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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.
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