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Internet technologies have induced or facilitated a series of novel features to the business world, such as a flatter corporate structure, telecommuting, the use of high-tech freelancers, outsourcing and small enterprises marketing products globally. Extranets improve communication between company and customers and suppliers and have various other uses. This chapter discusses these and also provides IT penetration statistics in some of the economies. Click here for more on Internet and Intranet in the IT world
There are many definitions of electronic commerce. Electronic commerce is about doing business electronically. Electronic commerce functions reported ranged from constructing Web sites to (somewhat rare) instances of on-line transactions. Use of electronic commerce primarily involved research and exchange of information, e-mail, promotion and on-line selling and purchasing. Expected total e-commerce global revenue for 2005 is US$ 1.3 trillion. The following topics about e-commerce are discussed:
The Information Age is setting technological standards, defining software standards, producing the most popular information products, and leading in the related development of the global trade in services. The economic stakes are immense considering the enormous investments that will be made over the next 10 years in the world's information infrastructure. Click for more on Internet and Intranet in the IT world
Information Revolution - Sources for more information: A list of links for information revolution.
Character Placement: Many languages do not have the restriction that characters/symbols must be written in a linear stream as is done with the Latin script. In some languages, the writing elements do not follow a linear layout. Table 2 gives a general overview of some of the languages.
Goods and services are increasingly based on high-tech products and innovation in all spheres is the key to survival in a rapidly changing, highly competitive, and increasingly internationalized world. Developments in key technologies such as electric lighting, motors, computers and telecommunications have continuously improved our lifestyles and the productivity of our commercial and industrial institutions. Emerging Technologies discusses newer technologies like product innovation and energy. This chapter will be updated in later releases with newer technologies.
International issues in software discusses issues like written language, text input, national conventions and national currencies which have to be dealt with if software industry has to globalise and be user-friendly.