COMM 310 Chapter 3: Chapter 3.docx
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Introduction: e-business is conducting business on the internet, e-business websites must be innovative, add value, & provide useful info not only buying and selling also serving customers & collaborating with business partners. The internet as a disruptive technology: impacts on many industries: Entertainment- online music downloads, online streaming movies, netflix. Evolution of the internet concept of internet came from american military during cold war (mid 1960s) they needed a bombproof communications system system would link computers throughout the country, allowing messages to get through. Internet essentially an emergency military communications system, called arpanet. The future- web 3. 0: further evolution of web usage and interaction: The realization of semantic web and service-oriented architecture. Accessing internet information four common tools for accessing internet info include: Bell canada created an intranet for its employees to facilitate info access, creation, sharing & use across its enterprise.