Last Year (2001) - Number Of U.S. and Canadian Corporate Databases Compromised: 27% of banking and financial databases 18% of medical/healthcare databases 18% of telecommunication industry databases. How were they breached? 30% were computer viruses 19% were deliberately hacked 19% were because of human error 7% were because of internal software glitches 25% were because of "other" reasons Number of Companies Using Database Security Features: 37% "Windows 2000 was leading the charge as the development platform choice for databases, favored by 42 per cent of companies..." Many companies are also going wireless, which will add to the problem. Number of companies which are developing database applications which will work on wireless devices: 44% Source: Newsbyte.com Didja know.... Network security, Windows 2000 migration and disaster recovery are the top concerns for 2002. Source: VNUNet.com One of the best ecommerce fields: Online Travel "According to Forrester Research, by 2003, 70 to 80 percent of all airline tickets will be issued electronically." Source: Newsfactor.com