synapseindia e-commerce development-part-2

8/10/2019 Synapseindia E-Commerce Development-part-2

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Worldwide TLC markets by regionWorldwide TLC markets by region


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Plan of the talkPlan of the talk

Introduction to e-commerce and e-

commerce applications

Issues in developing e-commerceapplications

Architecture of e-commerce applications

Bookstore example

References


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References (1/4)References (1/4)

Introduction to e-commerce and the

development of e-commerce applications:

Professional Java E-ommerce! "#$er%ner et al#!

&rox Press! '(()

E* definition for e-commerce:

+A European Initiative in Electronic ommerce

ommunication to the European Parliament! the

ouncil! the Economic and ,ocial ommittee and

the ommittee of the Regions ./".0123)412


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References (/4)References (/4)

Electronic 5ata Interchange:

Intodruction to E5I! vv#aa# !5evEdge online

67erpho7ia and trends in e-commerce:

http:33888#8e7mergers#com

Application ,ervers:

Introduction to iPlanet Application ,erver

Architecture! Ro7ert ,chulteis! ,un "icros6stems!'(('

http:33888#sun#com3developers3evangcentral
http://www.webmergers.com/http://www.sun.com/developers/evangcentralhttp://www.sun.com/developers/evangcentralhttp://www.webmergers.com/


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References (!/4)References (!/4)

Platforms for e-commerce: Building Applications in the 9et Econom6!

9etscape ommunications orporation &hite

paper! )001 Architectures for e-commerce:

Architetture! tecnologie e modelli fun%ionali nelle-commerce! astrogiovanni! "agliano! ,ciarappa!

9oti%iario tecnico ;elecom Italia! 5ecem7er '(() ,tatement of Bill


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References (4/4)References (4/4)

E-procurement and e-marketplaces:

E-procurement 8hite paper! 5igital *nion '(() .

http:33888#digitalunion#com2

European Information ;echnolog6

/7servator6 .EI;/2:

http:33888#eito#com

;he Bookstore example: *"> for E-ommerce! 5oug Rosen7erg

http:33888#iconixs8#com
http://www.digitalunion.com/http://www.eito.com/http://www.iconixsw.com/http://www.iconixsw.com/http://www.eito.com/http://www.digitalunion.com/


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The "ndThe "nd


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"lectronic #ata $nterchange ("#$)"lectronic #ata $nterchange ("#$)

Electronic exchange of

Business documents

Business data

In a standard format .A9,I ?)'!E5I@A;2

Esta7lished 7et8een )0 and )014 in the

transportation industries .*#,#2

Application-to-application communication8ithout human intervention


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"lectronic %&nds Transfer ("%T)"lectronic %&nds Transfer ("%T)

;he 7anking eCuivalent of E5I

5enotes the transfer of :

Electronic checks ustomer accounts

Pa6ment informations

in automated 8a6


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'rder conersion rates'rder conersion rates

5efined as:

D of orders 3 D of contacts

B6 month or 6ear! four-month periods! etc#

"easure the capa7ilit6 of a certain B'

application to convert an user into a 7u6er

A surve6 carried out in August '((( sho8ed

that order conversion rates in *,A 8ere of)#0 .Boston onsulting


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"*roc&rement a**lications (1/!)"*roc&rement a**lications (1/!)

Automate enterprise purchasing processes!i#e# perform all of the activities related togenerating an order on the 7u6ers side

Purchased goods can 7e : 5irect goods .critical items in the suppl6 chain2

Indirect goods ."R/ "aintenance Repair and/perations - such as office items2


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"*roc&rement a**lications (/!)"*roc&rement a**lications (/!)

Automating procurement of indirect goods

can dramaticall6 reduce costs since:

>essens maverick buying

Reduces supplier response time


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"*roc&rement a**lications(!/!)"*roc&rement a**lications(!/!)

)# Product selection

from availa7le

catalogues

'# Purchase reCuest is

performed 76 emplo6eesvia a &e7 interface

F# /rder approvation

compliant to compan6

standards and procedures

G# Purchase order iselectronicall6 placed

4# /rder is fulfilled 76the supplier

# Product deliver6

1# Product receipt

# Pa6ment reCuest

electronicall6 for8arded

Indirect goods e-procurementIndirect goods e-procurement


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"market*lace"market*lace

An environment that 7rings 7u6ers and

sellers together in a virtual space for e-

commerce! ena7ling them to reach ne8

customers and reduce transaction costs

E-marketplaces are 7ecoming more

fashiona7le


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CybermallsCybermalls

Include more virtual shops

Appear as 8e7 portals 8ith links to single

e-shops grouped 76 different product

categories .e#g# music or 7ooks2

Advantages for smaller 7usinesses:

Reduced initial investment

Easil6 tracea7ilit6 through the malls 7rand


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Presentation LayerPresentation Layer

Its purpose is to provide a user interface to

the end user of the application

ontrols the look-and-feel of the application

and responds to user events

,erves actuall6 as the front-end of the

application


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+&siness Logic Layer+&siness Logic Layer

;he heart of the application itself

ontains the 7usiness rules and 3or

processes

Its components link 7et8een presentation

and data3legac6 la6ers


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#ata , Legacy access Layer#ata , Legacy access Layer

Its purpose is to give to the 7usiness logic

components access to 7ackend data

sources such as:

5ata7ases

ERP s6stems

/ther custom s6stems


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-ori.ontal serices-ori.ontal serices

,ervices provided 76 the application server

76 means of an underl6ing technolog6

./RBA! EJB! /"!etc#2

;6pical services:

;ransactions

,ecurit6

,ession "anagement Resource pooling

>oad 7alancing and fail over


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ession 0anagementession 0anagement

"antains the correlation among reCuests

generated 76 the same user


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Reso&rce PoolingReso&rce Pooling

aching the instances of used resources

.e#g# data7ase connections2 improves

performances


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Load +alancing andLoad +alancing and

%ail 'er%ail 'er

"ake possi7le to distri7ute incoming

reCuests

=andle clients reconnection in the case of

s6stem crash


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Cyber*hobia and the com crashCyber*hobia and the com crash

Jan-Apr ''(

2000 2001 2002

,ource:&e7mergers#com

H+67erpho7ia is the markets irrational fear of the

Internet due to the several 7ankruptcies occured in

the past 6ears

HB' represent 14 of 7ankruptcies

Internet shutdo8ns

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