CMP's InformationWeek Predicts 1997's Hot Technology Trends; Technologies to Watch: Groupware, Internet Desktops, SecurityPRNewswire In 1997 users will balk at fatter browser upgrades, products that filter and distill the chaos of the Internet will proliferate, and the line between groupware and intranet applications will fade, according to editor predictions published today by CMP's InformationWeek (http://www.informationweek.com/). According to Julie Anderson, Technology Director, "For our first issue of the year we chose to deviate from our usual format. Instead of product reviews or technology analyses, we tapped the strong technical experience of our technology editors and our regular stable of contributors, who work in both companies and consulting firms, to enlighten the rest of us on what trends we'll see in the months ahead." Key technology trends noted in this week's issue include: * Groupware: Lotus Notes will continue to dominate in the enterprise. However, the line between proprietary groupware products and standards-based intranet applications will blur and possibly even disappear from the user's point of view. * Internet Desktop: Corporate America may pass on version 4.0 of both Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer, while information filtering products, or "push" technologies, will proliferate, according to Jason Levitt, Senior Technology Editor. * Web Development: During 1997, Web developers will be forced to ally with either Microsoft's ActiveX or Netscape's Java technologies if they want elevate their sites with fully active content, predicts InformationWeek. * Network Management: Security will continue to be a big concern, but it won't be the only issue information technology managers face in 1997. InformationWeek predicts that IT managers will be tapped to duplicate the Internet environment on the internal corporate network in order to turn their LAN into an intranet. Published weekly by CMP Media Inc., InformationWeek is the premier source of news, strategies, trends and product and technology information for people who manage technology in business. InformationWeek, at rate base of 350,000, has the largest circulation in the information systems category. CMP's InformationWeek On-line (http://www.informationweek.com/) is the electronic counterpart to InformationWeek. CMP Media Inc., now in its 25th year of uninterrupted growth, is the only provider of publishing, marketing and information services to reach the entire spectrum of the high-technology market--the builders, sellers and users of technology. With projected sales of $420 million in 1996, CMP has marked its quarter century of success with an average yearly growth of 20 percent. All of CMP's publications and a series of innovative news and interactive services are available on the World Wide Web through CMP's TechWeb®, http://www.techweb.com/, the industry's first free daily technology news and interactive services super site, since 1994. CMP Media is also the creator of NetGuide Live (http://www.netguide.com/), the first comprehensive daily online guide to the Net, and First-TV (http://www.first-tv.com/), the Internet's first 24-hour TV/video network. -0- 01/06/97 SOURCE: CMP Media Inc. CONTACT: Steve Rubel, CMP Corporate Communications Specialist, |