BotSpot Announces Two New Columns

Posted on December 22, 1997

BotSpot has announced two new columns that provide exclusive coverage of the most outstanding and cutting-edge developments in intelligent agent and bot technologies. Each week, the "Best of the Bots" column takes an in-depth look at the "Bot of the Week" awardees, with insightful analyses and interesting demonstrations. The "Secret Agent Man" column, which also appears in PC AI Magazine, goes behind the scenes to give you a peek at the latest products, trends, and people in the world of intelligent agents.

Best of the Bots uses a real world example to clearly illustrate the function and operation of each award-winning bot. The column begins with a simple and concise description of the prizewinner, then takes you on a first-class tour of the bot in action, with an enlightening peek behind the curtain to see how the program actually pulls off its act. Finally, a thoughtful look at the future plans for the bot give you a glimpse at where this technology is headed and its likely implications.

Secret Agent Man delves into the intelligent agent technologies that are delivering breakthroughs in productivity and performance. Everything from the latest advances in natural language processing and vocal interfaces to 3-D animation and smart technologies make this column a must read. If an intelligent agent technology has the potential for heavily impacting the Net, then you'll find out about it here.

Interviews with the top researchers and developers of key companies like Microsoft Corporation, IBM, and Netscape provides invaluable information about the intentions and plans of these companies for deploying intelligent agents. This "behind the scenes" look at what these companies are doing reveals details and significant news not available anywhere else. The sources of this information are not press releases or public relations departments but the actual directors and programmers developing these technologies.

Don Barker writes the Best of the Bots and Secret Agent Man. Don has over 15 years of experience in AI. He was the senior editor for PC AI Magazine, an assistant professor of information systems, and has written sixteen computer books and dozens of major journal, magazine, and academic articles. Don wrote the first college textbooks on expert system development, business graphing software, Microsoft Windows, and Netscape Navigator. He is a pioneer of new technologies, critic and forecaster of technology's impacts, and regular contributor to edge-of-the-art publications.