Internet Trends

Articles

"Customers Rate ISP Services" by Rebecca Wetzel. PC Week, November 10, 1997, p. 105.
—TeleChoice, PC Week and Inter@ctive Week conducted a survey to provide people with an unbiased perspective of ISPs. UUNet, AT&T, MCI, GTE/BBN, CompuServe and AOL are all rated.

"Get What You Want from the Web" by Bernard Avishai. Fortune, October, 27, 1997 p. 283.
—Describes programs developed by several software manufacturers that can limit or remove the useless information so often part of Web searches.

"...Leave No Milestone Unturned" by Jesse Berst. PC Week, September 30, 1996, p. 75.
—Offers technological predictions about the next century including the change from personal computers to personal communicators and how the Internet will affect business.

"Personal Web Servers Offer Great Conveniences, Risks" by Herb Bethoney. PC Week, August 4, 1997, p. 28.
—Describes how personal Web servers make it possible to share large batches of information across the world, but present major security problems since unauthorized access is a greater liability.

"The Server That Wouldn’t Die" by David Baum and Gregory Karpain. Byte, October 1997, p. 12.
—High-availability servers are becoming more affordable for small firms interested in providing their own connection to the Internet.

"Web Servers by the Bundle" by Renee Munshi. Datamation, November 1997, p. 90.
—As the market for personal Web servers increases, computer manufacturers offer packages that enable a business to choose the specific platform it wishes to utilize. The vendor provides everything from e-mail to Web development software.

"Server Makers Tune Systems for the Web" by John S. McCright and Lisa DiCarlo. PC Week, September 22, 1997, p. 6.
—Numerous servers are being released into the market by top-name manufacturers that are specially packaged for World Wide Web usage.

"Web Servers Include Tools You Can Use to Place Limits on User" by Brett Glass. Info World, May 26, 1997, p. 44.
—New servers allow companies to restrict access to certain parts of their Web site–a useful feature for firms whose sites have high traffic and large customer bases.

"Web Servers Get Skinny" by Michelle Campanale. Byte, October 1997, p. 129.
—Evaluates three small Web servers: Webtronics’ WebBox, Microtest’s WebZerver, and Compact Devices’ Twister–each of which is designed to appeal to firms interested in their own Web sites.

"What’s Hot? Anything Connected with Networking" by John Verity. Computerworld, September 29, 1997, p. 8.
—Lists some of the networking software available and how best to incorporate it into a business: supply-chain technology, product and data management, and activity coordination.