ABSTRACT
To begin with, one needs to understand one’s business
opportunity and whether or not it is truly an electronic
opportunity. Might one be setting up another “grave site”
or one that will really result in new business? For this
solution, one needs a Web developer that knows how to
develop a Web site. One also needs to work with someone
who knows how to market products. One may have the
prettiest site on the World Wide Web; but if one does not
get the hits needed to generate the interest required to get
business, one will be just another “grave site.” Where
possible, try to leverage existing legacy applications if
they can contribute to the E-business enterprise. Just
because one has an ASP in sight, one may be better off
managing in-house. Further, one must understand that any
E-business solution needs to be tightly integrated with
other business solutions that drive the overall business.
Finally, one must be sure that customer, employees, and
suppliers will want to use the system. The system should
complement one’s already successful business practices.
This may mean working with the vendors that already
service the legacy systems. These vendors know such
systems best and may already know one’s customers,
one’s infrastructure, and the solutions that work best for
one’s company.
