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Internet World 2001
This year's event at Earl's Court, London seemed bigger than last year's.
But I was told that it was only marginally bigger. I guess, the increase
in variety of exhibitors and smaller booths gave the illusion that it
was bigger.
This show travels around the world and keeps growing in size and breadth.
Today I attended the free management briefings - the first one being the
risk of e-business. This brought me to the subject of information risk
management, and I went to the KPMG booth to find out more.
It seems quite overwhelming to someone who wants to have a web presence
that there is such a variety of offerings. Are all of these necessary?
secure payment, content management, search engines, wireless e-commerce,
etc. The topics have become more specific. Even in e-fulfillment, there
are many different types of vendors and consultants. It's all too confusing
for the visitor.
I sat through ten minutes of a SingTel promotional presentation just
to get a T-shirt afterwards. Otherwise, who would listen to someone talk
about the glory of being the leading Internet provider in Asia? One lady
had the gall to ask me if I'd carry their bag to help promote them. I
replied,"I'm already weighed down by other bags. Why would I want
to carry YOUR bag?"
What's more confusing than having so many exhibitors proclaiming their
own uniqueness is navigating around a big hall with no North, South, East,
West signs. I went around in circles trying to find my way out to Warwick
Road, where I entered.
One saving grace - the last booth I visited was FastPartner Site - owners
of alltheweb search engine. They
claimed to be faster than their next competitor, Google.
So I tested their search engine. Not only were they fast, they also had
multimedia search engines. I was surprised to find a black and white baby
picture of myself playing the piano when I searched on "All
the World's a Stage" and clicked black and white photo. That
surely made my day!
5 June 2001
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Related analyticalQ links:
My friend Hiroko was
the first person who told me about Internet World. Back in 1995 or so
she said she was going to the event in Los Angeles. I had never heard
of it. Unfortunately, she died of liver cancer in 1997 - too early to
share these travel exeriences.
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