Internet Tools

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Internet Tools

• Discussion by
• Bruce Brorson, Associate Professor in the Center
  for Business and Technology at the University of
  Minnesota-Crookston and Vice-President for
  Technology Services at the Northern Great Plains
  Inc.

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The Norman County Website is under development
with the collaboration of county government
leaders, internet service providers, website
developers, and local business leaders.
The site is database driven with regular content
coming from across the county.
Look for more by December 2001.
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The Internet the Meaningful Numbers

• Number of Internet users worldwide 420 Million
  Home users by August of 2001
  
• As of December 1999 greater than 50 of US
  households have personal computers and of those
  90 have access to the Internet.
  
• 81 of all college students report that they have
  purchased products or services online.
  
• 575 million worldwide email accounts by the end
  of 2000.
  
• 1999 - online spending per household 1,167,
  projected to increase to 3,738 per household
  in 2004 by Forrester Research
  
• 6 Trillion in non-service Business to Business
  sales projected for the year 2005 in research
  recently complete by Jupiter Communications

Statistics Available at http//www.cyberatlas.com
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The 2001 Software Applications of the Internet

• Electronic Mail
• A Browser to the World Wide Web
• A Media Player
• A Real-time Peer to Peer Working Relationship
  Facilitator Instant Messaging and more.
  
• The Thin Client Application
• ..What next??

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October of 2001 A Few Technologies to Watch

• Increased availability of broadband / high speed
  Internet services DSL, Cable Modem, Fiber-based
  Ethernet to the Home, Low Earth Orbit Satellite
  Services
• Peer-to-Peer Interaction Software
  http//web.icq.com, http//messenger.msn.com/,
  http//www.aol.com/aim/homenew.adp,
  http//messenger.yahoo.com/, http//www.groove.ne
  t,
• Localized Community-based Information Utilities
  or Web Portals http//www.bev.net
  
• Improved Tools to Manage Internet Security and
  Privacy http//www.hackbusters.net
  
• Emerging standards to support wireless hardware
  and software - http//www.wow-com.com,
  http//www.wirelessweek.com
  
• Advanced, Hosted Application Service Providers
  http//www.netledger.com http//www.intranets.co
  m http//www.onproject.com

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Additional Information
Bruce Brorson Northern Great Plains Inc. PO Box
475 Valley Technology Park University of Min
nesota Crookston, MN 56716 On the Web http
//www.ngplains.org By phone at 1-218-281-8459
Fax at 1-218-281-8457 Bruce Brorson Email
Address mailtobbrorson_at_umn.edu