E-STRATEGIES
& TRENDS
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- Online Consumer
Confidence Rising
- Web Development
Reigns
- AOL's Global Strategy
Looks Grim
- Global Governments
Go Online
- VCs Helped Create
7.6 Million Jobs Over 30 Years
- Permission
is key to email marketing
- 84M
in the US Will Plug Into Wireless Internet by 2005
- In-Building
Wireless Infrastructure to Top $1B
- Online
Usage in U.S Dips in September
- Bad
news on tap from Japan's chipmakers
- Tech
Start-Ups Spend More On Marketing
- Web
Attacks Doubled In Last Year
- Lower
IT spending ahead
- U.S. e-commerce
returning to pre-attack levels
- Sifting
for gold in Net data
- IT Spend
Up For Consumer Goods Firms
- Outsourcing
Trends
- New Study Proves Financial
Rewards of Customer Satisfaction
- Wireless
Pricing Bytes
- Worldwide IT
Growth Slowed By N. American Dip In Road
- Banks
Benefit From Online Services
- Booming
Firewall Market
Online
Consumer Confidence Rising After the horrendous attacks on September 11th,
consumers snapped shut their pocketbooks. To many, it seemed almost disrespectful
to the victims to go to the mall or log on to the Internet to purchase frivolities.
Web
Development Reigns Programmers are increasing the time they spend developing
for the Internet and building Web services AOL's
Global Strategy Looks Grim AOL Time Warner's efforts to grow business
internationally are beginning to look as productive as growing rice in the desert.
Global
Governments Go Online According to a recent "E-government" report from
World Markets Research Centre, conducted by Brown University, 28% of government
websites in North America offer online services. VCs
Helped Create 7.6 Million Jobs Over 30 Years VCs have helped launch U.S.
companies that created 7.6 million jobs while generating $1.3 trillion in total
revenue during past three decades. Permission
is key to email marketing A new report from Forrester advises email marketers
to provide relevant content in their messages, and to keep those messages short
and reasonably infrequent. 84M
in the US Will Plug Into Wireless Internet by 2005 Business Users Will
Lead Wireless Data Usage; Consumer Adoption Forecast to Take Off in 2003
In-Building
Wireless Infrastructure to Top $1B The market for licensed in-building
wireless infrastructure in publicly used buildings and areas is growing at 20%
per year, and will exceed $1B for the period from 2002 through 2006. Online
Usage in U.S Dips in September The number of online users in the U.S.
fell slightly in September after climbing a bit in August. Bad
news on tap from Japan's chipmakers Japan's 5 major chip and electronics
conglomerates are set to unveil half-year results and fresh full-year earnings
forecasts over the next 2 weeks, with the market bracing for more bad news as
the global economy sags. Tech
Start-Ups Spend More On Marketing A new study has found that high-tech
B2B start-ups have increased their marketing spend, despite the economic downturn.
Web
Attacks Doubled In Last Year Attacks on web servers doubled in 2001 compared
to 2000, and nearly 90 percent of companies surveyed have been infected with worms
or viruses, despite having anti-virus software installed Lower
IT spending ahead Worldwide spending on information technology is falling
and likely to move sharply lower next year amid a global economic downturn.
U.S.
e-commerce returning to pre-attack levels In the five weeks following
the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, online shopping almost rebounded to
its pre-attack levels, although travel services continued to drag Sifting
for gold in Net data Cash hungry online companies are turning to Web analytics,
which organizes customer data collected through cookies and similar tools, to
pull in extra revenue as market research. IT
Spend Up For Consumer Goods Firms Over half of US consumer goods companies
are set to increase their IT budgets next year. Outsourcing
Trends A new study suggests that customers want multiple outsourcing partners--rather
than one--in order to choose best-in-class service providers. New
Study Proves Financial Rewards of Customer Satisfaction Analysis Shows
How Customer Retention and Referrals Dramatically Impact Earnings Growth and Shareholder
Value Over Time. Wireless
Pricing Bytes Will the Carriers Ever Make Money from Wireless Data?
Worldwide
IT Growth Slowed By N. American Dip In Road Even before September, 2001
wasn't stacking up as one of the happier years in the IT industry Banks
Benefit From Online Services New research from Celent Communications has
found that cost savings are the major return on investment for banks that have
invested in online financial services offerings Booming
Firewall Market Cahners In-Stat finds that the September 11 attacks provided
a definite boost to the security industry and projects booming firewall revenues
through 2005. Back
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