March
21, 2000 /INB/
Net Entrepreneur Launches New
Website for Aspiring UK Internet Start-Ups
- Andrew Ogilvie, a veteran Scottish net entrepreneur, today
launched 'Net Venture World', a
website offering help and advice for aspiring Internet entrepreneurs. The site
offers straightforward, practical advice on the complexities of starting up an
'e-business.' The intricacies of Internet marketing, attracting investment and
the technicalities of setting up a site are tackled with a 'no jargon, no
flannel' approach. Net entrepreneurs will be able to share their experiences in
a new email discussion list.
Net Venture World is particularly keen to encourage enthusiastic
novices and small businesses who bring innovation to the UK Internet scene.
Andrew Ogilvie says, "There is a huge buzz in UK start-ups right now but
not much support for the novice entrepreneur. Not everyone has millions in
startup funding, and we need to encourage the smaller players. Out of small
things and great ideas, big things can definitely grow, given the right support."
Andrew Ogilvie, 31, founded eurotrip.com,
the leading site for European back-packing and student travel, in late 1994.
From early beginnings as a homepage with a handful of personal travel
recommendations, it grew into a market leader. In December 1999, eurotrip.com
was acquired by a US corporation who retained Ogilvie to work on the site's
marketing strategy.
March 21,
2000 article on /ClickZ.com/
Do You Know What
Your Customers Really Think?
- We in the Internet industry have
infectious enthusiasm for our businesses, and it's easy to get caught up in
driving toward the next goal. Being so intent on where we're going can make it
difficult to step back and see ourselves as our customers do – and see the
changes our customers need us to make.
See
article
Editor's comments:- this is an interesting article
which takes a traditional and proven marketing approach. However, I'd like to
add that traditional approaches are not enough in today's fast moving markets.
For example my own experience, in the Sun Microsystems market, was that my web
statistics were telling me that interest in Sun User Groups was declining and in
free fall upto a year before most of these organizations collapsed. Also, I'm
sure that my erstwhile mentor Ross King of Markade
would want me to mention "focus groups". These can be applied to web
site designs, as well as new product features.
Baughurst,
UK - March 20, 2000 /INB/
Web directory
publisher ACSL celebrates 1000 binary (8) years of publishing the #1 independent
Sun Microsystems compatible hardware buyer's guide.
Looking ahead: ACSL predicts that
rackmount SPARC
systems will become the volume driver replacing
desktop
workstations and that Solaris will lose substantial market share to Linux
and other "free" Unix type operating systems within a rapidly growing
independent SPARC systems installed base.
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ACSL, publisher of
the SPARC Product Directory(sm),
is pleased this week to celebrate 8 (eight) years of publishing their buyer's
guide to Sun Microsystems compatible systems and suppliers. "That's 1000
years in binary, and it sure feels like a long time, but the market has never
been more exciting than it is today" said Zsolt Kerekes, editor and
publisher."I got the first orders for the book, which was then called the
SBus Product Directory at the end of March 1992. At that time it listed Sun bus
compatible add-in cards and complete systems from 75 manufacturers in 140 pages.
Noone could have imagined at that time how successful the SPARC systems market
would become."
.""It's unfashionable in today's dot com
economy for web sites to be profitable, but ACSL is in its 2nd year of being a
profitable web publisher. It was a great advantage being in the Sun market,
because Sun sucked everyone along faster than they really wanted to go. That
education process gave a head start to manufacturers and resellers in this
market who are typically a couple of years ahead of most other companies in this
new economy."
Future outlook:- traditionally the strongest area for SPARC has been the
multi-processor server market. However, desktop workstations have been the main
volume driver for the chip and add-in card business. During the next year, 2000
to 2001, ACSL predicts that the huge demand for rackmount SPARC systems, which
are the building blocks in many ISP's and telco will change the balance within
this market.
- rackmount SPARC systems will overtake desktop SPARC systems in volume. That's
why we recently changed the running order on our home page, by the way.
- the replacement of Solaris by Linux and other OS's possibly in as many as
40% of all SPARC systems shipped in the next couple of years. (Most ISP and
telco applications don't need the full scalability of Solaris, because they run
a large number of independent communications and switching tasks. Most
applications written in a portable form of Unix and ported to Solaris, can be
just as easily ported to one of the many robust versions of
Linux.)
Boulder, Colorado
March 15, 2000 /PRWeb/
Seemail, Inc. Releases
New Cross Platform Rich Media E-Messaging Software for PC And Macintosh.
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Seemail, Inc. today announced the
release of Seemail™ e-messaging software. With Seemail™ software,
users can create and send still-picture-with-voice messages as a single
file attachment using their present e-mail program. Since standard file formats
are used, no proprietary viewers are needed for recipients to open and view
them. Seemail™ messages can be received and viewed on both PC and Macintosh
platforms, regardless of what platform was used to originate the message.
"Most
e-mail users who send multimedia don't want to worry about the platform they're
sending to," said Carl Herrmann, President and CEO of Seemail, Inc. "They
just want to hit 'send' and know it's going to work on the other end. We had
already created an elegant and easy-to-use graphical user interface and we used
standard file formats. The cross platform issue was the final hurdle and we've
cleared it."
The Seemail™ application allows users to easily add voice or
other audio to a picture and send it using their existing e-mail program. People
can also use Seemail™ e-messaging to create unique greeting cards,
announcements and invitations by scanning or by downloading pictures and sounds
from the growing number of image and audio sites on the internet. It is changing
the way people communicate with family and friends.
