Recent e-commerce articles:
Take my apps - please
The application outsourcing market appears poised for growth as small to mid-size companies buy into the plan, but larger firms have yet to follow. 5/31/99.
Credit crunch for e-comm wannabes
You think you're all set to sell products via the Web. Back-end systems are in order, Web developers are coding away, and marketing is ready to kick in. But have you asked your primary bank if it will process the flood of new credit card transactions? Lots of businesses have asked, and the answer they've often received is: "No!" 5/31/99.
Secrets of the EC stars
Learn what makes the Web's biggest commerce sites click. 5/24/99.
Oracle plans major push into e-commerce market
5/28/99.
More application-hosting services hit the street
Qwest and Interpath Communications are introducing new application-hosting services that let business users off-load the management, maintenance and monitoring of high-end enterprise applications. 5/24/99.
Manage.Com puts XML to work
Manage.Com last week unveiled one of the first applications of XML technology in management software - a tool that monitors transactions across firewalls. 5/17/99.
Call centers find profit in the 'Net
Web access, voice over IP and speech recognition pose integration challenges but can mean major savings and increased revenue.
ASPs making noise at N+I
"Application Service Provider" (ASP) may have been the most widely used buzzword at last week's NetWorld+Interop 99 with new service announcements from a handful of providers and the creation of the ASP Industry Consortium. 5/17/99.
Keyfile gets into e-commerce game
Workflow software vendor delivers suite for NT users. 5/3/99.
E-commerce portals open for business (to business)
Companies old and new are tooling up to tie businesses, and their many partners, together. 5/3/99.
Web server tool catches sales order errors
5/3/99.
Start-up aims to make e-commerce easy
Bowstreet to combine directory, XML technologies. 5/3/99.
Is your domain name safe under new plan?
Over the next few months, a group of ISPs will begin bundling domain name registrations with their Internet business services. While the move sounds the start of competition in this market, it raises a serious question for users: Who owns the domain if ISPs offer domain name registration as an add-on to Web services? 4/26/99.
Digital dough fails to rise
There's no need to support electronic currency on your Web site when customers are willing to pay using plain old plastic. 4/12/99.
Weathering a market storm
How online brokerages are shoring up their systems to cope with the e-trading flood. 4/12/99.
IBM, Concentric aim to make e-commerce easier
4/12/99.
Sun and AOL unveil e-comm plans
4/5/99.
Commerce One eyes business-to-business portals
3/29/99.
March Madness, Internet style
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One sports site's experience with it could teach you a thing about Web load balancing. 3/22/99. |
MasterCard, Visa trade strong security for ease of use
3/22/99.
Compaq outlines e-commerce products, services
Compaq Computer Corp. executives outlined their e-commerce strategy which includesproducts and services to cover the online spectrum, from small companies to Internet service providers. 3/24/98.
Grace under fire
Knowing whether to build or outsource an e-comm site can set you on a straight and steady course to a successful implementation.
Bye-bye call center
Not by a long shot. E-commerce's arrival signals changes for, but not the demise of, big 800 number customer service operations.
Can Microsoft do the job?
A lot of vendors are vying for e-comm business, with Microsoft as one of the most aggressive. Does Site Server have enough muscle?
E-comm picks and pans
Everybody has favorite Web sites to love and hate. Here's our crack at the best and worst on the e-comm front.
 Take it to the edge
Move your e-commerce efforts beyond the basics. Here are five of the latest techniques and technologies you'll find at hot business-to-business e-commerce sites.
Where on the Web did you go today?
You're pouring through your e-mail when you find a blockbuster that nearly makes you spray coffee all over your keyboard. Your company is opening a regional office in Chicago, and you've been tasked with setting it up on the IT front. You want to make it as simple and straightforward as possible and, given that you're a 21st century kind of guy (or gal), that means using the Internet as much as possible. Here are some of the e-commerce sites worth a look.
Breaking down global barriers
Your company is headquartered in the states and you want to become an international player. Launching an e-comm site provides the reach, but that doesn't mean a global audience will come flocking. Mais oui?
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