Certainly Bloom is poised to take the company in any number of directions. Mark Nicolette, analyst with the Gartner Group said that Veritas is well-positioned to build on its technology base in the backup and storage markets. It's an opportunity to expand a number of current licenses and sell new functions into existing accounts because of the trend to standardize storage structure. Nicolette states that Veritas' strengths are in volume management and file systems. Compaq Computer Corp. Look for Veritas to increase its competitive efforts, but not its acquisitions in 2001.
Privacy competes with bankruptcy code Expect more respect for Web site privacy statements.
Beyond highlighting public distrust of Internet transactions, privacy statements often pledge that personal consumer information, including transaction details, will remain private and never shared with third parties. But the Internet is neither doctor nor lawyer, and the law regarding enforcement of such promises is far from settled in the unsettled New Economy. The Internet is going through uncharted waters. A basic tenet of bankruptcy law is to maximize recoveries to creditors. For dot-coms with few assets, customer lists might yield considerable cash.