ISBN: 1-56607-062-7 Pages: 240 Published: January 1999 See order form for price! Svenska

About the report

The Evolution of Web Commerce

Information technology (IT) in general and application development (AD) in particular are evolving at a rapid pace. While basic client/server (C/S) computing was the object of everyone's attention only a short while ago, it has now evolved into a new form -- Web- enabled, platform-independent, network-focused information processing -- in short, Web commerce.

CTR's new Web Commerce: Developing and Implementing Effective Business Solutions report provides the strategic information and methodology to create Web applications that will allow an organization to achieve its most effective level of Web commerce. The report discusses the advantages of implementing Web commerce and examines the numerous components that must be considered in Web AD, including tool support, architectural models, development techniques, and security. The report also analyzes the most valuable Web application today - E-commerce.

Web Commerce Tools

Web development encompasses numerous technologies and tools for successful system operation. The report reviews the elements that drive the Internet/Web phenomenon, including hypertext transport protocol (HTTP), languages such as Java and Perl, and support structures such as the distributed component object model (DCOM) and the common object request broker architecture (CORBA).

While C/S solutions prevail and continue to increase, the emergence of the net-enabled, Web-centric, platform-independent environment associated with the Web has again changed the AD landscape. CTR's Web Commerce: Developing and Implementing Effective Business Solutions examines the basic steps in preparing for Web commerce and discusses the organizational, technological, and design issues that must be addressed.

Report contents

Executive Summary

• Web Overview
• Push and Pull Services
• Browsers
• Web Application Servers
• System and Web Management
• Middleware
• Groupware
• Forming a Migration Plan
• Benefit Analysis
• Legacy Integration
• Emerging Technologies

Web Application Basics

• Rationale for Development
• Tools for Implementation
• Key Development Issues
• Application Candidates
• Application Management Tools
• A Development Model
• Future Application Trends

The Internet, Intranets, and Extranets

• Directories
• Web Site Development
• Intranets
• Extranets
• Intranets to Extranets via the Internet

Core Web Technologies

• Protocols
• Languages
• Services
• Infrastructure

Standards

• HTTP
• HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
• XML
• JavaScript

Web Architectures

• Architectural Models
• Functional Platforms
• Platform Selection
• IBM/Lotus
• Internet Inter-ORB Protocol (IIOP)

Web Security

• Security Issues
• Firewalls
• Solutions and Protocols
• Virtual Private Networking

Java

• Basic Technology
• Java Support
• Java/Visual J
• Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)
• Java Applets
• JavaBeans

E-commerce

• Background Issues
• Architectures
• Transition to E-commerce
• Commerce Servers
• Transaction Processing Tools
• Security Solutions
• Standards

Migration Plan

• Organizational Issues
• Design Options
• Web Tracking
• Requests for Proposal (RFPs)

Web Development Tools

• Authoring Tools
• Domino Tools
• Platforms
• Web Management
• Objects and IIOP
• Application Servers/Middleware