The move to digital government services is the single most important influence of the future, but CIOs worry about their leadership roles from a program perspective. Electric Utilities, zoning officials, developers and consulting engineers form task force to deal with energy needs of Internet data centers. There might be cause for greater optimism about the future of online advertising, according to a new report that says spending is on the rebound, despite the hype surrounding the ad market slowdown. Network software supply chain firm Manugistics ranks as best performing stock since Oct. 20 while fiber optics firms Ciena and Corvis mop up the basement. Rio, here we come.
Profits pile up from the countryside to cosmopolitan Europe.
Mammon worshippers get their fair due. Visual Networks barks loudest. Electronic commerce is proving to be a mainstay of America's, and the world's, economy. But problems seem to arise when the modern e-marketers come face to face with the more traditional business practices of fulfillment and shipping. Video on the Internet still is a eyeball jarring experience.