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Reports online services of Homebid.com in the United States. Purpose of rebuilding the sites; Movement from Windows NT to Unix operating systems; Pilot auctions; Goal of the company; Completion and cost of the site; Databases and server used; Schedule of the site launching.

Reports the launching of a distributor extranet by Welch Allyn Inc. in the United States. Nature of business; Need for a repository and electronic catalog for the distributor extranet; Role of TVisions Inc. in the extranet; Use of extranet; Description of the Oracle8 central repository.

Features Engineered Business components software developed by Electronic Data Systems in the United States. Aid of the software to information technology developers; Benefits derived from the components; Functions of the software components; Estimation on the market of software components; Basis and applicability of the components.

Focuses on upscale retailer Nordstrom Inc.'s strategy for integrating design and manufacturing of apparel worldwide. Deployment of an integrated intranet with help from Infosys Corp.; Tracking of approvals of garment supplies and materials; Customer Information application; Monitoring of the entire production process.

Announces the outsourcing of Ames Department Stores Inc.'s information technology (IT) and data center operations to IBM Global Services. Value of the outsourcing contract; Transfer of Ames' IT systems from its Rocky Hill, Connecticut headquarters to the Southbury, Connecticut data centers of IBM.

Discusses the advantages of retraining information technology (IT) employees who possesses a good understanding of the company's business goals. Importance of training employees on designing, managing and implementing end-to-end e-commerce applications; Cost of training IT professional on new technologies.

Reports on the upgrades to the Domain Name System repository owned by Network Solutions Inc. Handing of the access to the central databases of to competing registrars of commercial Internet domain names. Availability and reliability of Domain Name System registry; Mirror servers being built by Network Solutions.

Reports that five registrars will be open in the United States in May 1999, to make the process of registering Internet domain names faster and cheaper. America Online, Internet Council of Registrars and France Telecom/Oleane as among the companies chosen.

Features the Web site of Chemdex Corp., the winner in the Best Business-to-Business E-Commerce Site category of the 1999 Business On the Internet Awards. Use of a modular, scalable, and reliable architecture; Ability to handle online payment systems; Site traffic; Authoring and management tools used.

Reports that Medsite.Com is exploiting its track record in online retailing and basic electronic commerce technology to become a one-stop shop of core supplies for medical professionals. Details of the services of the company.

Reports that electronic commerce companies have increased their efforts to protect data privacy on the Internet. American companies' gathering of information about European Union citizens; Resolving of privacy disputes through the Council of Better Business Bureau.

Features the Internet2 project of the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID). Organization's goal to develop advanced, collaborative Internet applications for research and higher education; Initial bandwidth for developing and testing the applications; Debut of the Abiline experimental subnetwork; Possibilities for corporations to access broad, trouble-free space on the Internet.

Focuses on the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) working groups' plan to push several proposed quality-of-service (QoS) standards to fruition at the IETF meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Intention to achieve better quality of service in handling voice, video and data traffic during peak Internet usage; Policy framework; Web replication and caching; Network architecture.

Reports that Network Solutions Inc.'s (NSI) decision to restrict access to its databases has offended several Internet constituencies. Critics' contention that NSI's action fly in the face of ongoing efforts to open competition to domain name registration; Details regarding the database security initiative carried out by the company.

Reports on the end-to-end electronic commerce system unveiled by TimeO, a business unit of Perot Systems Corp., to speed up and simplify online implementations for business customers. Advanced set of business rules and message-based transaction middleware for heavy-duty traffic; Unit's efforts to mesh its products with other vendors to create customized systems.

Reports on the plan of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to open up competition for domain-name registration. Two-year registration fee; Payment of competitive fee.

Focuses on the increase in the number of emerging online trading sites in the United States. Volpe Brown & Whelan & Co.'s predicted amount of sales growth for emerging trading sites; Benefits of trading hubs to suppliers.

Focuses on Charles Schwab and Co.'s electronic commerce operations as of December 21, 1998. Expansion of the company's investment accounts being managed through its Web site; Company's enhancement of its Web site's capabilities.

Presents an interview with Lucent Technologies' Chief Executive Officer Richard McGinn about his acquisition strategy. Biggest competitor in the market; Total number of companies that have acquired; Substantial influence of the Internet on Lucent Technologies.

