在多伦多举行的以电子商务和Intranet为主题的UNICAN主管研讨会中,参加者认识到:如果企业不能很快适应e-business,就会迅速地落伍,丧失竞争力。 加拿大帝国商业银行的银行运作和技术副执行总裁Burt Napier发言,他描述了技术在企业中的重要作用,同时指出企业需要技术灵活性。 在发言中他举了无线电作为例子,开始,无线电的使用是为了取代电话,但是在后来却作为广播的主要手段。技术并不会在某个会议上制定出来,而是自然产生的。他着重指出,虽然e-business对于企业的生存至关重要,但是企业也不应该全 In the UNICAN Executive Seminar held in Toronto on the theme of e-commerce and Intranet, participants realized that if companies cannot adapt to e-business quickly, they will quickly fall behind and lose their competitiveness. Burt Napier, executive vice president of banking operations and technology at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, spoke about the important role of technology in the company and pointed out that companies need technical flexibility. In his speech, he cited radio as an example. In the beginning, radio was used to replace the telephone, but it was later used as the main means of broadcasting. Technology will not be developed at a meeting, but it will happen naturally. He stressed that while e-business is critical to the survival of a company, companies should not