The arguments in favor of the Internet sound, at a decade interval, like an echo of those that were previously formulated in praise of the Minitel. This passion for information technology is displayed in a context where ambitious growth rates are not physically sustainable, due to market saturation in rich countries, the progressive depletion of […]
JEPI (Joint Electronic Payment Initiative) is a joint initiative of the W3C and the CommerceNet consortium. The purpose is to allow a server to negotiate, with a client, the payment protocol advantageous to both parties. Membership of the JEPI project includes several suppliers of solutions for secure payments (Cybercash, GCTech), software (Microsof, IBM, OpenMarket), services […]
The proliferation of incompatible payment systems creates difficulties for all concerned — users, service suppliers, financial institutions, and regulatory bodies. History has shown repeatedly that the expansion of commerce requires a stable and uniform environment. Yet, in a single aspect of electronic commerce such as electronic purses, there are more than 20 commercialized schemes in […]
The automation and dematerialization of monetary exchanges are not objectives per se, but are solely means to improve the productivity of financial institutions. In this regard, an overabundance of standards, and sometimes their competition, may constitute a barrier to the establishment of electronic commerce. Even if some manufacturers think they can profit from this situation, […]
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To manage the basic FTP server on a Windows Server 2003 system, follow these steps:
Click Start, All Programs (Programs for Windows 2000) Administrative Tools, Internet Services (IIS) Manager.
The MMC console starts with the IIS snap-in. Click on the IIS server you want to manage (in this example, FTP sites).
Right-click on the FTP site you want […]
The PastScape project was born as part of a response to the great changes, in the way ICT is increasingly being used and viewed, that have occurred recently in all areas of modern western society. When the idea of a novel ICT project was first conceived in 1996, the Internet, World Wide Web (the web), […]
The easier it is to read and understand, the more the page will be used. Writing for the \\ eh includes considerations for page design layouts.
Customer Insight
Many customers found pages that were packed with choices and small font sizes:
“There’s a lot of information and it’s small.”
“The type is getting pretty small:’
The writing is […]