eBusiness

Businesses around the globe are exploring the opportunities and challenges of responding to the rapid changes in their market place by leveraging emerging and existing e-business technologies. In response, here at the Computer eCommerce, we have established a whole set of services designed around the needs of today's progressive and adaptive eBusiness.

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Computer eCommerce builds on over 35 years of business experience. This web site provides information about eBusiness, business Web sites, eCommerce, and related services. As a leading source for business integration technologies for eBusiness we have established a eBusiness research program, involving over a dozen businesses.

eBusiness Uses
Of the 501 small business owners/managers with less than 100 employees that were surveyed for the OPEN Small Business Network 2002 Monitor from American Express, 66 percent revealed that they have integrated the Internet as a tool to help them run their businesses. Common online business activities included:

• Making travel plans / purchasing office supplies, equipment or other business services (tied at 36 percent)
• Conducting industry or market research (34 percent)
• Marketing or advertising (29 percent)
• Networking with other entrepreneurs (24 percent)
• Purchasing goods from wholesalers (22 percent)
• Managing accounts and making payments (16 percent)

Statistics Available at http://www.cyberatlas.com

What are some of the reasons companies have installed Internet and other eBusiness technologies?

• Evolving business relationships
• To meet increased demands for rapid response customer service and improved communications with the sales channel
• To facilitate accelerated supplier communication
• To enhance internal departmental integration
• Cost effective telecommunications
• The need for access to information (internal and external) for decision making
• Expanded marketing opportunities.

A Future eBusiness Trend
In the near future, we'll expect high-speed access to the Internet - not just at our desktop computers, but also home PCs or television sets. These services will be made available through so-called 'third-generation' wireless services (also referred to as '3G' services).

3G allows e-business to enter the next generation and will allow tourism businesses to reach more consumers at home, work or play. At the press of a button, consumers will order theatre and sports tickets, check bus and train timetables or traffic conditions ahead, lodge a bet on the horses, and book a holiday on-line.