e-Business Advisor articles from July 1999

e-Business Advisor archives from July 1999

XML Update.(Industry Trend or Event)
July 1, 1999... PIP progress IBM and Microsoft completed implementation tests of RosettaNet's first XML-based Partner Interface Process, (PIP). RosettaNet PIPs are XML specifications to help supply chain partners share business processes. The...

New and Noteworthy.(Company Business and Marketing)
July 1, 1999... WebCriteria's SiteProfile service (http://www.webcriteria.com) provides comparative reports and benchmark studies to help companies evaluate content, speed, ease of navigation, and freshness of Web sites. The company developed spider technology...

e-Business Application Testing In Action.(Company Operations)
July 1, 1999... Three companies used automated testing to quickly and confidently deploy effective Web applications. The rapid rise of Web-based applications has led to a plethora of design and development tools designed to minimize the time to market for...

Common Syntax and Semantics for XML?(Technology Information)
July 1, 1999... Without common syntax and semantics, moving data between different XML-based, e-commerce applications will involve costly human interaction. As a metalanguage--a language that describes how to define languages--XML facilitates...

Improve Enterprise Reporting Via the Web.(Concert Communications Company)(Company Operations)
July 1, 1999... Concert Communications is using the Actuate Reporting System to better communicate with employees, customers, and distributors. A couple of years ago, it might have taken Concert Communications Company, Inc. a month or more to provide...

Mobile E-Commerce Evolves.(Internet)(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
July 1, 1999... The Internet is evolving from an information source to a channel for two-way transactions. Here's how mobile users benefit. Spurred by the Internet and developing Intranets and Extranets, more businesses are relying on real-time, online...

Internet Fraud: Steer Clear of Trademark Troubles.(Industry Trend or Event)
July 1, 1999... Prevent your trademarked product from becoming the next hot counterfeit item on the Internet. If you recently purchased a product over the Internet, there's as much as a 20 percent chance that any upscale item you bought is counterfeit....

Increase Your Bottom Line: Automated Customer Service and Marketing.(Aptex Software SelectResponse 3.0 and SelectCast)(Product Information)
July 1, 1999... Aptex Software SelectResponse and SelectCast provide "intelligent" responses to e-mail, Web-based queries, customer support, and consumer click patterns. Doing business online is now de rigueur, but some companies have found customer...

12 Tips for Better Enterprise JavaBeans.(Technology Information)
July 1, 1999... Enterprise JavaBeans are maturing, with three new specifications expected this year. These tips can help you get the most out of your Java investment now, and in the future. A lot has happened to Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) over the last...

Keep Your Systems Secure.(Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0)(Product Support)(Questions and Answers)
July 1, 1999... Answers to readers' questions. Keep your questions and tips coming to: E-BusinessSecurity@advisor.com. Installing Internet Explorer 5.0 Q: Our Intranet development team wants to upgrade our users to Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 (IE...

ADVISOR TIPS.(Technology Information)
July 1, 1999... Server-side scripting with JSP Most of you who've done development on the Web are probably familiar with the concept of CGI. Among other things, it lets you run software logic on the server, rather than the client. The advantages are...

e-Biz-Buzz.(Seattle Lab Millennium Office software)(Product Information)
July 1, 1999... Always doing e-business on-the-go, Buzz's office is often an airplane tray table or a hotel room bed. Now, Buzz has found an office setting that fits his lifestyle--the Web. Millennium Office is Web-based virtual office software from Seattle...