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The article examines the impact of the Internet on industries as of September 2015 and forecasts trends related to industrial Internet. These industries include aerospace, medical care, and manufacturing. The Internet has reportedly transformed industries significantly which include changing the methods of design and manufacturing of products. Technology is expected to accelerate economic growth and productivity and yield billions of savings.

The article presents the third part of a series of reports about the impact of information technology (IT) on the business climate. A study conducted by consulting firm McKinsey Global Institute is highlighted which revealed that the potential economic imapct of the Internet could reach between $3.7 trillion and $10.8 trillion by 2025. The challenges in privacy and information security created by the advancement of IT are outlined.

The article discusses the significant changes in business and economy of Australia during 1980s. It notes the election of Bob Hawke as Prime Minister of Australia in 1983 who spanned the conservative coalition of Malcolm Fraser. It reflects on the micro, and macro-economic reforms of Hawke, and Paul Keating who aimed to make Australia as a globally competitive economy. It focuses on the consequences encountered by internet entrepreneurs in managing their businesses.

The article discusses the freemium business model for online content providers, which offers some services for free and more advanced services for subscribers. Strategic planning, added value services, and electronic publishing are discussed, as well as online services such as genealogical research on the website Ancestry.com, articles from online newspapers, and web-based learning.

Discusses strategies for growth of Internet businesses. Example of eBay, an online auction site which was forced offline by a major system crash for eleven hours; Necessity of high availability and fault tolerance in the system; How a well designed Internet business is a worthwhile investment.

Discusses the opportunities and challenges in Internet marketing and advertising. Details on the evolution of Web sites; Factors that contribute to the success of Internet marketing; Changes brought about by the innovations in the Internet.

Focuses on the impact of the Internet on the information industry and information professionals. Rise of the Internet economy; Examples of the nature of the electronic business transformation; Implications for information providers and professionals.

El artículo enfoca en el crecimiento del uso de la tecnología informática. Se hablan de las redes de información y el comercio y las finanzas por Internet, así como sus limitaciones y perspectivas de desarrollo futuro. Se habla también de la influencia positiva que en la economía ha tenido el sector de la economía digital y la solución del efecto Y2K.

The article reports that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released in May the order establishing the Emergency Connectivity Fund, and the program, funded by the American Rescue Plan Act, will enable schools and libraries to purchase laptop and tablet computers and Wi-Fi hotspots and expand broadband connectivity for students, school faculty and staff.

Discusses the advent of electronic commerce in automobile sales in Australia. Internet site for Toyota Australia; Struggles between dealers and manufacturers for access to customers; Views of Ted Van Riel of PricewaterhouseCoopers; Impact of electronic sales on the customer satisfaction index (CSI); Issues involving dealers; Approach taken by Ford Australia; Importance of sales training and information technology; Australian franchise laws. INSET: A Boys' Club With All the Brass Fittings.

Highlights the report `The Internet, IP and New Market Opportunities: A Strategic Analysis.' Potential effect the Internet and its underlying technology on social and business environments; Growth in Internet-based sales; Business efficiencies that can be generated from the use of Internet Protocol-based applications. INSETS: The new corporate user environment;About IEC.

Focuses on the transactions of electronic commerce in the Internet computer network. Significance of authentication, certification, confirmation, nonrepudiation and encryption; Use of credit cards, electronic data interchange (EDI); Introduction of smart card; Software companies' offer of corporate-level transaction support for Internet commerce. INSETS: Don't leave home without them.;Will banks miss the Internet boat?.;This mall isn't that busy..

Discusses the rush of companies to start on-line commercial use of the Internet's World Wide Web as on January 1995. Details on various aspects of the phenomenon; Results of tests to assess advantages to companies by use of the service. INSETS: Hey! What's this Web thing?.;How to crawl the Web..

Reports that the unrestrained growth of the Internet has a darker side, and that businesses are already asking whether the Internet can sustain the interdependent growth and pricing challenges that lie ahead. The `one-button' access delivered with OS/2 Warp and Windows95; How parts of the Internet need to be upgraded; Question of who will pay the cost; Reliability and capacity issues; The future of an overburdened Internet. INSET: The one-touch Internet?.

Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of electronic commerce via the Internet for businesses. Cost savings over electronic data interchange (EDI); Comments from Steve Emery of CSR and Chris Long of InterWorld; Projected percentage growth in United States Internet economy segments from 1996 through 2000.

Stresses the need for businesses in Australia to find ways to effectively use the Internet. The small number of chief executives in Australia who are knowledgeable about the Internet; Comments from Doctor Terry Cutler of the Information Policy and Advisory Committee (Ipac), and Senator Richard Alston, federal Minister for Communications; The need for regulatory changes; Other issues that must be addressed.

Analyzes the multi-million market returns predicted by the use of the Internet and other online services. Business sectors' complaints against high costs of maintaining World Wide Web sites; Commercial and public disadvantages of information networks; Predictions for online shopping. INSETS: History of the Internet, by Margaret Banaghan.;Netspeak made easy, by Margaret Banaghan..

