If you think into the future, the ability to look at more complete information about products that are available in the outside world is going to become strategic.
Predictor: Taylor, Hank
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for Industry Week, David Bottoms quotes Hank Taylor of Hewlett-Packard. Bottoms writes: ”The ‘Net’ has ballooned into an information conglomeration of databases and networks, luring more than 20 million users. And now Silicon Valley envisions commercializing the Net, unleashing its vast, untapped potential and propelling business into the 21st century … ‘If you think into the future, the ability to look at more complete information about products that are available in the outside world is going to become strategic,’ says Hank Taylor, manager of corporate network services at Hewlett-Packard.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Economic structures
Subtopic: E-commerce
Name of publication: Industry Week
Title, headline, chapter name: The ‘Net’ Gets Raised
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web1.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/313/152/36148316w1/purl=rc2_ITOF_1_the+net+gets+raised_xx__1994______Industry+Week________________________________________________&dyn=sig!1?sw_aep=ncliveec
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