eworks Seminar Series

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Welcome
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eworks Seminar Series The network Building the
Foundation for eBusiness
Chris Parsons Senior Vice President Business
Development and Strategy
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eBusiness
Digital Economy
networked Economy
At Work
At Home - e-me
Interactions
New Industries
e-Government
Applications
networks
Internet
e-Commerce
Its about Transformations
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Internet Adoption Rates

• Internet Traffic doubles every 100 days
• Over 100 million Internet users in North America
• 10 million people in U.S. and Canada bought
  something online last year
• Consumer online spending is expected to be 184
  billion by 2004

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BellSouth - A Significant Opportunity
286 B
290 B
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290 B
Exchanges
286 B
Value-added e-Services
Internal Opportunity - etize BellSouth
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Clicks and Mortar beat Bricks and Mortar
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eBusiness Focus
eBusiness
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The network becomes the Transformation Catalyst

• The Mother of Disruptive Technologies
• Technology Explodes
• Cost of Technology Is Reduced
• Driving Major Realignments
• New Applications -Increased Bandwidth
• The network is the Business

• Top 2 challenges Business /IT executives must
  face with eBusiness
• Security
• More Network to Manage / Access

CIO Magazine - May 2000)
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The network
Web Enablement
network Applications
Platform Enablers
Customer Interaction Solutions
network Consulting Services
Managed network Solutions
network Infrastructure
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network Services - New Model
Hosting Centers
Wireless
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Frame Relay
eBusiness Platform
ATM
ASPs ISPs SIs ISVs

• Security Services
• Professional Services
• Wireless

• Applications
• Messaging
• Storage

ADSL w/VoIP
Access
Hosting Services
The network is the Business
IBC
Central Offices
IP-VPN
NOC
Call Centers
BMFs
SONET
network Assets
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BellSouth eBusiness Centers
BellSouth eBusiness Centers are World-Class Data
Center facilities, within which customer web
server systems reside..currently hosting 10,000
customers Stay Tuned !
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Think Wireless
Wireless
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Partner Aggressively
Your Blueprint !
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Investments Required .Enable BellSouth
e-tize BellSouth
Supplier Service
Customer Service
Employee Service
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Attack the disruption - Opportunities
Exist!BellSouth Exchange Initiatives
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Opportunity or Threat

• Attack the Disruption
• Leverage Your Assets
• Act and Adjust
• Learn Quickly
• Think Partnerships

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Its economic Darwinism in Action
The network is the Business