Mobile Computing, XML and Integration

摘要

"IDC believes brick-and-mortar businesses will fuel signifi-cant technology investments as they build a Web presence. Additionally, mobile commerce will create quite a buzz in the industry. Talk about wireless 'm-commerce' (mobile commerce) will reach hysteria levels, but despite all the talk, IDC believes rollout of mobile-specific commerce applications will be slow and steady rather than rapid." (IDC press release entitled "IDC Releases Its 10 Predictions for the 2001 IT Market," dated January 4, 2001.)