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From: Nua Internet Surveys [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 7:16 PM To: Recipients of surveys mailing list Subject: Nua Internet Surveys: September 10, 2001 ********************************************************************NUA INTERNET SURVEYS NUA INTERNET SURVEYS NUA INTERNET SURVEYS Free weekly email on the latest Internet trends and statistics Email: [log in to unmask] Web: http://www.nua.com/surveys/ ******************************************************************** September 10, 2001 Published by: ComputerScope Ltd Volume 6 Number 35 ******************************************************************** CONTENTS ******************************************************************** EDITORIAL: 'This little piggy' by Kathy Foley BROWSERS :Internet Explorer 6 off to a good start BUSINESS USE :Managers skeptical about value of websites CHILDREN :Four in five US kids online ECOMMERCE :British women shopping online in droves :Ecommerce growing in Ireland :Teens tipped for online spending spree EDUCATION :Young students rely on Internet :Elearning to thrive in Europe EMAIL :Corporates fall down on email responses ENTERTAINMENT :Hollywood doesn't understand emarketing :Music still free on peer-to-peer FINANCIAL SERVICES :Online banking increasingly popular in US :Swedes most likely to bank online GENERAL DEMOGRAPHICS :Half of Singapore households online :Broadband use increasing in Hong Kong :Three in five US households online :Two in five Germans have Net access :Healthy growth for home access in Israel :Over 22m go online regularly in Korea INFRASTRUCTURES :Arab world short of bandwidth :Cable modem to dominate US broadband IT/COMPUTER INDUSTRY :Yahoo speediest site in tests SECURITY ISSUES :Viruses costing organizations billions :Security remains major business concern USAGE PATTERNS :New technologies make life easier *****************ADVERTISEMENT************************************** BigEx - Market-Maker for Borderless Commerce (www.BigEx.com) BigEx is a free service to bring together buyers, sellers and traders in America, Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and the Middle East. 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Advertise on NUA.com ******************************************************************** NEWS STORIES START HERE ******************************************************************** BROWSERS Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=5 ******************************************************************** StatMarket: Internet Explorer 6 off to a good start New research from StatMarket shows that Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) garnered 2.4 percent of the global browser usage market within a week of its launch. http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357171&rel=true ******************************************************************** BUSINESS USE Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=6 ******************************************************************** Yankee Group: Managers skeptical about value of websites A new report from the Yankee Group shows that the number of Web strategists who say that their managers do not see the Internet as important to corporate strategy had doubled in the past year. http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357166&rel=true ******************************************************************** CHILDREN Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=11 ******************************************************************** US Census Bureau: Four in five US kids online A new report from the US Census Bureau has found that 94 million people used the Internet at home in the US last year, up from 57 million in 1998. http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357169&rel=true ******************************************************************** ECOMMERCE Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=14 ******************************************************************** NOP Research Group: British women shopping online in droves The number of British Internet users shopping online increased by 42 percent between June 2000 and June 2001, according to NOP. http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357165&rel=true __________________________________________________________________ Deloitte & Touche: Ecommerce growing in Ireland Up to 20 percent of Irish Internet users will make significant purchases online this year, according to Deloitte and Touche. http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357164&rel=true __________________________________________________________________ Datamonitor: Teens tipped for online spending spree Datamonitor has predicted that teenagers in Europe and the US will spend USD10.6 billion online by 2005, up from USD1.3 billion this year and USD483 million last year. http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357170&rel=true ******************************************************************** EDUCATION Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=15 ******************************************************************** Pew Internet & American Life: Young students rely on Internet The Internet is replacing the library as the first port of call for US schoolgoers working on projects, reports Newsbytes. http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357153&rel=true __________________________________________________________________ IDC Research: Elearning to thrive in Europe IDC has forecast that the European elearning market will be worth nearly USD6 billion by 2005. http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357158&rel=true ******************************************************************** EMAIL Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=16 ******************************************************************** Rainier: Corporates fall down on email responses Many large corporate firms continue to ignore customer requests sent via email, according to a new study from Rainier. http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357172&rel=true ******************************************************************** ENTERTAINMENT Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=48 ******************************************************************** E-Commerce Times: Hollywood doesn't understand emarketing Marketing executives in the entertainment industry are not making enough of the Internet, reports the Ecommerce Times. http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357168&rel=true __________________________________________________________________ WebNoize: Music still free on peer-to-peer Using peer-to-peer networks to download free music and swap other files is as popular as ever, according to new research from WebNoize. http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357173&rel=true ******************************************************************** FINANCIAL SERVICES Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=4 ******************************************************************** Gomez Advisors: Online banking increasingly popular in US There are 13.6 million US Internet users that actively use online banking services, according to Gomez. http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357155&rel=true __________________________________________________________________ NetValue:Swedes most likely to bank online Swedish Internet users are more likely than their European neighbours to visit online banking sites, according to NetValue. http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357160&rel=true ******************************************************************** GENERAL DEMOGRAPHICS Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=18 ******************************************************************** IT Asia One: Half of Singapore households online Fifty percent of households in Singapore now have Internet access, six times as many as had access in 1996. http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357149&rel=true __________________________________________________________________ NetValue: Broadband use increasing in Hong Kong The number of broadband Internet users in Hong Kong increased by 56 percent between January and June 2001, according to NetValue. http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357150&rel=true __________________________________________________________________ Dataquest: Three in five US households online Sixty-one percent of US households are now online, according to new data from Gartner Dataquest. http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357151&rel=true __________________________________________________________________ Newsbytes: Two in five Germans have Net access Newsbytes reports that 24.8 million Germans, or 39 percent of the German population over the age of 14, now have Internet access. http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357159&rel=true __________________________________________________________________ Jerusalem Post: Healthy growth for home access in Israel The number of households with Internet access in Israel is expected to grow by 14 percent in the next year, reports the Jerusalem Post. http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357161&rel=true __________________________________________________________________ Korea Network Information Center: Over 22m go online regularly in Korea There are now 22.23 million regular Internet users in Korea, according to the latest data from the Korea Network Information Center. http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357174&rel=true ******************************************************************** INFRASTRUCTURES Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=20 ******************************************************************** Arab Advisors Group: Arab world short of bandwidth A new report from the Arab Advisors Group shows that Arab countries are starved of bandwidth. http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357156&rel=true __________________________________________________________________ eMarketer: Cable modem to dominate US broadband eMarketer reports that US at-home broadband subscribers will total 10.7 million this year, and 30.6 million by 2004. http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357162&rel=true ******************************************************************** IT/COMPUTER INDUSTRY Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=12 ******************************************************************** eMarketer: Yahoo speediest site in tests eMarketer reports that Yahoo had the fastest website performance time in recent tests. http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357154&rel=true ******************************************************************** SECURITY ISSUES Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=30 ******************************************************************** Reuters: Viruses costing organizations billions Reuters reports that the worldwide cost of computer viruses so far this year has reached USD10.7 billion. http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357152&rel=true __________________________________________________________________ eMarketer: Security remains major business concern eMarketer reports that 31 percent of US firms say security is their biggest Internet-related problem. http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357157&rel=true ******************************************************************** USAGE PATTERNS Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=34 ******************************************************************** Angus Reid Group: New technologies make life easier A new study of work and leisure in the US has found that 52 percent of all Americans say new technologies such as the Internet and email have made their leisure time more enjoyable, whereas 26 percent say new technologies cut into their leisure time. http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357167&rel=true 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