e-Business trends and technology developments

[mbdw6708]

Where do people see e-business in the next 5 years. What industries will be most heavily involved with e-business.
Regards,
Dave Waters

http://www.supplychaintoday.com

 

[Guest_imported]

With the on going uncertainty on wall street. With the further devastion of the bio-sphere. With the public's current gullibilty to hype and marketing. With the current lack of intellectual leadership in this country. With the current cut backs of almost everything having to do with technology....I see the the development of a new class of buisness to follow the e-business, called appropriately the "F'd-buisness".

 

[Voyager1]

I don't think "blindingtruth" is getting enough fiber...

Gloomy, gloomy, gloomy - tsk tsk.

I don't claim to be a visionary by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm seeing eCommerce as an enhancement to the way we already do business, not a replacement. We've all seen the rise and fall of the pure "dot-com" businesses, but organizations that are backed up by traditional brick-and-mortar are finding new ways to provide services and products to their customers.

Personally, I feel that financial services will benefit the most from the proliferation of eCommerce. I work for a financial institution, and customers are eating up the information and services that we can provide online. This is great stuff!

I'll monitor this thread because I'd love to see what others have to say...

Great subject! - Bill

"You can get anything you want out of life, if you'll just help enough other people get what they want" - Zig Ziglar

 

[PhiloVance]

I don't know if you can call it e-business, but we do. I work for a government agency and we are busily providing info on the web (unclassified) which the public can use. Tho it does not always result in revenue, it's a great way to go. The more information out there, the better.

From Voyager1:

I don't think "blindingtruth" is getting enough fiber...

Gloomy, gloomy, gloomy - tsk tsk.


I think "blindingtruth" needs to chill out and have a beer! s-)
PhiloVance
Other hobbies, interests: Travel, Model RR (HO Gauge), Genealogy.

 

[pivan]

Right now e-bussiness is purging itself of all of the dumb ideas generated by overpaid and incompetenet CTO's and Marketing VP's who have had no vested interest in the companies survival (most will recieve high compensation even while the business is failing and after it has folded).

E-biz strategies that add value to the user experience will live long and prosper.

Like anything else in Western Civilization.

The conversion of data (where created) into information and its dissemination (to the point where needed)has always been in the IT venue. The internet will not be any different.

Emerging areas will be Wireless. Being able to turn on your home air con., start up your coffee pot, and warm up the stove, from your car phone or PDA while you are leaving the office or in your car.
Also,fulfillment of electronic orders. I can still get my technical books faster over the net at OpAmp (2 days from order to door) then at Amazon where there is often a 1-2 week wait before it is even ordered. Also OpAmp is still less expensive and has better service than Amazon or Borders.
Good growth in supply chain e-bussiness (if we can keep the idiot CTO's out of the way). Big volume and reduction in internal overhead.

Cheers,
Ivan In not now, when?
If not here, where?
If not us, who?

Just do it!!