eBusiness

eBusiness (upgrade): 1. eBusiness Applications Overview

eBusiness has become a standard term for all business approaches and services that use the Internet or related mobile technologies as their medium. New product offerings demand changes to business organizations and application architectures to exploit the opportunities of the eBusiness environment. This learning module provides an introduction to, and overview of, eBusiness applications.

eBusiness (upgrade): 2. eBusiness Applications

Information systems can be categorized as analytical information systems, transactional information systems and administrative information systems. Each of these categories address specific users, specific content and requires specific software engineering methods to fullfill the needs of usability and performance. This learning module provides a general overview of information systems, and then looks at the three categories in detail.

eBusiness (upgrade): 3. eBusiness Technology

eBusiness applications present a number of technical challenges, including both general software engineering challenges as well as application-specific ones. This lesson introduces some of the most important concepts for the technological aspects of eBusiness applications, including client/server and multi-tier architecture, design patterns, middleware and the role of XML, in particular for web services.

eBusiness (upgrade): 4. Electronic Markets

Information technology enables the electronic form of business. The characteristics of transactions depend on the participants in that transaction. This learning module introduces eMarkets and characterizes its participants and the principles of a standard transaction. It also introduces taxonomies for the different types of eMarket systems, emphasizing the important role of intermediaries. Finally, it introduces a classification of organizational forms appropriate for specific electronic market requirements.