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Summary: Roadmap to doing business online
Review: An excellent step by step guide of how to establish your business online. This book is perfect for everyone from the novice to the more e-savvy business person. John Vacca discusses e-business models, website creation and managment, security, payment issues and so much more. This is a complete guide to e-commerce.
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Summary: As always, a thorough account
Review: As usual, John has selected a topic that is of utmost importance to the majority of people and has portrayed a detailed account of E-Commerce.Keep it up, John!
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Summary: Can you believe?!
Review: Can you believe that a book on electronic commerce is in its fourth edition? I guess that means that e-commerce is maturing, and becoming just one more retail channel. This comprehensive, 472-page volume on electronic commerce not only provides a complete overview of the electronic commerce environment, but offers updated material about security technologies, server options, enterprise applications, and investing online. The authors, with a combined background in networking, the Internet, and computer security, provide a clear, well-written assessment of e-commerce.
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Summary: Great book for business and technical readers
Review: Electronic Commerce 4th Edition is highly recommended. The content of this book appeals to both the technologist and the business person. Great balanced writing makes this book not only interesting but practical and useful. Keep this one on your shelf!
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Summary: Everything You Need To Know To Start An E-Business
Review: Electronic Commerce is an essential resource for anyone considering starting or growing an existing internet business. Loshin/Vacca's text discusses the advantages and obstacles of online commerce with examples of successful e-commerce businesses and how they did it. Detailed chapters covering website design as well as security and payment issues which are critical to keeping e-business in business. Lastly a glossary of internet terms, a listing of electronic commerce online services, electronic data interchange transaction codes and e-commerce conferences are particularly useful for anyone interested in e-business.
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Summary: An Excellent Electronic Commerce Information Source
Review: Electronic Commerce is an excellent reference that covers all aspects of doing business on the Internet. The book clearly describes the ins and outs of the electronic business environment today and helps to develop strategies on how to best use the Internet as an effective sales tool. The book discusses all of the technical aspects of the electronic commerce world from the development of websites to the implementation of security models. As a software developer, Chapter 5 and 6 were especially useful in understanding how to design and develop electronic commerce websites. These Chapters provide an easy to read description of the major areas to consider in the development process. I highly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in electronic commerce.
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Summary: General Comments
Review: Electronic Commerce is here to stay and this book described this phenomenon well. Some thought that the meltdown of the dotcoms in the stock market of 2000 was the end of e-commerce. However, as shown by the revival of the technology issues in the stock market, e-commerce is proving to be the easiest and the most cost effective way to market products by companies of all sizes. This book describes all the aspects of Electronic Commerce. It provides adequate information and a list of tools for the design, construction, and maintenance of a website. It discusses all issues including security of information in the website database and the transfer of information between nodes of the Internet. I recommend this book to those who intend to start a website especially those who plan to establish an Internet storefront.
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Summary: A Must-Read for all Businesses, New to e-Commerce or Not
Review: ELECTRONIC COMMERCE, FOURTH EDITION is a must-read for businesses, whether new to the field of e-commerce or not. It is encyclopedic in its scope, beginning with a general discussion of the basics of e-commerce, detailing both general and specific tools for implementing and upgrading e-commerce sites, and pointing toward future developments in the field. The authors' basic assumption is that "balance, intuition, and considerable daring" are required to use the Internet effectively in business. With that in mind, the book outlines a series of priorities for e-commerce sites, discusses e-commerce techniques like Business-to-Business connectivity, outlines characteristics of e-commerce providers and vendors, offers information on databases and intelligence tools, and examines numerous aspects of e-commerce from protocols to security. The book deals with strategic issues and provides specific tips on things like how to decide on a shopping cart application. (Is it easy to use and administer? Does the software make it easy to process orders? Is the database interface smooth? Does the software provide additional features, such as customer reports and autoresponders?) The book concludes with a look to the next generation of e-commerce applications. According to the authors, high bandwidth at a low cost will create an explosion of new developments, users, media, and standards. Managing this explosion means finding the fastest path to "fluid integration of key business processes and enterprise business systems" and devising open systems that are readily expandable and adaptable. The book is an easy-to-use reference tool, and the appendices contain much useful information, including case studies, on-line resources, conferences, and transaction codes.
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Summary: Best Electronic Commerce Book
Review: Great book to buy if you want to quickly understand and transact business over the Internet. The fourth edition has the latest material on mobile electronic commerce, security technologies, server options, enterprise applications, investing online, smart cards and supply change management. I found a thorough discussion of Internet security issues, like Secure Socket Layer, public key encryption, S-HTTP, Java security, firewalls, and routers. I especially made use of the Appendix D, which gives the major list of e-commerce conferences; trade shows and URL contact information.
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Summary: EXCELLENT READING
Review: I found book very intersting, informative and well written.
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