e-Business Advisor articles from May 1999

e-Business Advisor archives from May 1999

Take Advantage of the Global Marketplace for E-Commerce.(Buyonet.com)(Company Profile)
May 1, 1999... Here's how one electronic software distributor planned its strategy for successful international e-commerce. Soon after Freddy Tengberg began a small software distribution company in Sweden, it became clear that the costs for packaging,...

Advancing Next-Generation EDI.(Technology Information)
May 1, 1999... The CommerceNet consortium is promoting the shift from traditional EDI using value-added networks (VANs) to Internet EDI. The consortium believes that products providing secure, protected exchange of EDI business documents over the Internet are...

ERP becomes XRP.(enterprise resource planning)(Industry Trend or Event)
May 1, 1999... Research conducted by Cambridge Information Network (CIN) via interviews, discussions, and an online survey of more than 270 CIOs and executives revealed that enterprise resource planning (ERP) is transitioning to extended resource planning...

Enhancing the Value Chain.(electronic commerce)(Industry Trend or Event)
May 1, 1999... Specialized Internet trading communities are popping up to streamline corporate buying and selling. According to Varda Lief, an analyst with Forrester Research, Inc., online trade will reach $1.3 trillion in the United States by 2003, with...

Use Microsoft Wallet to support your payment applications.(Product Information)
May 1, 1999... Every e-commerce site must adequately secure confidential customer information. Most sites opt to provide Secured Sockets Layer (SSL) secured pages, where customers input various types of sensitive information to complete a transaction. The...

One-stop security management for Windows NT.(version 4.0)(Product Information)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1999... Every time a new release of NT appears on the horizon, the current version starts to see some of the advantages. NT 4 is no exception as Windows 2000 prepares for release. Among the tools that have surfaced recently is a new Management Console...

Multiple namespaces in XML.(Technology Tutorial)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1999... A namespace is a collection of names used in an XML document as element types and attribute names. With namespaces, you can create XML-based language and give it a defined and recognizable name. Larrysinvoice, for example, could be declared and...

Replace default error pages in IIS.(Brief Article)
May 1, 1999... Last issue, I got a good tip from one of our readers to make sure you assign default pages for your Web site, so that you never leave your visitors hanging at the end of a broken or otherwise inaccessible link. While this addresses default...

Denormalize Your Data for Improved Performance.(Technology Tutorial)(Brief Article)
May 1, 1999... Most database analysts do a good job at creating a normalized database. There are even rules set up to help in normalization: 1. Eliminate repeating groups. 2. Eliminate redundant data. 3. Eliminate columns not dependent on key....

Beyond the JavaBeans Specification.(Technology Tutorial)
May 1, 1999... Follow these guidelines to develop and deploy well-behaved JavaBeans. With the introduction of the JavaBeans specification from JavaSoft, the Java community now has a superior component programming model that enables plug-and-play software...

Capitalize on Electronic Commerce.(benefits are strengthened customer relationships rather than revenue)(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
May 1, 1999... While most companies have yet to increase revenues via Web sales, doing e-commerce can still positively impact your bottom line. Most people believe the primary benefit of electronic commerce over the Web means generating or increasing...

XML Takes off.(companies find new uses, more and more vendors support technology)(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
May 1, 1999... A slew of vendors have announced support for XML. Now they just have to cooperate. Here's why. XML makes it easy to represent data from relational and object-oriented databases, business process definition tools such as the Unified...

You Have an E-Commerce Web Site. Now What?(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)(Tutorial)
May 1, 1999... If you build it, they won't come, unless you tell them where you are. Have you launched an e-commerce site? The obvious next step is generating revenue from it. But where do you begin? First off, I assume you know the market you're...

E-Business Success with Oracle.(Product Information)
May 1, 1999... Oracle technology is the backbone for many e-business successes. Here's why. The growth of e-commerce is well-documented in trade publications and business journals. Projected revenues reach into the trillions, according to IT market...

E-Commerce Systems That Work.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 1, 1999... These innovative sites have found a way to tame e-commerce and use it to create profit and a lasting presence. Nothing has captured the interest of Wall Street and venture capital firms more than startup firms with unique e-business...

Keep Mobile Users in Synch.(Technology Information)
May 1, 1999... Use these techniques to build synchronized systems for occasionally connected users. The Yankee Group estimates that more than 35 million workers spend more than 20 percent of their work time out of the office. These mobile users rely on...

Keep Your Systems Secure.(Office 97 macro virus threats)(Product Support)(Tutorial)
May 1, 1999... Answers to reader's questions. Keep your questions and tips coming to: E-BusinessSecurity@advisor.com. Office 97 Exploits Q: I read your comments about the Russian New Year problem (mentioned in the April 1999 issue) with interest and...

e-Biz Buzz.(Column)
May 1, 1999... You've seen the explosion in cellphone use. The latest wrinkle--headsets. Buzz is starting to see people wandering down streets, hands in pockets, talking to themselves. Nope, they aren't ex-Qualcomm employees, but headset-wearing cellphone...