Presents an interview with John Roth, vice chairman and chief executive officer of Nortel Networks, about computer networking. Future plans with regard to Bay Networks which the company acquired; Technology acquisition plans; Comments about the company's electronic commerce system integration with back-end business applications.

Presents an article from `CommunicationsWeek' magazine on ITT Sheraton Corporation. Information on efforts by Sheraton to improve data; Description of frame relay network.

Interviews Lotus President and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Papows. Papows' strategy in the application server market; Schedule of shipment of the Release 5.0 of Domino service; Life expectancy of cc:Mail.

Presents an interview with Cabletron Inc. chief executive officer Don Reed about his plan to turn around the financial performance of the company. Changes to made on the company's operations; Effect of lower list prices to customers; Products to be launched in the future; Focus of the company on developing the router technology.

Highlights the results of a survey on the use of the Internet by health care institutions in the United States for medical diagnostics and delivery of services. Percentage of operating budgets spent on information technology functions; Problems in delivering leading-edge telemedicine and remote patient care.

Discloses start-up Netcore Systems Inc.'s efforts to build an ultra high-end switch router that promises to handle network traffic at terabit speeds. Background on the company's development of the Everest switch; Target users of the product; Other companies with similar developments.

Deals with digital subscriber line (DSL) services offered by companies for Internet and remote local area network (LAN) access. Areas that Southwestern Bell company will offer their DSL services; How companies can benefit from DSL services; Price range of the DSL services offered by Bell.

Claims that a Web-based communications product from start-up Sitara Networks Inc. promises to reduce access time by up to three times. How Sitara's SpeedServer reduces the latency over the Internet; Comparison of a Web connection before and after the use of Sitara's product; Scheduled release of SpeedServer.

Deals with the Internet travel-booking system of the American Express Company. How Chrysler Corporation benefited from using the American Express Interactive (AXI) system; Servers the system uses; Features of the AXI system.

Focuses on the US National Science Foundation's (NSF) FastLane Project, an Internet-based program which processes proposals for federal grants. Program's features.

Reports on the installation of a set of management tools and channel service unit (CSU)/DSU from Visual Networks Inc. to manage the frame relay connections of Delta Airlines. Background on the airline company; How the network works.

Highlights the expansion programs of 1995 GII Community Award winner, Cleveland, Ohio-based Alzheimer's Disease Support Center. Specifications; Formation of electronic support groups for families; Recipients.

Reports on the contributions of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center's Applied Informatics project in improving the delivery of the medical care in New York. Specifications; Awards; Expansion of the program; Limitations.

Reports on the medical care industry's adoption of the Internet. Contributions to patients; Remarks of Stanford University's School of Medicine associate dean for information resources Edward Shortliffe; Motivating factors; Costs.

Reports on Yago Systems Inc.'s plans to launch a gigabit switching router that allows information technology managers allocate network resources down to individual applications and expand quality of service and remote management to users of corporate extranets.

Interviews Netscape Communications Corp. cofounder and executive vice president for products Marc Andreessen on his insights on the enterprise network. Reaction to Microsoft's DNA strategy and its move to ensure that it owns the computing platform of the future; Description of Netscape's strategy to combat Microsoft; Netscape's plans for becoming an electronic commerce service and content provider.

Focuses on Telco Research Corp.'s slated launch of Tru Radius Accountant, a browser-based software accounting tool that can track and bill back Internet and network access by remote users. Monitoring of traffic coming over any Radius-compliant router; Product presentation at the 1997 NetWorld+Interop trade show; Cost for a single corporate license for thousands of users.

Reports on the status of technological advancements in the telephony industry. Introduction of Digital Subscriber Line (DSL); Costs; DSL considered the quickest and cheapest route to high-speed local access for business; Offerings of Bell Atlantic and other telecommunication companies; When the full potential of DSL may be realized; Issues addressed by carriers; What two key modulation techniques are competing in DSL space; Questions.

Discusses shortcomings of electronic procurement services. Limitations of available software; Users benefitting from online procurement; Results of a survey by the National Association of Purchasing Management.