eBusiness: A Beginner's Guide [Paperback]

Toby J. Velte (Conductor)

Book Description

Series: Network Professional's Library | Publication Date: December 1, 2000

E-commerce is booming - Forrester Research predicts this market to grow from 1999's $20.5 billion to $2.7 trillion by 2004. The most successful e-commerce sites focus on business-to-business transactions. This title covers everything an IT manager needs in order to build an effective e-commerce site, including server and software requirements, LAN/WAN connections, security, maintenance, and integration. Ideal for anyone involved with designing, selecting, approving, building, and managing an e-commerce infrastructure, here is the beginner's guide that focuses on real technology solutions rather than high-level business strategy.

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Integrate e-Business into Your Commerce Plans

Get a jump on what's quickly becoming standard operating procedure for any business-using the Internet to conduct e-business. Increasingly, companies are implementing new Web-based business models to tap previously unattainable markets and earn untold profits. This comprehensive guide uses case studies and practical examples to trace the progress of electronic business through it's short, but vital, history, teaching you how to take advantage of this essential new-economy business practice. Whether your goals include e-tailing, business-to-business, EDI, CRM, or supply chain management, this step-by-step resource can help you create, integrate, and maintain your own successful e-business.
*Plan, design, build, tune, troubleshoot, secure, and manage your own fully-operational e-Commerce site
*Develop e-marketing strategies for vertical, horizontal, and standard markets
*Review business cases including revenue models and trends, and see the impact of leading-edge technologies on business and profit
*Determine the best client-server configuration for your site
*Locate and exploit a system's built-in e-commerce tools and functionality
*Integrate electronic data interchange (EDI) systems for more efficient business processes
* Hacker-proof your network and server-plus establish encryption protocols for increased privacy

About the Author

Toby Velte, Ph.D., MCSE+I, CCNA and Anthony Velte, CCNA, MCSE, (St. Paul, MN) are the co-founders of Velte Systems Inc. (VSI) and is the co-authors of Windows NT Enterprise Networking. Toby Velte is also the co-author of Cisco: A Beginner's Guide.

Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies; 1st edition (December 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072127449
• ISBN-13: 978-0072127447
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,840,917 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars this is a way to succese in e-commerce, January 15, 2001

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This review is from: eBusiness: A Beginner's Guide (Paperback)

this is very good for first entrance into e-commerce. the book rated is good!