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December 1999
Dec. 29		Words of Warning from a Cyber-Security Guru Bruce Schneier of Counterpane Internet Security says computing today is unsafe at any speed. But we can minimize the dangers
Dec. 22		WorldStream's Ken Williams: Reach Out and Webcast Someone Can the ex-PC game maker build a network where meetings and sales events are broadcast routinely? His new technology looks promising
Dec. 15		Tom Siebel's Customer Culture Has Made Him a Software King As the customer relationship market takes off, Siebel Systems and its CEO are growing mightily in stature and even spinning off a new Web business
Dec. 8		Bruce Brock: Using Web Power to Recharge a Low-Voltage Business Who would think a battery and power-systems maker could benefit from a Web-centric approach? Lucky for Lucent, Bruce Brock did
Dec. 8		Jonathan Bulkeley's Bold Plan to Win the Net's Book Brawl To get the stock moving, barnesandnoble.com's laid-back CEO is broadening the bookseller's cyber identity -- without copying Amazon's catch-all strategy
Dec. 1		Eli Barkat: Making Push More Polite -- and Ready for Prime Time He fine-tuned a technology that once clogged corporate networks, and now his BackWeb helps companies speed critical data to employees
November 1999
Nov. 24		Gaurav Dhillon: Helping Managers Make Sense of the Data Deluge He's CEO of Informatica, one of the hottest software companies to hit Silicon Valley in years. Can he now entice the dot-coms?
Nov. 17		Terry Ozan: Getting E&Y to Swim with the Razorfish The new CEO of Ernst & Young Consulting Worldwide is launching a $100 million marketing drive to help change his Big Five firm into a hipper e-business consultancy
Nov. 10		Rob Malda: The Geek Who Built the Linux Clan's Gathering Ground At Slashdot.org -- a window into the vibrant Open Source software community -- he stirs the true believers with his firebrand commentaries
Nov. 3		She's Weaving Web Policy from the West Wing Elizabeth Echols' task: Coordinate Administration efforts to nurture e-commerce, while balancing the needs of consumers, business, and cyber have-nots
October 1999
Oct. 27		An Atlas Deal That's Putting Steve Peskaitis on the Map Lexon's wunderkind beat out the likes of Microsoft for a chance to develop digital products from vast U.S. government data. Can he stay the course?
Oct. 20		Does He Hold a Key Piece of the Global Telecom Puzzle? The lengthening network of fiber-optic cable controlled by Viatel CEO Michael Mahoney could be a critical asset for one of Europe's giants
Oct. 13		The American Who's Yanking SAP onto the Net Kevin McKay is getting the credit for a Web about-face at the sinking German software giant, and he's making his U.S. unit the key to a turnaround
Oct. 6		Can Jon Richmond Put News Corp. on the Internet Fast Track? He has to jump-start the Murdochs' lagging news, sports, and entertainment sites and find a way to make them pay off
September 1999
Sept. 29		Can Google's Prodigies Make a Search Tool Pay? Sergey Brin and Larry Page insist that their math wizardry and magical search results can compete with the entertainment-heavy portals
Sept. 22		Jay Walker: The Priceline Mogul Races for New Markets The mastermind behind the name-your-own-price Web sensation must now expand his franchise from plane tickets to food -- to just about anything
Sept. 15		Marco Boerries: The Last Man Standing against Microsoft? His Star software will be the centerpiece of Sun's plan to create a Net-based computing universe that's an alternative to Windows
Sept. 8		Michael Moritz: A Beacon for Net Venture Capital The Sequoia Capital partner has a string of hits from Yahoo! to eToys. No wonder everyone wants to get in on his deals
Sept. 1		Does Scott Jones Hold the Key to Convergence? Escient's CEO is trying to unite Net, TV, and CD/DVD technologies with his home-entertainment management systems
August 1999
Aug. 25		Charles Brewer's Plan to Bounce MindSpring Ahead of the Pack The founder of the now No. 5 ISP has his sights set on becoming No. 2. And that's just the start of his strategy
Aug. 18		Micro Modeling's Boss: About to Become a Big Shot? Roy Wetterstrom has steadily built his software consultancy since 1989. Now, he's a nominee for Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year
