If you're in or near Florida and you can squeeze in another conference next month, you might want to check out eLink 2000, a three-day business-to-business conference hosted by e-commerce solution provider Commerce One, Inc. and co-sponsored by Andersen Consulting, Cambridge Technology Partners, Compaq, ImageX.com, Intel, Microsoft, Peregrine Systems, POET Software and PricewaterhouseCoopers. The conference will address e-commerce solutions for global online marketplaces and provide attendees with information on the latest technology, customer case studies and expert industry advice on achieving the benefits of e-commerce. Additionally, sponsoring companies will disclose news of significant e-commerce products and strategies. eLink 2000 will be held April 5-7, 2000, at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel in Orlando, Florida.
Speakers will demonstrate how e-commerce solutions can enable organizations to reduce costs,
increase revenues and maximize profits on a global basis. Key to these discussions is the Commerce One
Global Trading Web, with related solutions creating an open, interoperable marketplace on the Internet that
allows buyers to trade with sellers worldwide from a single connection and allows sellers to gain access to a larger marketplace.
Topics at the event include: building and maintaining successful portals; new services that can add value to portals and trading partners, such as integrating Auction Services; new trends in business-to-business e-commerce portal capabilities; and the importance of a comprehensive content solution to an e-commerce strategy
For more information, visit www.elinkconference.com.
PhoneFish.com, a provider of wireless Internet solutions, has introduced a wireless Internet email service that enables Web-enabled phone users to access email accounts provided by most Internet service providers The new service, PhoneFish, is a two-way wireless Internet solution that gives users access to their POP3 email when they're away from their homes or offices. Subscribers can read, send, reply, delete and forward email messages and have access to an unlimited amount of email accounts. The service costs only $3.95 a month. For more information, visit www.phonefish.com.
New Jersey-based Atlas Technology Services Inc. will host the second free online program in its Lecture Series 2000, "E-Commerce Architecture: Readying Your Business for Online Transactions," on Wednesday, March 29 at 3:30 p.m. The professional seminar, presented by e-commerce architect Jeff Tantleff, will examine the process of properly configuring databases and technology infrastructure to accommodate e-commerce transactions. Areas for discussion will include long-term growth strategies in e-commerce architecture, advantages of the Oracle database, Java development using Oracle, and
more. The program is recommended for companies with short or long-term organizational goals that include e-commerce, those currently exploring options for making their technology infrastructures e-commerce ready, and growing companies currently engaged in e-commerce. Visit www.atlasjob.com for more information.
TheAdStop.com has introduced a new service for Web advertisers and publishers wishing to separate themselves from the many wanna-b's and fly-by-night operations on the Internet. The group issues the "Hot Ad Buy" seal of approval to websites meeting specific criteria such as industry standard rates, disclosure of statistical information and effective privacy policies. To meet the criteria, websites should prominently display appropriate contact information, advertising rates that meet industry standards, a stated privacy policy, traffic statistics and demographics. Check it out at www.TheAdStop.com.