CONTENTS
FRONT NEWS Cyberspace Guards Quietly Snuff Out Hacker Attacks IBM, SAIC create new anti-hacker defense units Global Internet Dream Teams Telcos and computer companies are forming international powerhouse alliances Big Names Ally With Exporters' Web Site Corp. Strategic alliances with Microsoft, MCI and others give D.C.-based Trade Compass a global presence Infotech Gathers Statistics for Lobbying Campaign Poor government data on th
Cyberspace Guards Quietly Snuff Out Hacker Attacks
IBM, SAIC create new anti-hacker defense units
Global Internet Dream Teams
Telcos and computer companies are forming international powerhouse alliances
Big Names Ally With Exporters' Web Site Corp.
Strategic alliances with Microsoft, MCI and others give D.C.-based Trade Compass a global presence
Infotech Gathers Statistics for Lobbying Campaign
Poor government data on the information economy undermines infotech lobbying
OPINION
4Gain-sharing contracts trigger opportunities and debate.
4For most consumers, the Internet lacks one thing: relevance.
HYPERTEXT
8Our ala carte menu of hot news items, plus follow-ups on previous stories.
INSIDE WASHINGTON
10Publishers push an anti-piracy plan on Internet service providers.
11The November elections reshuffle the infotech policy lineup.
TECH BUSINESS
12Oracle's Network Computing Architecture gets a thumbs up from systems integrators.
12SPOTLIGHT ON PROCUREMENT: Analyst Norm Berthaut looks at the Air Force's infotech spending plan.
14WALL STREET REVIEW
14INFOTECH and THE LAW: Who will pay for the year 2000 software problems?
15Frontier Corp. has doubled in size in the last two years and is creating a nationwide fiber optic network.
16CHANNEL NEWS
18The Hottest Teams of 1996
More prime contractors are looking to subcontracting to boost business.
NEW MARKETS
24State and local governments are beefing up their infotech strategies.
24Web advertising trackers have created a new business for themselves and predict big bucks for the industry's future.
26INTERNET 201: Where the wired world is headed.
28Computer Displays
Companies are rethinking products to provide innovation in the peripherals marketplace.
IN THE NETPLEX
32Law firms are taking advantage of new opportunities created by the area's high-tech growth.
32The local United Way brings together companies to benefit charity, as well as business.
34CALENDAR
Correction
An incorrect location for LCI International appeared in the Nov. 7 Opinion. The company is based in McLean, Va. We regret the error.
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