Aug. 11		Can She Build a Global Food Exchange out of Bytes? efdex CEO Ellen Marram is a food and beverage veteran with a keen eye for the customer. That should help bring industry players into her electronic trading system
Aug. 4		The Contender: How Ann Livermore Is Shaking Up HP She got staid Hewlett-Packard into gear on the Net, then nearly won the CEO stakes. No wonder techdom is buzzing about her
July 1999
July 28		SoftBook's James Sachs: A New Page for a Gadget Guru The man who holds the patent on the Mac mouse now has 10 magazines -- including Time -- willing to deliver downloadable content to his E-book subscribers
July 21		A Big Jolt of E-Biz from Japan's "Bit Valley" Hiroshi Mikitani and his Rakuten cyber mall are shaking up Japan's work culture and its formula for making a profit
July 14		Vin Dham: A Big Chance for a Seasoned Chip Star His startup, Silicon Spice, has a groundbreaking, reprogrammable processor that could storm the semiconductor industry and the Net
July 7		How Frank Moss Is Creating a Mini-Keiretsu of Software Startups In his quest to simplify the programs companies use, this veteran computer scientist now serves as launchmeister and adviser to three Web-oriented ventures
June 1999
June 30		The Linux Missionary Who's Taking on Microsoft CEO Robert Young's zeal is helping Red Hat grab sales from Windows NT and creating buzz for an IPO. Will he make more inroads with a Net strategy?
June 23		Chai Ling: From Tiananmen Leader to Netrepreneur Now CEO of Jenzabar, she draws on her smarts, tenacity, and harrowing experiences to run a startup aimed at Net-bred students
June 16		Russell Horowitz: "Let Us Be the Niche Player" among the Portals Go2Net's chief made his site a star with a few winning service categories. Now a partnership with Paul Allen could help him catch the next Net wave
June 9		Nathan Myhrvold: Trading Digital Labs for Dinosaurs While Microsoft's chief technology officer is away on sabbatical, what Internet and PC software innovations will his researchers produce?
June 2		Terry Drayton's Net Heavies Could Help HomeGrocer Deliver His Seattle-area cyber grocery has won cash and counsel from Bezos and Barksdale. Now Drayton can go nationwide -- a region at a time
May 1999
May 26		Giving Relief Workers a Hand -- through E-Biz AlertNet Editor Paul Mylrea aims to set up a trading site where aid groups and suppliers make their deals online -- and both can benefit
May 19		John Hennessy: Wiring the School That Nurtures Silicon Valley Stanford has been a seedbed of the Information Age. Its new provost aims to unleash a tech revolution inside the walls of academe
May 12		Roger Black Has Designs on the Web At his studio, Interactive Bureau, the Net graphic designer wants to put a more distinctive stamp on sites than today's "Yahoo-ized" phone-book formats
May 5		Rob Glaser: New Harmonies for RealNetworks The CEO talks about his Net music software, RealJukeBox, and his strategy of creating an "ecosystem" for streaming media with wide-ranging cyber partnerships
April 1999
Apr. 28		Bo Peabody: It's a Wonderful Day in the Neighborhood -- for E-Business The founder of Internet community Tripod is fostering a culture of small shopkeepers and auctioneers that could yield big returns
Apr. 21		George Conrades: Speeding the Net from a Startup The ex-IBM exec enjoys a blazing pace. As Akamai's new CEO, he's out to rush content to the users of high-volume Web sites
Apr. 14		Fred Wilson's $50 Million Bet on Info Appliances Co-founder of venture firm Flatiron Partners, Wilson has won big with Net stocks. Now, he's after the Next Big Thing
Apr. 7		At 67, Morris Chang Is Starting Yet Another Industry His work has already spawned the contract chip "foundry" and "fabless" chipmaker. Now, he wants to launch the "virtual fab"
March 1999
Mar. 31		Building an Internet Startup -- Hong Kong-Style Real estate, not cyberspace, has always been king in the former colony. Outblaze founder Yat Siu is out to change that
Mar. 23		Mary Culnan: A Privacy Guru in the Public Spotlight The Georgetown professor's study on Web-site privacy policies could set the agenda for possible regulation
Mar. 17		John Hagel's Required Reading for Net Newbies and Giants Alike Says the author: "We're moving from a battle for traffic to the battle for customer profiles"

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