Riding The Crest Of The Wave Part 2 And The Rise of the Internet
In 1997, the showrooms were closed and I went into the business call centre. The first dial-up disks were beginning to emerge that allowed customers to have a BTconnect (later BTinternet) email address. So, the Internet was becoming a thing ... Crest of the wave soars, Gliding towards the shoreline, Nature's steady dance BT were a trialist for Barclaycard, and we had access to an experimental Shopping Mall called Barclay Square. I was able to shop online to test and measure early cybersecurity for online payments and how to build a secure gateway. My main purchases were sending flowers via Interflora on my lunch break from the comfort of my desk in the office. Here is an article from 2016 if you want to read more. Later, Indio Square was launched. Also, in 1998, BT showed us case studies and one of the most memorable for me was how a butcher from Yorkshire was able to sell his locally produced Black Pudding into Japan as he had commissioned BT to build him a website. His sales were through the roof, and the butcher's exports |
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