Asia - December 1999 press
Friday, December 17,
1999
Sending time with the
press is always a pleasure. I always feel like I learn more than
they do! Hearing their questions, interacting with them, and
especially reading the stories they write really refines my
thinking. Follwing is some of the coverage that resulted and a
list of the publications and reporters I met with. My discussion
with them focused on IBM's vision of the next generation of the
Internet which you can learn more about at http://www.ibm.com/NGi.
Commercial
Times, Taiwan: IBM Helps Set Up Next Generation Net Standard
Asia
Computer Weekly, Singapore: Internet Access to Become Ubiquitous
Economic
Daily News, Taiwan: IBM's New Generation E-Business Solution Leader
HK
Economic Journal, Hong Kong: IBM Internet Expert Thinks All-Purpose
Web Site Still has Room to Survive
Lianhe
Zaobao, Singapore: Net Man from IBM Predicts Future Web Sites
will be Filled with Sound and Pictures
Liberty
Times, Taiwan: IBM Internet Vice-President..Development of Future
Enterprises will Speed Up
By Zhuo Yi Jun
12/07/99
Patrick
espouses the seven features of next generation Internet, pointing
out that
enterprises have to find their own style and
survival.
Responsible for
developing IBM's next generation Internet, John Patrick,
IBM's
Internet Technology vice-president was here for an
interview yesterday. He points out
that the ever changing
Internet tools will bring down the number of Internet
users
accessing the Net from PCs - from 97% to less than 50% in
two years. The Next
Generation Internet will become the biggest
focus of enterprises, moreover the
ability of enterprises in
finding their own personality in the Web culture will be
a
matter of survival.
John Patrick is here for IBM's Technology Month and will be
participating in the
e-business seminar. He will also give a
speech on e-business. Patrick thinks that the
Internet is
sweeping the whole world by storm, changing people's lives,
enterprises
and so on. E-business enterprises are already the
moving force in the business world,
many companies are fighting
to be dot.com companies, however, not all companies will
be
successful. The failure of many dot.com companies will be evident
next year.
Patrick points
out there will be seven features of Next Generation Internet,
namely
it will be natural, easy, pervasive, speedy, reliable
and forever. IBM is currently
involved in the Global Internet
Project. IBM is a solution provider in the Internet
world,
assisting customers in setting up e-businesses, providing software
and
hardware products and services. This year, 25% of IBM's
profits will be from
e-business. Lastly, Patrick stresses that
enterprises in facing the Internet Age
should totally change
their business concepts and corporate culture. The strength
of
the enterprise and their speed will determine if they will
succeed.
United
Daily News: Success in e-business depends on initiative
Computerworld,
Hong Kong: Some portals may come unhinged in 2000
The
Straits Times, Singapore: Life will be easier, says IBM's chief
dreamer
Computer
Times, Singapore: Browse the Web from your mobile phone
Press
activities...
CNBC TV
(02/12/99): Next Generation Internet (program:
dot.com)
Summary: "If you
think the Internet is slow now, it won't be for much longer with
the Next Generation Internet..." Three minute feature on NGi and
what trends, technologies and aps will come with it. Interview
with Keith Liu
Singapore:
Press
roundtable
Date: Wednesday,
Dec 1, 1999
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Anna Yap |
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Priya Khiatani |
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Anthony Rozario |
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Ong Boon Kiat |
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Wong Souk Yee |
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Gerald Wee |
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Victor Ng |
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Jorina Choy |
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Jean Chua |
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Teng Fang Yih |
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Hong Kong: Press Roundtable
Date: December 3, 1999
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Taiwan: Press Roundtable
Date: December 6, 1999
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