Web Science/E-Commerce

Classic E-Commerce - Amazon, eBay etc.

When one thinks of e-commerce the first things which come to mind are the early American online companies and the dot.com boomers such as Amazon.com operating since 1995, eBay Inc and lastminute.com plc.

SibeliusMusic.com

SibeliusMusic.com has a paperless online music store model for displaying music with protection of the copyright. It developed as an offshoot of the Sibelius music setting software.

E-Commerce by Classic Businesses - Supermarkets and Mailorder

Constraints on the growth of supermarkets due to market saturation, land availability and competition considerations have meant that to maintain their edge many such traditional businesses have used their supply chain to enable a mail-order catalogue and an online web site for ordering and home delivery. This brings shop based businesses into competition with pure e-business and traditional mail-order catalogues.

Security in E-Commerce

Bibliography

• Warwick Ford and Michael S. Baum, Secure Electronic Commerce, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-027276-0.

• Raymond R. Panko, Corporate Computer and Network Security, (Prentice Hall, 2003), ISBN: 0130384712.

• Stephen Northcutt, Lenny Zeltser, Scott Winters, Karen Fredrick, Ronald Ritchey, Inside Network Perimeter Security: The Definitive Guide to Firewalls, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), Routers, and Intrusion Detection Systems, New Rideres Publishing - ISBN: 0735712328