Elon University
The prediction, in brief:

In commerce, you’re going to see an increasing emphasis of machine-to-machine interaction.

Predictor: Tenenbaum, Marty

Prediction, in context:

In a 1995 article in Network Computing magazine, a number of Internet pioneers and administrators were asked for their predictions for the year 2000. Marty Tennenbaum comments: ”In commerce, you’re going to see an increasing emphasis of machine-to-machine interaction.”

Biography:

Jay “Marty” Tenenbaum was founder and CEO of Enterprise Integration Technologies, the company that pioneered security and payment for the Web. VeriFone acquired EIT in 1995. He was also the founder and first chairman of CommerceNet, the premier industry association for Internet commerce, with nearly 600 corporate members worldwide. Earlier in his career, he was a prominent AI researcher. (Entrepreneur/Business Leader.)

Date of prediction: January 1, 1995

Topic of prediction: Economic structures

Subtopic: E-commerce

Name of publication: Network Computing

Title, headline, chapter name: Millennium Prophesies

Quote Type: Direct quote

Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=1b2401a7f3b066acd9e0ae52a25c0e21&_docnum=4&wchp=dGLbVtb-lSlAl&_md5=1a8616c1ba5ed2fe70f13731c109363c

This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Edwards, Elizabeth