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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
I found an interesting article relating to chapter 6 titled, Mobile Commerce: 800 Million Untapped Users by Jennifer D. Meacham.
Here’s the link.
http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/839-Mobile-Commerce-800-Million-Untapped-Users
She posted some facts about users and numbers of m-purchases and stated that there are over 800 million web capable mobile devices in use and that the market available is yet untapped. She concluded that as these devices are out there it is just a matter of time before they start being used to their full potential. She went on to discuss how band width is a key consideration with mobile devices as the phones capabilities are limited. So graphics and other content must be tailored to fit the medium. The other two big considerations will be billing and security. Either way m-commerce is coming so no time like the present to get on board if you are a retailer.
Here’s the link.
http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/839-Mobile-Commerce-800-Million-Untapped-Users
She posted some facts about users and numbers of m-purchases and stated that there are over 800 million web capable mobile devices in use and that the market available is yet untapped. She concluded that as these devices are out there it is just a matter of time before they start being used to their full potential. She went on to discuss how band width is a key consideration with mobile devices as the phones capabilities are limited. So graphics and other content must be tailored to fit the medium. The other two big considerations will be billing and security. Either way m-commerce is coming so no time like the present to get on board if you are a retailer.
Monday, February 9, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/business/12giants.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=ecommerce&st=cse
For chapter 5 I found an article in the New York Times from 10/2008 titled Amid the Gloom, an E-Commerece War.
It talks about how eBay and Amazon, giants in e-commerce, are both susceptible to market slowdowns and follow the economy just like brick and mortar stores. While e-commerce was once considered immune to downturns reality has proved the experts wrong one more time. eBay was forced to layoff 1600 employees in October due to the market downturn.
The article went on to say E-commerce can have its down side also. It seems some at e-bay would like to change radically. Over time people don’t want to waist time waiting on an auction when minimum prices are really set. Perhaps Amazon has the better approach. E-Bay has been quoted as saying it would like to just tear down the whole store and build a new one but they can’t.
In a nutshell with the quickly changing nature or e-commerce no one is safe and you need to be ready for rapid change even if it goes against what made you great in the first place.
For chapter 5 I found an article in the New York Times from 10/2008 titled Amid the Gloom, an E-Commerece War.
It talks about how eBay and Amazon, giants in e-commerce, are both susceptible to market slowdowns and follow the economy just like brick and mortar stores. While e-commerce was once considered immune to downturns reality has proved the experts wrong one more time. eBay was forced to layoff 1600 employees in October due to the market downturn.
The article went on to say E-commerce can have its down side also. It seems some at e-bay would like to change radically. Over time people don’t want to waist time waiting on an auction when minimum prices are really set. Perhaps Amazon has the better approach. E-Bay has been quoted as saying it would like to just tear down the whole store and build a new one but they can’t.
In a nutshell with the quickly changing nature or e-commerce no one is safe and you need to be ready for rapid change even if it goes against what made you great in the first place.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
http://www.infoworld.com/archives/emailPrint.jsp?R=printThis&A=/article/08/06/18/Web-2-scores-successes-in-the-enterprise_1.html
I found an interesting article related to chapter four posted on Info World’s web site about private companies rolling out social networking projects. Big companies like Best Buy, Serena Software and Oracle have set up networks to encourage collaboration and idea sharing, and networking in general, between its diverse employee base. There is the potential to make a huge impact as companies better understand their employees through networking. Morale and turnover rates have reportedly been improved. Serena used 16 year olds familiar to the Facebook site to teach and encourage the 40 to 50 age group employees. One hour after launching the site they had 270 people using it. The next morning there were over 8000 users. The most interesting part of the article to me was where companies must, “recognize and reward collaboration, which is a challenge since educational systems are set up to reward individualism, said Singh. "Companies need to rethink how they motivate and how they reward. It needs to be based on teams and collaboration”.
I found an interesting article related to chapter four posted on Info World’s web site about private companies rolling out social networking projects. Big companies like Best Buy, Serena Software and Oracle have set up networks to encourage collaboration and idea sharing, and networking in general, between its diverse employee base. There is the potential to make a huge impact as companies better understand their employees through networking. Morale and turnover rates have reportedly been improved. Serena used 16 year olds familiar to the Facebook site to teach and encourage the 40 to 50 age group employees. One hour after launching the site they had 270 people using it. The next morning there were over 8000 users. The most interesting part of the article to me was where companies must, “recognize and reward collaboration, which is a challenge since educational systems are set up to reward individualism, said Singh. "Companies need to rethink how they motivate and how they reward. It needs to be based on teams and collaboration”.
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