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The Emerging Need for E-Commerce Accepted Practice (ECAP) 53<br />
Table 1: Source: Turban et al. (2001)<br />
Trend What It Is Benefits<br />
Data warehousing Gigantic computer<br />
‘warehouses’ (storage) of<br />
large amounts of data.<br />
Data mining A sophisticated analysis<br />
technique that automatically<br />
discovers previously<br />
undetected relationships<br />
among data.<br />
Intelligent systems and<br />
agents<br />
Automated rules that<br />
execute preprogrammed<br />
decisions or tasks when<br />
encountering specified<br />
conditions in data.<br />
Electronic commerce Business done online; the<br />
exchange of products,<br />
services and money with the<br />
support of computers and<br />
Electronic document<br />
management<br />
computer <strong>net</strong>works.<br />
A technique that converts<br />
paper-based documents to<br />
digital electronic form via<br />
scanning and related<br />
technologies.<br />
Data warehouses organize<br />
data for easy access by end<br />
users of the data. When<br />
integrated with the Inter<strong>net</strong>,<br />
they can be accessed from<br />
any location at any time.<br />
Enables managers to see<br />
relationships and dynamics<br />
in data elements that they<br />
had not foreseen (e.g., how<br />
the sales of one product<br />
might drive the sales of<br />
another product).<br />
Increase productivity and<br />
ease the execution of<br />
complex tasks. Intelligent<br />
agents help users navigate<br />
the Inter<strong>net</strong>, access<br />
databases and conduct<br />
electronic commerce.<br />
Can provide a competitive<br />
edge and could change<br />
organizational structure,<br />
processes, procedures,<br />
culture and management.<br />
Greatly reduces storage<br />
requirements and allows the<br />
documents to be organized<br />
and manipulated like any<br />
other type of electronic<br />
data.<br />
Every item shown in Table 1 is a potential source of attributes of a legacy<br />
system. E-commerce is a composite of the trends in Table 1.<br />
THE WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW) – THE WEB<br />
The WWW as a vehicle for the implementation of trade and commerce has<br />
attracted the attention of business and government. There are many applications of<br />
the WWW, such as commerce, entertainment, leisure and information resources.<br />
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