Integrating Partners Carries Risk
One of the great efficiencies of the Internet Age is being able to connect with business partners online. But while integrating extranet partners can substantially enhance E-commerce, it also carries significant risk. Essentially, you will be exposed to the hiring practices, values, code of conduct, and administrative practices of a partner that could be very different from those of your company.
Content: Article | Author: Robert K. Weiler | Source: InformationWeek | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Management
EAI Users Go With The Flow
Enterprise application integration isn’t a term likely to make businesspeople sit up and take notice. But IT people know just how strategic and necessary EAI technologies can be in delivering on E-business strategies. Enterprise application integration is a godsend for groups charged with evolving and scaling their technology infrastructures and bringing disparate systems together.
While businesspeople may not care about the nuts and bolts of enterprise … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Eric Sanchez, Joe Fenner | Source: InformationWeek | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business
Use of Encryption in Latin America
Problems Conducting Business Online
Bluetooth, Wi-Fi (802.11 b) , Home Networking Projections
Development of an Internet Payment Processing System
This article describes the author’s experience with the development of the first Yugoslav Internet payment processing system. The system’s architecture is very similar to the Three Domain (3D) model that started to emerge later. This success story is worthwhile sharing with a wider audience.
Content: Article | Author: Dragomir D. Dimitrijevic, Ph.D. | Source: TechnologyEvaluation.com | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business | Industry: Finance / Banking
Broadband Penetration and Web Usage Patterns by Country
The Japanese Internet Market
Marketing B2B
Digital Revolution or the Wild, Wild West?
Article starts with an entertaining story of CIO mis-management and then goes on to discuss the problem of lack of management processes and centrally available decision support information to competently manage rapid deployment of change to the mission critical technology infrastructure.
Content: Article | Author: David Tibi | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Management
Internet consumer contract law favours the cyber-merchants above individual users
“Consumer contracts in cyberspace often include terms that paper contracts would blush at. They may deprive users of intellectual property rights, exclude consumer warranties and severely limit liability . . . Merchants have all the power and consumers have little. Agreements can be changed without warning, and even without notification. Customers are supposed to keep checking back, on the off-chance that something has changed. … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Patti Waldmeir | Source: FT.com | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Legal
Top Three US-based Company Expenses
E-Commerce: The Plot Thickens
As businesses’ online experience grows, some common themes emerge, including:
– Channel harmony
– Flat organizational structures
– Strategy first
– Performance measures
Content: Article | Author: Michael Drapkin | Source: InformationWeek | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business
New Light-Based Computer Runs At Quantum Speeds
A simple computer that marries the mind-boggling computing power of quantum mechanics with the ease of manipulating light has been built by researchers at the University of Rochester. The device proves that a specific quirk of atoms, which lets scientists conduct huge computations almost instantly, can be perfectly mimicked by light, which is much more practical to control than individual atoms. The result could … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: University of Rochester | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business
B2B Marketing Expenditures and Advertising Revenue
Pan For Gold In The Clickstream
Article examines the issues involved with analyzing how customers navigate and interact with e-commerce websites. Explains at a high-level the issues involved with data mining and the challenges of dealing with the underlying data produced by web server logs. Also includes a reference table of leading vendors offering software in this field.
Content: Article | Author: Herbert A. Edelstein | Source: InformationWeek | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business
XML-Like The Air That We Breathe
XML will change the appearance and substance of corporate systems. A big part of the language’s appeal is in being able to meld business processes with application.
Content: Article | Author: Martin Marshall | Source: InformationWeek | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business | Industry: Information Technology
XML and EDI
Global IT Spending Forecast
CEO Perspectives: The Catch 22 of IT Cost Management
Article discusses three recent trends in managing IT within companies:
1. A move from isolating IT spending from overall business process costs.
2. Some companies are viewing IT cost management on a different basis than simply controlling the growth in absolute spending.
3. Companies are seeking to dramatically reduce the cycle time before benefits start to be realized.
Content: Article | Author: David A. J. Axson | Source: DM Review Magazine | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Management | Industry: Information Technology