Internet integration white paper. (Internet Focus).Sterling Commerce has published a whitepaper aimed at helping businesses appreciate when e-business (Electronic-BUSINESS) Doing business online. The term is often used synonymously with e-commerce, but e-business is more of an umbrella term for having a presence on the Web. integration via the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the is the most cost-effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. and appropriate option. The paper, called Using the Internet: Expanding Your Reach, Reducing Your Costs, provides detailed,examples of how using the Internet for data exchange with remote sites can be up to 10 times more cost effective than using dedicated lines to reach external partners. It also outlines exactly when and why an organisation should choose the Interact to facilitate its integration efforts, namely: * When there is limited technical expertise at the remote sites * When the exchange of data is infrequent in·fre·quent adj. 1. Not occurring regularly; occasional or rare: an infrequent guest. 2. or occasional * When users are already familiar with web browsers The following is a list of web browsers. Historical Historically important browsers In order of release:
* When the files exchanged are small to medium in size. A recent survey conducted by Sterling Commerce found that one of the key drivers for companies wanting to integrate their processes and applications both internally and externally is to reduce the costs of doing business. www.sterlingcommerce.uk |
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