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| E-commerce: Business to Business Infrastructures |
| Course Status: | Released |
| Course Language: | English |
| Course Duration: | 4 Hours |
| Deployment Options: | Online, Interactive CDs, Network, Downloads, Intranet |
| Audience |
| Business administrators, business analysts, business managers, end-users, Internet users, IT consultants, IT managers, IT personnel, sales personnel, marketing personnel, distribution personnel, and Internet, extranet, and intranet consultants |
| Prerequisites |
| The courses E-commerce: An Introduction, E-commerce: Framework, E-commerce: Security Considerations, E-commerce: Consumer Payment Protocols; familiarity with the World Wide Web, the Internet, and web architecture |
| Course Aim |
| To provide an overview of business to business communication, categorize it, and examine its infrastructure and application to business |
| Learning Objectives |
| Describe the main types of traditional business to business communications. Describe the basic methods of business communication. Describe how Value Added Networks (VANs) operate. Give an overview of ISDN, X.400, and xDSL technologies. Examine the standards, requirements, and benefits of EDI systems. Define EDI transaction sets and data elements. Describe the different standards governing EDI transactions. Explain how EDI works. Discuss the role of the VAN in an EDI transaction. Outline certain minimum requirements to be met before moving to an EDI system. Explain VAN-based EDI and Internet EDI. Describe the features of an intranet's architecture. Identify and discuss the major intranet productivity applications. Outline the benefits and drawbacks of an intranet. |
| Topics Covered |
| Traditional communications - Network infrastructures - Value Added Networks - ISDN, X.400, and xDSL Electronic Data Interchange - Standards for EDI - EDI system requirements - VAN-based EDI v. Internet EDI Intranet commerce - Intranet architecture - Intranet applications - Benefits and drawbacks |