The unrelenting momentum of the Internet as a tool for employing creative and cost-effective new ways of doing business will be the driving theme of next week's Internet World Fall 2001 trade show in New York.

The show will host a sub-set of three other events at the same location: StorageNext 2001, Streaming Media East 2001, and an event called IT-Free, according to organizers. StorageNext 2001 will deal with current storage issues such as networking and storage management software; Streaming Media East 2001 will bring together vendors involved in moving Internet streaming technologies to market; and IT-Free will offer a forum, directly related to the events of Sept. 11, on how to avoid disruptions in a business network. Online transaction processing technology, Internet content management products, and e-mail marketing systems will also take center stage at the trade show. Officials for Lexign, of Nashua, N.H., will be on hand at the show demonstrating their Trusted Transaction Management technology, an XML-based system that offers companies transaction processing that incorporates authentication and digital signatures.Organizers are expecting more than 400 companies to participate in the trade show, which takes place December 10-14 at New York's Javits Convention Center.