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| Overview | | Connectis ends 2000 with an in-depth look at the prospects for a happy e-Christmas, following online retailers' somewhat disastrous flirtation with the festive season in 1999. This issue also covers European weapons portals, struggling incubators and the joys of working from home. | |
| Warning Bells |
 The Nightmare before Christmas
It should be a gift to online retailers, but the festive season plays merry hell with their ordering and distribution systems. Their reputations are also at stake. Lame excuses are simply not acceptable to a child without a present on Christmas Day . . .more | |
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| Incubator Frenzy |
 Cast out in the cold
The winds of change are blowing through dotcom houses. Internet incubators were supposed to nurse young start-ups to health. Instead, they themselves are looking rather sickly . . .more | |
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| Online Strategy |
 Game for anything
Entertainment software companies are jockeying for position in the online games market, which is forecast to become one of the media industry's biggest sectors . . .more | |
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| Armaments Industry |
 Baptism of fire
The French Ministry of Defence is to launch an armaments portal, allowing a wider range of companes to compete for contracts to supply the armed forces with their equipment . . .more | |
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