Week 4 Project
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Networking and Internet Computing
Let us now discuss how networking and Internet computing are managed in an enterprise.
Third generation (3G) mobile communication networks use a packet-switched technology and offer transmission rates ranging from 60 Kbps for mobile users to 2 Gbps for stationary users using an enhanced data service. Early versions of 3G were called 2.5 Gbps networks and they had speeds of 60 to 144 Kbps.
E-commerce server software provides the functionality for setting up electronic storefronts and facilitates the collection of payments and the selection of shipping methods. Information about Web site visitors is collected, stored, and analyzed by customer personalization and tracking tools. Web content management tools collect, assemble, and manage Web site content. Dynamic page generation is a database technology for storing the content of Web pages as objects in a database where they are accessed and assembled to create constantly changing Web pages. The contents of the page are fetched from the database when a user requests the page. Web site performance problems can be identi�ed and the speed of Web site transactions tracked by Web site performance monitoring tools. Firms can utilize an external vendor’s web hosting service as an alternative to maintaining their own Web sites.
Internet Challenges and Solutions
The �ve management problems posed by enterprise networking and Internet computing are:
Connectivity of application integration
Control of hidden costs
Dif�culty of ensuring network scalability, reliability, and security
Loss of management control
Careful management of organizational change
Some management solutions to these problems include:
Asserting data administration disciplines
Considering application integration, bandwidth, cost controls, and connectivity when planning the IT infrastructure
Increasing end-user training
Managing and planning digital integration of the business and the organizational changes associated with Internet computing
Now that we’ve covered the concepts of the Internet, let us focus on application software used in organizations.