Title :
Hosting services/spl minus/linking the information warehouse to the information consumer
Author :
Freeman, B. ; Lidor, G.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
The warehouse and highway analogies of the information infrastructure address the storage and transport of information. To create information services for end-users, the infrastructure needs to address also the "retail" functions of ubiquitous availability, customer support, billing, advertising, and packaging the information in an easy-to-use form, accessible to the information consumers. This paper describes the concepts and functions of hosting services, designed to address these "retail" functions and fill the gaps between the raw information "mine", the information warehouse, and the information consumer.<>
Keywords :
advertising; data communication systems; information services; invoicing; advertising; billing; customer support; data storage; data transport; end user information services; hosting services; information consumers; information highway; information infrastructure; information packaging; information warehouse; retail functions; ubiquitous availability; Advertising; Availability; Bandwidth; Communication networks; Computer networks; Joining processes; Local area networks; Network servers; Packaging; Road transportation;
Conference_Titel :
Compcon Spring '94, Digest of Papers.
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-5380-9
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1994.282929