Editor's note:- after the new company logo, and the redesigned
web site, the next thing for marketers to think about is which rock band to hire
to write the new company jingle. It works for Intel, so you never know... I had
my system shipped with the sound card removed just in case of such an
eventuality.
CLEVELAND,
OH - March 15, 2000 /INB/
Internet Startup
Connects with Local Business Leaders
- A Cleveland based startup
recently launched a new site dedicated to connecting small businesses with the
resources they need to be successful. ConnectSpace
is recruiting local leadership in each market to quickly build a forum where
owners of smaller businesses can exchange marketing information and make the
right connections to enhance their enterprises. Each team member will have an
extensive network of business contacts. "We want to connect local
businesses with the contacts they need to succeed," said Jeff Hanson,
founder of ConnectSpace. According to Hanson, the leaders' efforts will be
rewarded with equity in ConnectSpace and commissions for the success of the site
in their market.
The overriding goal of ConnectSpace is to grow into a nationwide
service for more than 360 markets in the United States. The local flavor
of the sites is what sets them apart from national competitors. ConnectSpace
will offer free membership to individuals and businesses. "This site will
provide local opportunities for business owners just like an old-fashioned
Rotary Club, where people meet and agree to do business with each other. The
only difference is that the exchange begins online," said Andrew J. Birol,
PACER Associates, Inc. President and ConnectSpace's Leader in Cleveland.
Editor's note:- about a year ago, we were asked by readers of the
SPARC Product Directory to
make it easier to find local suppliers, and that's when we introduced the
geographic indexes. The web makes it easy to find a supplier on another
continent, but is quite bad at helping you find a partner on your doorstep. This
type of initiative is another good way of slicing the web.
March 14, 2000 /PRWeb/
New
book helps managers get results from newsletters
- When Mr. Smith
opens his mail, he finds a newsletter with his electricity bill. Another
newsletter comes with his bank statement. What's the point? Does he read them?
If he does, how does the company that sent the newsletter benefit? And, that
is the point. A newsletter must influence how readers think or act, if it is to
provide a return on the time and money that went into creating and publishing
it. A focus on influencing readers and getting a return sets A Manager's
Guide to Newsletters: Communicating for Results apart from other books about
newsletters. "This is not a book about writing, editing, layout, or
desktop publishing," says author Robert F. Abbott, "Instead, it helps
managers plan, supervise, and evaluate newsletters."
"Don't
start writing or designing until you have your strategy and tactics planned,"
says Abbott. For example, he explains that while it's fine to have objectives,
you've only done half the job if you haven't put those objectives into terms
of reader responses. And, after publishing you should be able to quantify the
results you get. So, one complete chapter of A Manager's Guide to Newsletters:
Communicating for Results is dedicated to analyzing and measuring the financial
sides of customer, employee, and member newsletters.
Abbott founded
The Newsletter Company in 1991, and since then has worked with sales, human
resource, and other managers to publish custom newsletters. He says, "A Manager's Guide to Newsletters:
Communicating for Results fills a big gap in our knowledge about
newsletters. Several excellent books discuss editorial issues, but so far
there's been nothing about managerial issues. And, ultimately, newsletters are
all about managerial issues and purposes. "
Frankfurt,
Germany. March 15, 2000. Carrier1
Carrier1
Announces Launch of Pan European Virtual Internet Service Provider Platform
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Carrier1 International S.A., the Pan European facilities-based provider of
end-to-end Internet, bandwidth, data center and access solutions, announces
today the launch of its Pan European Virtual Internet Service Provider platform
("VISP"). The VISP platform provides Internet Service providers,
Internet portals and E-Commerce sites with a turn-key solution connecting and
enabling the respective end-user of that ISP, Portal or E-Commerce Site. The
service includes a variety of access services including various forms of dial-up
as well as direct connectivity, Internet transport services, and multiple
functionalities to be released in various stages starting April 1st. Carrier1
expects to complete its Pan European roll out of its VISP platform by year-end
2000. The platform allows an ISP, Portal or E-Commerce provider to roll out its
services across Europe with minimal infrastructure investment and maximum speed.
It also allows facilities-based regional providers to expand their customer
reach into other parts of Europe relying on Carrier1's significant
infrastructure and operational presence throughout Europe.
Given its ubiquitous presence across Europe with network, access
services and operational presence, Carrier1 is uniquely positioned to become the
partner of choice for ISPs, Portals and E-Commerce sites all across Europe.
The VISP functionalities include or will include: domain
registration, e-mail management, end-user web space, a browser platform and a
dedicated search engine, various enabling technologies such as multicast and
caching services, content feeds, customer care functions and various outsourcing
partners for web design and fulfillment functions. Carrier1 aims to provide all
aspects of these services in a highly scalable environment in order to be able
to support the significant growth of end-users and the continued improvement of
functionality and end-to-end connectivity.
Alex Schmid, Vice President Internet Products comments: "Looking
at the dynamic market environment and, more specifically, recent announcements
in the UK, Internet-driven concerns of all types will look to optimize their
business models in order to remain competitive and continue to capture end
users. We are the solutions provider for these companies – we help optimize
business models by providing faster roll outs, more capital efficient growth
mechanisms, better overall functionality – therefore a better end user
experience. We have created an open architecture in order to accommodate the
specific requirements of each one of our Internet clients because no Internet
business is like another – I believe our ability to work with people and to
understand their goals is truly our competitive advantage."
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