The Knowledge Channel

The number of internet users is doubling every year and will soon total more than 100 million people.<P>This group will constitute an enormous and attractive market segment one with exceptional buying power and demonstrated acceptance of new products and new technologies.<P>However many people use this new medium primarily for social dialog which gives the internet a dual role and a unique character that is unlike any medium or marketplace that has existed before.<P>As it matures therefore the internet poses unique challenges to old ways of doing business even as it promises to have enduring impact on the way that business is conducted worldwide.