trading exchanges, including eight industry consortium exchanges.<\/strong> But their own exchange, Oracle Exchange, is a joke.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Upside <\/a><\/p>\n

Dinosaurs Can Dance<\/h2>\n

One of the original exchanges, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, is getting on the Web, licensing Primex Trading’s online auction software.<\/strong> There’s life in the old girl yet.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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