Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy

Given the healthy cynicism that the reader, circa fall 2001, now feels toward New Economy books, it’s refreshing to pick up a volume from 1999 that opens with a hearty dose of curmudgeonry. The authors of Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy, Carl Shapiro and Hal R. Varian, are both professors at Berkeley, and together they’ve written a surprisingly age-free book that … [ Read more ]

Hardware is an outdated idea

When people talk about the technology business, they almost always refer to its key aspects as hardware, software, and networking. Too bad that’s wrong. The emerging reality is devices, access, and services.

Upstarts: ASPs

Article gives basic overview of the ASP (Application Service Provider) concept and model; offers some statistics, examples, analysis and an interview with Phil Wainewright, founder and managing editor of ASPnews.com

What Does it Take to Lead an E-Commerce Venture?

Trying to lead fast-growing organizations in volatile, uncertain markets poses a significant leadership challenge-and requires executives with unusual-even paradoxical-qualities. Example: Such leaders must be highly confident and self-assertive while also being open and flexible enough to be team-builders. What other skills do leaders of e-commerce ventures need? What kind of culture should they build for their organizations? A session at a recent meeting of the … [ Read more ]

Everything You Know About E-Business is Wrong

article talks about six characteristics Frank Gens, senior VP at IDC, says successful companies will share.

TechRepublic White Paper on the Costs of Tech Support

Tech support is expensive. Your CEOs and CIOs want you to show them the ROI. How do you provide the tech support your organization needs and stay within budget? Download TechRepublic’s white paper to find out.

The Golden Spike

The Internet is most analogous to the railroad revolution more than a century ago.

ICONOCAST

claims to be ‘the definitive source for facts, igures, trends, and rumors in the Internet marketing industry’; has excellent 1 page .pdf file w/ Internet Stats!

Tech Republic

Contains news, features, job listings and product info in 5 categories: Admin, CIO, Linux, Support and Training

NetLingo

glossary of Internet-related terms

NetCraft

neat site that let’s you find out what OS and Web software any web site is running; includes summary and most requested site statistics

20 Questions: How the Net Works

excellent layman’s overview with topics such as components, ownership & control, and speed; incl. some good graphics

Internet Traffic Report

monitors the flow of data around the world

Internet Domain Survey

Internet Software Consortium’s regular statistics on Internet Domain Hosts