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DATA MINE Nov. 25, 1999 Executive Agenda: Integration Here's a tip for communications service providers: Most corporations have set up intranets and many have built fatter, speedier connections to the Net. Now, the most important technology solution for executives is putting all their different applications -- voice, video, data, and Internet -- into one seamless system, according to a nationwide survey by Sprint Corp. Application Done Doing Plan to do Integrate voice/data/Net 16% 20% 41% Boosted bandwidth/speed 40 35 28 E-commerce 32 32 37 IP telephony 8 13 33 Multimedia 16 21 30 Back-office automation 34 26 19 Corporate intranet 69 21 16 DATA: Sprint Corp. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					MORE NUGGETS The Mother Lode Collected nuggets from Data Mine