ECommerce-- Overview & Processes Brief History of the Internet A network is two or more computers connected together so they can share information. The Internet is a huge network that connects many smaller networks all around the world. No one entity owns or runs the "Net". It is a resource shared by millions of people and organizations around the world. Anyone who has a computer and a modem (or has access to one) can …showed first 75 words of 6691 total…

…showed last 75 words of 6691 total…businesses reaching a staggering $1.3 trillion by 2003? Turns out they were too low. Networked business-to-business transactions now stand at $2.4 trillion, says Forrester Research Inc. Plenty of obstacles, though, could darken this dazzling vision. The biggest challenge is cultural. To get a true e-bang for the buck, companies must redesign their business processes - a fancy way to describe teaching old dogs new tricks - to take advantage of the new capabilities." (Mullaney, Green & Arndt 2003)