The shift to the era of the wired consumer. The frontier of business reality for the next millennium

Edward O'Hara

'The lines are blurring among four huge industries: computers, consumer electronics, communications and entertainment.

The shift t othe era of the wired consumer. The frontier of business reality for the next millenium

Edward O'Hara, In2titive Technologies Corp, CEO, United States

INTRODUCTION

Since the dawning of the first computer for data processing in 1954 at General Electric in the United States, organizations have focused on automating financial and administrative data. In fact as recently as 1995 in Europe, more than 80% of Information Technology investments focused financial applications exclusively in what could be defined as the back–office. Valid claims have for years indicated that the IT industry has eminently succeeded in automating financial...

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