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Article: Rapid Growth in Electronic Mail Users and Technologies Predicted.
- Article from:
- Communications News
- Article date:
- March 1, 1984
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By the close of 1983, 18 percent of all US businesses utilized some form of computer-based electronic mail. And with nearly 20 percent more actively planning to implement electronic mail in the near future, a clear message in dollars and cents is beginning to get through to vendors.
According to a new study, entitled "The Report on Electronic Mail," by The Eastern Management Group (EMG) of Parsippany, New Jersey, larger companies, as measured by the number of employees, have understandably been the first to apply comprehensive electronic mail systems. The report states that 38 percent of all companies employing over 50,000 people presently use electronic mail. ...