The Internet has moved from fad to trend and the results of this are that businesses are looking at ways to capitalize on this technology.  Early web sites have moved from brochure-ware to fully functional e-commerce sites.  But a new trend is emerging to reduce costs through integration of disparate types of technologies existing on partner sites, improving internal processes, and
selling directly to other businesses.

This course will provide a Web-based Application Architect's view of the issues and challenges of creating these types of Web sites.  Participants will learn about some of the limitations confronted by developers of HTML, Java, HTTP, Application Servers, the rapid obsolescence of anything built, and some of the potential solutions to these problems.

The course will give a good overview of the design issues related to creating scalable, flexible and secure sites.  Case studies of both large and small sites will be given to highlight these issues. 


Course Outline

• E-Business Overview
  • What is E-Business?
  • How does it differ from E-Commerce?
  • Communication form
• What is E-Business?
  • E-Business is the complex fusion of business processes,
    enterprise applications, and organizational structure necessary to create a high-performance business model
  • Intersection and Integration of Business and Technology
• Why You Need To Know This
  • Understanding larger picture helps in developing products
  • Before you can develop products you need to know the challenges of your customers
  • Your customers face pressures that you must understand
  • Knowing the general landscape better helps you predict future trends
• Why is this Different?
  • Reduced Costs
  • Fairly Universal Technologies
• Business/Technology Interfaces
  • Process Re-Engineering
  • Dealing with Legacy Data
  • Business Terms
• E-Business Technologies
  • Java and EJB
  • XML
  • HTML
  • Databases
  • Application Servers
• Problems with Technologies
  • Security: Attacks, holes and maintenance
  • Time to Develop
• Types of Projects
  • ERP
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Selling-Chain Management
  • Supply Chain Management
  • E-Procurement
• Case Studies
  • The class will study both a small leasing company and GM, who is trying to make build to order cars via the Internet with 11 day build/deliver schedules