Are dot Coms Really Dead -- Perception VS. Reality

PERCEPTION: "Everyone who wants to be is already on the Internet"

REALITY: "In four years we'll add twice as many web sites as there are already, we'll double the number of users, and we'll triple the number of employees on Intranets"

JOHN GANTZ DISCUSSES IDC’S eWORLD 2001 SURVEY

CONTROVERSIAL RESULTS CONTRADICT CURRENT POPULAR MARKET ASSUMPTIONS ******************************************************************************** TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2001 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (EDT) ******************************************************************************** IDC, the leading international market intelligence and advisory firm, announces the final results in their eWorld 2001 Survey. The survey spans more than 27 countries and polls the three major subsections of the e-Business world – CIO/IT managers, business executives, and consumers. IDC’s eWorld 2001 is the most comprehensive data analysis of the global market landscape compiled to date.

IDC forecasts, over the next four years in excess of $5 Trillion will be invested in developing more efficient modes of conducting e-Business. IDC’s eWorld investigation reveals various market trends, concerns, and factors that will dictate e-Business infrastructure spending, e.g., mobile, outsourcing and globalization. The eWorld 2001 Survey findings contradict many popular market assumptions. IDC’s analysis provides insight and knowledge that will better prepare e-Businesses on both domestic and international fronts.

eWORLD 2001 FACTS: · This year companies around the world will spend more on Website infrastructure than they did on five years of preparing for Y2K.

· 41% of US companies can take orders for products or services over their Websites, 30% from consumers.

· By 2004, over $500 Billion will be spent by consumers purchasing goods and services online in the US alone. With that, Europe will have twice as many mobile Internet uses as the US.

· Although 2 in 5 Websites can take orders, less than 1 in 10 can handle payments over the Web.

What does this mean for consumers, the stock market, the future of e-Business and the world’s economy? Get the answers from Chief Research Officer and Senior Vice President of IDC, John Gantz.

John Gantz will discuss: ·eWorld 2001 Survey ·The world’s economic standing ·eCommerce and the Stock Market ·Web Crimes and more

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