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[Departments] The number of people on the Internet Multimedia
ÊFront PageÊ has more than doubled in the last standard backed
ÊThe NetÊ year, according to three independent
ÊComputingÊ studies released today. That means: AdCount tallies
ÊIntranetsÊ viewings
ÊBusinessÊ --a boom for online commerce.
ÊCNET RadioÊ --big growth for online advertising. Net ads increase,
ÊPerspectivesÊ --a greater concern for online but how much?
ÊNewsmakersÊ security.
ÊRumor Mill Ê PNC, Industry.Net
But, according to yet another study on
do e-commerce
[Resources] bandwidth, all of these findings will
ÊCustom NewsÊ affect people at slower speeds. Banks invest in
ÊMember courtesy
ServicesÊ A joint study conducted by Jupiter
ÊContact UsÊ Communications and Find/SVP (FSVP) Firms try to lock
ÊHelpÊ estimates that the number of people up security market
ÊSearch using the Internet from home has more
NEWS.COMÊ than doubled, to 14.7 million Few are prepared
households from 6.2 million in 1995.
to fight crime
[Services] The study, sponsored by nearly 20 online
major corporations, also concludes
ÊCNET.COMÊ that people who own personal computers
ÊSEARCH.COMÊ are likely candidates to use online Video-on-demand in
ÊSHAREWARE.COMÊ financial services. demand on the Net
[Marketplace] The study states that more than half Ê
ÊSponsorsÊ of all PC-owning households--55
percent--use their computers to manage
finances, adding that 9.2 million
households use online or Internet
financial services.
"We're seeing tremendous growth in
home Internet usage led by both baby
boomers and younger householders,"
said Thomas Miller, a vice president
of FIND/SVP. "Many of these users are
already using their PC for financial
management and see great potential
value in emerging online and
electronic financial services."
With all those people going online,
it's no wonder that another study
concludes that online advertising is
becoming the largest-growing segment
of the Internet.
So far this year, advertising has had
a market share of 3.4 percent or $85
million, according to a research
conducted by Frost & Sullivan, an
international marketing consulting
company. But advertising is projected
to grow to 22.2 percent of the market
share--or $5.48 billion by 2002.
And even with the big push for
broadband, or faster, access to the
Internet, a big chunk of Netizens
still will be seeing those ads with
relatively slower connections,
according to a report by
Communications Industry Researchers.
The report concludes that even by the
year 2006, narrowband access revenues
will be worth almost $80 million. Why?
Because narrowband access will be
cheaper than broadband connections.
"We believe that high-speed network
access is the wave of the future,"
said Lawrence Gasman, project manager
in a written statement. "But don't
expect the narrowband infrastructure
to go away any time soon."
No matter how people are logging on,
they'll certainly be interested in one
thing: computer security online and
off. And they should be, according to
a the fourth annual Earnst & Young
LLP/INformationWeek Informations
Security Survey.
Seventy-one percent of the executives
surveyed expressed a lack of
confidence in the security of their
computer networks, from both internal
and external attacks, according to the
survey.
The study also revealed that in the
past two years, 78 percent of the
survey's 1,320 participants lost
information to viruses and other
problems, according to the survey.
Thirty-two percent of the losses were
attributed to malicious acts by
company insiders; 18 percent were
attributed to malicious acts by
outsiders; 25 percent were caused by
natural disasters; and industry
espionage caused six percent of the
problems.
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