EDP - Vol. 40 No. 43 - Effort Underway In California To Legalize Internet Voting

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Weekly technology and business news roundup featuring multiple industry headlines and short summaries. Highlights include a California initiative seeking to legalize internet voting, AOL and Blockbuster launching a multi-year alliance with a $30M investment, and Ford and Oracle creating the AutoXchange e-business venture to web-enable an automotive supply chain. Additional items cover IT partnerships, market research, federal IT moves, and software-related updates, presented in a November 8, 1999 issue format with internal section breakdowns.

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EFFORT UNDERWAY IN CALIFORNIA TO LEGALIZE INTERNET VOTING

AOL, BLOCKBUSTER LAUNCH MULTI-YEAR ALLIANCE

FORD AND ORACLE CREATING MULTI-BILLION SSS BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS NET VENTURE

UNISYS TEAMS WITH MICROSOFT ON DYNAMIC PARTITIONING FOR WINDOWS DATACENTER SERVER

# EDP Vol.40 No.43 # EFFORT UNDERWAYINCALIFORNIA TO LEGALIZEINTERNET VOTING If420,000 Voters Sign Petition,InitiativeCould Appear On November 2000 Ballot If approved,the California Internet VotingInitiative(CIVT)petition submitted last week to theAttorney General of California would give voters thelegal right to cast their ballot over the Internet inCalifornia for all political elections,including federal,state,county,municipal,and school districts.Thesignatures of 420,000 California voters are needed forthe petition to appear on the November 2000 ballot. The initiative was draftedby election servicesprovider Votation.com Inc.and composed by MarcStrassman,the firm's director of Business Develop-ment for Political Jurisdictions.“Our goal,”says(Continued on Page 2) # AOL,Blockbuster Launch Multi-YearAlliance;AOL Makes S$30M Investment America Online and Blockbuster Inc.haveforged amulti-year strategic alliance that makes Block-buster a premier home video provider on AOL's Enter-tainment Channel,while AOL will be extensively pro-moted through Blockbuster distribution channels.Aspart of the deal,America Online will make a$30 millionequity investment in Blockbuster.com that will be usedfor,among other things,joint development of broad-band content and delivery.Under the three-year pact,Blockbuster will have a continuous presence in theHome Video area of AOL's Entertainment Channel.AOL members will have instant access to the homevideo and entertainment information available onBlockbuster.com.The deal also gives AOL membersaccess to the Blockbuster's entertainment products,bygoing to a co-branded AOL/Blockbuster.com Web site,or using AOL keyword:Blockbuster.com.TheBlockbuster.com site will be relaunched and availabletoAOL members at the end of November. # Weekly The Leading Information Technology News Summary--In Its 40th Year November 8,1999 Page 1 # FORD AND ORACLE CREATINGMULTI-BILLION SSS BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS NET VENTURE New Company To Web-Enable,Link S300 BillionAutomotive Supply Chain To Dealers,Consumers Ford Motor Co.and Oracle Corp.last weekannounced the AutoXchange,an automotive e-busi-ness integrated supply chain to be built and run by anewly formedjoint venture between thetwofirms.Theventure will initially focus on Ford's $80 billion inannual purchasing transactions with its more than 30,000 suppliers and $300 billion extended supplychain. The two companies say their goal is to createthe world's first automotive online supply chain net-work,and the world’s largest business-to-businesselectronic network.The new online automotive mar-ketplace is expected to dramatically reduce Ford'spurchasingcosts andincrease itsoperatingefficiencies(Continued on Page 6) INTHIS ISSUE Unisys Helps Microsoft With Partitioning-------2Labor Dept.Gets Into Online Learning-- -----3Digital TV Receiver For PCs Coming Soon -…3MARKET RESEARCH 4TL,ARM Team Up On Info Appliance Platform -…4BroadVision Moves Into Federal IT Market 5Software Sends Digital Pictures Over Fa -…5PEOPLE ON THE MOVE .5Sun Intros 64-Bit Trusted Solaris 7 OS*6CA Tunes TNG For Xerox Network Printers--7CACI Sells COMNET Group For S40 Millio.---…7New Java Tool Helps ISPs Boost Revenues -…7Level 8 Buys Template For S49 Million -….8Fast-Growing EC mart Bought By Pacifi. -….8 Strassman,"is to empower eligible and concernedvoters by letting them use for political purposes thesame technology they now use to buy books,tradesecurities,chat,and make travel arrangements.Theywill now be able to vote with greater confidence forgovernmentofficials whomtheyfeelwillrepresenttheirbest interests.The proven track record and ampleresources of Votation.com will hasten the arrival ofefficient,state-of-the-art Internet-based voting.” The initiative also has the support of the Cam-paign for Digital Democracy,an organization whichhas been working to bring Internet voter registration,initiativepet

FAQs

What is the California initiative reported in the issue?

It is a petition-backed initiative that, if approved, would give voters the legal right to cast ballots over the Internet for California political elections.

How do AOL and Blockbuster plan to work together under the reported deal?

They form a multi-year alliance in which Blockbuster becomes a premier home video provider on AOL’s Entertainment Channel, with AOL promoted through Blockbuster distribution and an equity investment in Blockbuster.com.

What is the purpose of the AutoXchange venture announced by Ford and Oracle?

AutoXchange is an automotive e-business integrated supply chain intended to web-enable and connect Ford’s automotive supply chain to dealers and consumers via an online network.

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