E-Commerce

E-commerce is the practice of buying and selling products and services over the Internet, utilizing technologies such as the Web, electronic data interchange, email, electronic fund transfers, and smart cards. Global electronic commerce has exploded in recent years. According to O'Reilly & Associates, worldwide business access to the Web is expected to grow to 8 million by the year 2001. This growth, coupled with rapid changes in information technology and communication, is having a profound impact on business and the workplace. Increasingly, the use of e-commerce i…