In its annual “Marketing to Life Scientists” study published in July 2003, market research firm BioInformatics notes that the Web is the No. 1 medium for new product information, eclipsing catalogs, print ads and trade shows. “Prior to 1997, the same survey didn’t even include the Web as an option,” says Brad Johnson, director of e-business for Sigma-Aldrich, a St. Louis chemical company that sells to life scientists and puts a lot of stock in the study.
Web integration: Then & now
In its annual “Marketing to Life Scientists” study published in July 2003, market research firm BioInformatics notes that the Web is the No. 1 medium for new product information, eclipsing catalogs, print ads and trade shows. “Prior to 1997, the same survey didn’t even include the Web as an option,” says Brad Johnson, director of e-business for Sigma-Aldrich, a St. Louis chemical company that sells to life scientists and puts a lot of stock in the study.
https://www.nwfusion.com/ee2/2003/1110webprogress.html
Microsoft says it isn’t breaking EU laws
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1113microsays.html
OSDL to pay for Torvalds’ lawyers
Open Source Development Labs picks up the tab. OSDL Friday said that it intends to pay the legal fees for Linux creator Linus Torvalds and other lab employees who have been ensnared in a lawsuit between IBM and The SCO Group.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1114osdltopa.html
Analysts puzzled over SCO, IBM subpoenas
Industry analysts were left scratching their heads this week as they tried to understand the reasoning behind ten subpoenas sent out by IBM and The SCO Group recently as part of their ongoing legal dispute. The subpoenas were sent to a variety of individuals and companies including Linux creator Linus Torvalds, SCO investor BayStar Capital, and Novell.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1114analypuzzl.html
Women in IT face same challenges as elsewhere
Seems the business world is still a man’s world. Women working in the U.S. IT industry face the same challenges to career advancement as in any other field, according to a new study released Wednesday.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1113womaninit.html
This week’s top 5 stories so far:
1. Cisco, Nortel to embrace SSL-based VPNs
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1110ciscossl.html?net
2. Promising indicators suggest telecom recovery looming
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1110recovery.html?net
3. Web application firewalls give you the chance to burn Port 80 hackers
https://www.nwfusion.com/ee2/2003/1110appfw.html?net
4. WLAN protocol hits standards trail
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1110lwapp.html?net
5. Paper finds new wireless standard less secure
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1107paperfinds.html?net