Focuses on the need for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to give value-added services for business enterprises in the United States. Virgin Interactive Entertainment's ISP requirements; Forging of technological alliances with networking companies, modem suppliers, and computer companies; Free Web-page hit tracking services; Need for companies to determine the use of the Web in corporate strategy. INSET: Thanks for the...pager?..

Discusses the viability of online marketing of products and services on the Internet. Security concerns over credit information; Legal issues for electronic commerce; Potential market for online transactions; Model of electronic banking; Use of Internet as advertising medium; Threat of interference from computer hackers and viruses; Costs of developing electronic selling channels. INSETS: No long lines yet.;All the world's a mall..

Experiments on the use of Internet to business world. Sun's Microsystems use of advanced Internet applications; Process of local competition in the World Wide Web sites; Internet's collection of business terms; Benefits of Internet to large corporations. INSETS: A parking space in cyberspace, by S.T.;Keeping all lanes open, by S.T..

Provides information about the survey conducted by the Promotion Marketing Association of America in conjunction with `Brandweek' regarding the use of the Web as a mrketing tool. Objective of the survey; Marketers as Web crawlers; Specific usages of the Internet; Generation gap with regards to the desire for techno communication tools, observed in the survey.

Discusses the impact of technology on the publication of reference works. Impact of the digital delivery of information; Questions about the effects of the Internet; Electronic capabilities and publishing; Electronic reference at Houghton Mifflin and Thomas Nelson; How individual titles reflect electronic activity; Electronic media's impact on online and print publishing; Reference as a fluid resource; Print advertising; Brand awareness. INSETS: New Lives;Breadth, Depth and--in Some Cases--Heft.

Focuses on the plans of some network managers to use the Internet as a less costly method for point-to-point routing of corporate data on their intranets. Possible creation of Virtual Private Network; Efforts of vendors to meet the demand for encryption gear, routers, firewalls and Internet access services; Creation of privately accessible, intracompany networks or intranets.

Discusses how the Internet affects the economy and the work force. Growth of the Internet and users; Reasons by businesses and other organizations are using the Internet; How the Internet technology has been used to create internal networks called intranets; Occupations and the Internet; Ways of preparing for a job on the Internet. INSET: CyberSpeak: A guide to...

Highlights the benefits of Internet-assisted procurement for manufacturing businesses. Elimination of traditional requisition and ordering procedures; Provision of close financial oversight; Reduction of recordkeeping works; Avoidance of middlemen.

Focuses on the benefits of utilizing the method of Internet-aided design for manufacturers. Secure transfer of design, project management and financial data; Increased communication among team members and the customers; Provision of virtual design environment; Less expensive than direct-connect lines. INSETS: Shortcut.;More than models..

Highlights the reasons of many manufacturers for not adopting the Internet as an aide in doing business and clinging to the electronic data interchange (EDI). Concern on the ability of the Internet to contain their transaction volumes; Doubt on Internet's information security; Possible overloading of the Internet; Mission-critical information transmitted via EDI.

Offers descriptions of several marketing and advertising websites. Mention of http://advertising.utexas.edu/world/ as the finest marketing-advertising website; Other sites; Features of the sites; Evaluative ranking.

This section presents statistics on a variety of topics, including the percentage of drop in planned capital spending by mining firms during October and November 2012, the contribution of the Internet to the country's economy by 2016, and the proportion of local citizens with a bachelor's degree qualification or above.

El artículo se enfoca en las opiniones de los ejecutivos de varias empresas del sector de la confección sobre las nuevas direcciones en cuanto al mercado. Según el autor, los ejecutivos incluyendo Juan Zighelboim, presidente de Textiles Opico S.A. de C.V. (TexOps) en El Salvador y vicepresidenta para las Americas de VF Sourcing Latin America Michelle Landgrebe están de acuerdo que la tecnología ha cambiado la dirección del mercado por el acceso constante del Internet por los aparatos móviles.

The article discusses the use of the Internet by electronic component distributors to meet the demands of their consumers and expand their business in the Asian market. It states that Asia is an attractive market for distributors and that many discover that success in the region is through leverage of the Internet. It also mentions that distributors are putting more presence in Asia to address needs in its marketplace including quick access to product information and documentation.

The article presents long-range business forecasting for television broadcasting. Continued technological innovation is seen as leading to a convergence of television and the Internet, with television programs becoming available on a wide variety of household electronic devices. The implications of that development and of the continuing erosion of ratings for broadcast television programs for television advertising finance is discussed.

The article looks at efforts made to launch a Pan-African satellite communication system. The replacement of the spacecraft Rascom-QAF1 is discussed. Business aspects of the Internet access offered by the satellite are considered, noting several enhancements made since the satellite first went into service in 2007.

