Documents specified above DO NOT include the graphical elements, design, or layout of this Web site. You can contact the webmaster at . Needless to say, six opinions a week can be a drain on one's creativity. So, Sara Aase took over for me and did a fine job until the weight of researching such a broad range of topics literally stressed her shoulders beyond their limits, and she asked me to carry the load for a while. Some trends are subtle and others hit you over the head so often and so hard, you can't ignore them.
Net trend falls in the latter category.
This means we are very close to unified standard for back-end business language. And Nelson and I are not the only ones to ponder the power of a unified business language standard. Last week, ComputerUser presented a panel discussion to more than 1000 IT professionals in Minneapolis. And Joel Ronning is CEO of Digital River, one of the largest e-commerce hosting providers on the Net. This left the audience buzzing at the possibilities.