Computerworld adds electronic commerce section; New quarterly feature boosts Internet coverage.the leading weekly newspaper for information systems managers, today announced a new quarterly section called "Electronic Commerce" to debut Monday Monday: see week. , November November: see month. 20. The section will focus on how large and medium businesses can use the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the and World Wide Web to improve performance and profitability. "Despite everything that's been written about the Internet, there is still very little of depth and substance for information professionals," said Bill Laberis, editor-in-chief, Computerworld. "This quarterly section will build on Computerworld's weekly Internet coverage by providing in-depth reporting and analysis of key electronic commerce issues." "Computerworld readers are the ones who will have to build the infrastructure to implement `electronic commerce' throughout an organization," said Joseph Maglitta, senior editor, Computerworld, who will edit the section. "We'll provide the front-line perspective needed for their success." The first installment will examine how leading companies, including Federal Express Corp., Fidelity Investments Fidelity Investments is a group of privately held companies in the financial services industry. It is made up by two independent but closely cooperating companies, Fidelity Management and Research Corporation (FMR Co. and Saturn Corp., are pioneering the use of the Internet to handle customer service, market research and information distribution. It also includes predictions from Internet notables Leonard Kleinrock Leonard Kleinrock, Ph.D. (born June 13, 1934 in New York) is a computer scientist, and a professor of computer science at UCLA, who made several important contributions to the field of computer networking, in particular to the theoretical side of computer networking. , Mary Cronin, Marty Tenbaum and Ben Barker barker a term for an animal that does not usually bark which makes a violent respiratory effort, often during a convulsion, accompanied by a sound which roughly resembles a dog's bark. about what electronic commerce will be like in 1997 and 2000. The "Electronic Commerce" section is scheduled to run again February 5, 1996. Computerworld, the leading weekly newspaper for information systems management, provides timely news and analysis on all aspects of the computer industry. Recognized three times by the Computer Press Association as the Number One computer newspaper, the publication has 142,109 paid subscribers (ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. December 1994 Publisher's Statement), which translates to over 768,000 readers a week (1995 ABC Pass Along Research Study Statement). Computerworld is part of a global product family that includes publications in 63 countries. Its publisher, Computerworld, Inc., is headquartered at 500 Old Connecticut Path The Old Connecticut Path was the Native American trail that led westward from the area of Massachusetts Bay to the Connecticut River Valley, the very first of the North American trails that led west from the settlements close to the Atlantic seacoast, towards the interior. , Framingham, MA 01701. For more information, please contact June Howlett, Marenghi & Howlett, 617/239-0057, or by e-mailing jhowlett@mandh.com. For editorial submissions, contact Joseph Maglitta, Computerworld, 800/343-6474, extension 8192, or by e-mailing Joe_Maglitta@cw.com. CONTACT: June Howlett Marenghi & Howlett Voice: 617-239-0057 Fax: 617-239-1580 |
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