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Lack of security, standardization, reliability |
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When
operating in the Internet, a lot of reliability, security
and standardization issues appear. This is due to the number
of different competitors in the Internet marketplace as
well as the inherent development philosophy of the Internet.
Internet was initially developed for military and then educational
purposes and little attention was given to how the network
can be controlled. In fact, the network was supposed to
be open, simple and able to continue operating even if some
part of it was "down" or destroyed. Thus, security and reliability
can hardly be guaranteed at the moment. On the other hand,
people do trust networks that are controlled and reliable.
For example, people extensively use the network of the Automatic
Teller Machines (ATM) in the banks and trust it for everyday
transactions.
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Insufficient communication bandwidth |
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The
network experiences serious problems of traffic and lack
of bandwidth because of the rapid increase of connected
users. In addition, the multimedia applications and the
booming needs for more entertaining, informative, educational
and other content hinder quick access to the services provided
through the Internet. In real life terms, this is similar
to having to direct 100 trucks through a small road, which
was initially designed for 20 passenger cars per minute.
Even
though the networking technologies are advancing fast, the
need for bandwidth is increasing even faster and until this
is handled, problems in the quality of services will remain.
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Difficulty in integrating e-Commerce infrastructure
with current organizational
IT systems |
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Many
companies use IT systems, which are old (i.e. Legacy systems)
and were developed to support different needs and different
kinds of software and applications. These systems contain
valuable business information but have to be integrated
with the new ones; in many occasions this is extremely difficult.
When it comes to full integration with back-office operations,
for example, the cost of integrating legacy systems with
modern ones may be greater than that of actually scraping
them.
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Not all customers have access to the Internet |
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Several
countries like the Scandinavian countries or the USA have
a penetration of the Internet reaching 35-50%. But in most
of the other countries (even in western European ones) Internet
users reach much smaller numbers. If people don't have access
to the Internet, then much of the effort made does not actually
reach the consumer. Still this is expected to change soon
as the number of connected users is increasing dramatically.
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Extra cost needed for infrastructure |
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Although
companies comprehend the importance of e-Commerce in the
modern business environment, the investment in infrastructure
is a factor that needs to be agreed and realised.
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