Counting on the Web: How Andromedia Helps Web Business Keep Track of Business
Businesses advertising on the Web need to know not just the
number of hits a site receives, but demographic information about the
people behind those hits: who they are, where they live, what kinds of
products they're interested in, when and where they are most likely to
access the Web. And how to keep them at a site long enough to see and
interact with their advertisements.
Ascend Deploys Java for Easier Configuration of Network Access Hardware
Ascend Communications of Alameda, Calif. knows that first impressions
count. Too many new users of advanced Internet communications hardware
recall their first attempts to configure network access devices as ordeals
that left them thinking that these products are just plain difficult to
use.
Gambling on the Internet
In the past several years, gambling has become a more popular form of
entertainment in America than going to the movies or to sporting events.
And now gambling has found its way onto your personal computer.
Drilling for Oil on the Internet
Petris Technology plans to carry over one million items in an on-line
store that caters to energy industry executives looking to strike it rich
in the next big boom. But if Petris shoppers don't hit data paydirt, the
on-line store could quickly go bust.
Interoperable ORBs -- Providing a Communications Framework for Internet Applications
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a software project will take at least twice as long to complete as anyone expected. In an attempt to prove this corollary to Murphy's law, the Standish Group, a computer industry market research firm in Cape Cod, Mass., conducted the Chaos research project.