• We're only 3% to 5% of the way into the total potential of networking. (Source: IBM general manager for global financial services Jerry Cole, speaking at the IBM Global Insurance Executives Conference 2002)

  • Only 29% of internet users say they trust e-commerce sites either "just about always" or "most of the time" while 64% trust them "only some of the time" or "never". (Source: Cap Gemini Ernst & Young)

  • The share of UK companies using e-business technologies to improve efficiency is 87%. (Source: Reality Bites, CBI and KPMG Consulting)

  • The percentage of companies making more than 5% of purchases online is expected to triple by 2005 from 20% to 60%.(Source: Reality Bites, CBI and KPMG Consulting)

  • The total number of websites in the world is 37.6 million. According to an April 2002 survey conducted by Netcraft. (Source: DK Matai, of mi2g)

  • There are 560 million people in the world with internet access according to Global Reach. (Source: DK Matai, of mi2g)

  • More than 31,000 websites were defaced in 2001. (Source: DK Matai, of mi2g)

  • So far this year there have been 12,392 reported website defacements. (Source: DK Matai, of mi2g)