Adnan Ashraf

On November 3, 1999, results of The North American Developer Opinion Survey by Evans Marketing Services were released, reporting that 44% of developers are now using Java some portion of the time. The study predicts Java use will increase to 57% by next year. Usage patterns outside the U.S. currently stand at 43% using Java, […]

On Nov. 3, 1999, The North American Developer Opinion Survey by Evans Marketing Services of Santa Cruz, Calif., was released, reporting that 44% of developers are now using Java some portion of the time. The study predicts Java use will increase to 57% by 2000. Usage patterns outside the United States currently stand at 43% […]

The following is an excerpt from an interview Intranet Journal Content Producer Adnan Ashraf did recently with officials from the Globix Corporation, a solutions provider for Internet/Intranet-based mission-critical applications, as part of our series on streaming media. As Globix’s manager of streaming media worldwide, Dan Rayburn does business daily with the industry’s latest developments in […]

Jose Alvear is author of the book “Web Developer.com Guide to Streaming Multimedia” (April 1998, Wiley Computer Books), and writes extensively on multimedia, video, audio and videoconferencing. In part two of our special report on streaming media, Alvear shares his observations about recent developments in the streaming media industry, as they relate to the evolution […]

Located in New York’s financial district and Silicon Alley, Ericsson CyberLab NY is a fast-prototyping business development facility focused on emerging Internet technologies and applications in business markets. We spoke with Creative Director John Maxwell Hobbs about concerns that intranet managers will face as they develop video-conferencing and other streamed-media applications. “I believe that videoconferencing […]

Seattle, Washington’s Encoding.com uses “the world’s most advanced mass encoding facility” to offer a proprietary Optimized encoding process for converting audio and video into Internet media formats. Founder Martin Tobias indicates the resource requirements that intranet managers have to consider while planning streamed-media applications – and the savings they can expect. “As long as the […]

From his viewpoint as founder of Pseudo Programs, Inc., New York City’s maverick Web broadcaster Josh Harris indicates the issues that companies need to address in order to empower themselves through streaming media. “Any significant Web entity should include net-TV (our research shows that people want video as part of their overall Web consumption package.” […]

Development: IJ: What should intranet managers and developers be thinking about as they plan to implement media-streaming? Robert Miles: Bandwith. Streaming media still takes up a lot of bandwith, and developers need to be aware of this fact. E-commerce: IJ: Can you give us an overview of how Gartner Group implements electronic commerce? RM: We […]

Maybe you’ve heard of this crazy new thing the kids are talking about nowadays; streaming media they call it, and everybody from John Glenn to Bill Clinton’s been living out his dream under the squinty gaze of the world’s networked audience. If CNN reports 500,000 requests a second during the recent Shuttle launch, you better […]