http://web2.blogtells.com Internet and Web Technologies Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:39:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Having a unique identifier (UID) to identify a customer across multiple databases is an important—and frequently overlooked—concept. In the traditional world of direct marketing, a combination of name and address, and sometimes telephone number, is normally used to uniquely identify each customer. But because of the likelihood of misspelling names ... http://web2.blogtells.com/2008/07/13/web-server-identifying-your-customers-by-their-email-addresses/ Because member and customer data are among the most valuable assets your company has, guaranteeing their security and integrity is critical. Customers want to be sure that information about their preferences and behavior will remain private and won't end up in the wrong hands. If you can't give your customers ... http://web2.blogtells.com/2008/07/13/privacy-security-and-email-marketing-data/ Information Process A merchant site that accepts electronic payments must include the following processing functions: (1) promotion; (2) welcoming; (3) payment; and (4) back-office. Promotion Successful implementation of a merchant site depends on a variety of factors, including site promotion. This can be done through fliers sent to the client or through fidelity ... http://web2.blogtells.com/2008/06/29/electronic-commerce-ecommerce-network-and-internet-payment-part-2/ The worldwide scope of an electronic commerce offer must rely on a set of physical and logical solutions to meet users' expectations. Not all customers are computer wizards, and the architecture must account for ergonomic factors, in addition to the security of the exchanges and the different methods for accessing ... http://web2.blogtells.com/2008/06/29/electronic-commerce-ecommerce-network-and-internet-payment/ Nevertheless, the transformation of the county fair into a supermarket is taking longer than originally anticipated. Use of the Internet for economic exchange clashes with the culture of freely available information, absence of a central authority, and the legitimate concerns regarding the security of information on the network. Security on ... http://web2.blogtells.com/2008/06/28/the-influence-the-internet-the-electronic-commerce-continue/ 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 ... http://web2.blogtells.com/2008/06/28/the-influence-of-the-internet-and-the-electronic-commerce/ 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), ... http://web2.blogtells.com/2008/06/26/platforms-and-convergence-digital-payment-systems-jepi/ CAFE (Conditional Access for Europe) was one of the programs of the European research project ESPRIT. The consortium that undertook the research comprised market analysis groups (Cardware, Institut fur Sozialforschung), suppliers of banking software and terminals (Gemplus Ingenico Siemens), and designers of cryptographic software (DigiCash, CWI Amsterdam, and the Dutch ... http://web2.blogtells.com/2008/06/26/platforms-and-convergence-digital-payment-systems-cafe/ TERMINOLOGY OF SEMPER Not only are the terms used in the architecture specific to SEMPER, but SEMPER divides the payment instruments in two categories: Cashlike instruments, such as integrated circuit cards storing values in legal monies (the electronic purse systems like Chipper or payments with digital money like Ecash of DigiCash); Account-based systems, ... http://web2.blogtells.com/2008/06/24/platforms-and-convergence-digital-payment-systems-semper-continue/ 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 ... http://web2.blogtells.com/2008/06/24/platforms-and-convergence-digital-payment-systems-semper/