Presents updates on manufacturing industry in the United States as of November 2000. Significance of the Internet in saving energy expenses; Information on the business status of Boeing Co; Coverage of the metrics performance of Marking Systems Inc.

Focuses on the application of cable modem and digital subscriber line (DSL) technology and its impact on economic development in the United States. Importance of the Internet and the information superhighway to the economy; Benefits of cable modems; Installation of DSL technology; Legislation that hinders the ability of cities to enter the cable business.

Comments on the changes which involves Internet business models in markets and economies. Information on the trend in open source code programming; Details on the free market; Changes in electronic commerce; Possible end of Reduced Instruction Set Computing. INSET: Jim Button: Where Is He Now?.

Discusses electronic commerce in February of 1999. Data on the sales of products on the Internet during the 1998 Christmas season; Types of products which were purchased online; The continuing success of sites like Amazon.com; Which items sell best on the Internet; The potential for sales of automobiles on the Internet; Business to business electronic commerce; The opportunity for profit that electronic commerce offers.

Details the computer network of Rohm and Haas Co. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Internet being the simplest way to bring all the Optidose sales sites together; Comments from Sheree Revilla Mella, information technology manager and strategist for the Formulation Chemicals business unit; Years experience; Responsibilities.

Centers on the Internet's impact on the sports-betting industry in Australia as of July, 16, 1999. Industry changes and growth; Statistics on growth and capital; Alternatives to Internet sports-betting; Example of Centrebet, an Australian company which takes Internet bets; Experiences of betters; The Northern Territory Government's legalization of sports gambling in December, 1992; Potential of the industry; Deal negotiated by Sydney's Consolidated Gaming Corporation with Bryan Clark of agency Sportsbet. INSET: Ball-By-Ball Odds.

States that resources companies such as mining companies are re-listing themselves as Internet stocks. The example of Golden Hills Mining, which was re-listed as a data communication company called Davnet; Reaction of stock market regulators, the Australian Stock Exchange and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, to the opportunism trend.

Describes new efforts at community-based commerce on the Internet in Australia. Launch of The Age CitySearch by John Fairfax Holdings; Launch of SideWalk Web site by Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL); Struggle of on-line pioneers to define markets and profitable models; Concept of building communities based on location and common interest; Level of government commitment needed; Details about SideWalk and The Age CitySearch; Involvement of Microsoft Corporation.

Talks about the linking of McDonnell Douglas and Northrop Grumman's design and manufacturing teams through the Internet to develop a nacelle for the US Air Force's C-17 airlifter. Use of the Internet as an engineering backbone; Standardization of the platform; Nacelle redesign; Establishment of an innovative procedure by the virtual team; Managing information; Extending the virtual enterprise.

Offers a look at Internet as a marketing and promotional tool. MCA/Universal Studios' use of the Web-based information service of Internet in launching the company's on-line service during the 1995 Comdex computer show; Increase in Internet participation; Capability of Internet; Goal of putting banking credit-card services in Internet; Users' evaluation of Internet. INSET: Pointers for Internet advocacy..

Focuses on the benefits of the Internet for collaboration to happen in an engineering workplace. How design teams can collaborate on intranets; Comments from senior manager of Information Systems/Unigraphics at the MDA Space Station, Jeff Jensen; Products that incorporate Internet publishing tools; Benefits of the internet to conferencing. INSETS: Strengthening racing form.;Solids aid in hot sales for cool summer..

Explains the importance of the information technology and the need for the utility executives to enter into the information superhighway. Difference between Internet and information superhighway; Opportunities provided by the Internet, information superhighway and the Web to the electric power executives; Internet for global marketing; Opportunities through information superhighway.

Focuses on ways for companies to make a fortune by selling advice about the Internet. Disappointments in the Internet; Selling connections; Corporate use of the Internet.

The article examines research on U.S. consumer attitudes conducted by the publication and by the advertising agency Leo Burnett on which products and services consumers regard as essential to the conduct of their daily lives. The increasing importance consumers place on broadband and wireless communication and access to the Internet and the devices which offer those services is considered. INSET: A 'NEED' FOR ONE IS A 'WANT' FOR ANOTHER....

The article discusses the use of internet in promoting business. Households saved about 53 million dollars by using the internet to search for information, shop and finish everyday tasks. Businesses also gained about 27 million dollars in terms of productivity improvements as the internet made it cheaper to communicate quicker with more people. It is also reported that better internet communications will add up to 7% of growth to the economy.

The article reports that Simon Clift, Chief Marketing Officer for Unilever, said that the Internet and Web 2.0 communication systems such as online social networks had transformed marketing permanently. Clift stated that small groups of consumers now had the ability to communicate as effectively as do marketers, increasing the need for constant interaction with consumers.

The author reflects on the importance of cloud computing in the U.S. He states that if the promise of cloud computing is accurate, an organization can reduce certain hardware costs, some license fees and maybe trim headcount. He adds that for him cloud computing is the future and can play a role in any organization, but it is not yet ready for prime time for most enterprise application and data needs.