U.VA. OFFERS MANAGERS INSIGHTS ON BUSINESS ON THE INTERNET

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Sept. 22 -- Business and technology
executives will explore the frontiers of commerce on the Internet at
a special course next Wednesday, Sept. 27, at the University of
Virginia.
	 U.Va. faculty experts on business information systems and
computer networking will conduct the day-long course titled
"Electronic Commerce on the Internet," an executive education
program of the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration.
	Goals are to give participants an understanding of
commercial opportunities and resources available on the Internet and
the World Wide Web, and perspective to develop strategies for its
current and future use, said Brandt R. Allen, associate dean and
professor at Darden.
	Allen, who holds a doctorate in control and information
systems from Harvard University and an MBA from Washington
University, is the program's faculty leader.  Other teachers are
Robert Simoncic, manager of U.Va.'s Computer Networks Laboratory and
consultant to industry and government, and Alfred C. Weaver, the
labŐs director and co-author of the book "XTP:  The Xpress Transfer
Protocol."
	Subjects include Internet market providers, security issues,
methods of paying for products and services, trends in commerce and
marketing and advertising issues. Several sessions will feature
demonstrations of companies already using the Internet in everyday
business, Allen noted.
	Registration, at $395 a person with 25 percent off for
additional participants from the same organization, is still being
accepted by telephone at (804) 924-3000 or by fax at (804) 982-2833.
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September 21, 1995