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Explore the birth and evolution of e-commerce technologies, from mechanical computers to the internet. Learn about key milestones and the impact of e-commerce on commerce and business. Discover the different disciplines involved in e-commerce and the difference between e-commerce and e-business.
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BC-611 | Electronic Commerce Introduction to E-Commerce
Birth of Technologies • Birth of C’s (Computer’s) 1837 – (Charles Babbage - Father of Computer) Analytical Engine | mechanical computer 1936- (Konrad Zuse ) | Z1 – Computer (First Binary Computer) | mechanical computer 1942 - Atanasoff–Berry Computer (ABC) |first automatic electronic digital computer 1975 - (Ed Roberts)– Altair 8800 | First Micro or Personal Computer – price $750 1976 – Apple –I ( Steve Wozniak) | Micro or Personal Computer – price $666. 1976 to onward – PC’s , Laptop, Notebook, Netbook, Smart Phones, Handheld devices (PDA), Wearable Devices (Such is Google Glass) .
Birth of Technologies Fact: - Internetworking to - Internet • Birth of INTERNET • 1969 - Arpanet ( Advanced Research Projects Agency Network). - A project which began in the Pentagon that year, called Arpanet. - that gave birth to the Internet protocols • In 1969 ARPANET began with some military computers in the pentagon - Purpose is to survive nuclear attack. ( Wrong Theory) • Building a global Communication Network. (Wrong Theory) • Bob Taylor, the Pentagon official who was in charge of the Pentagon's Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (or Arpanet) program, insists that the purpose was not military, but scientific. (Correct Theory) • Arpanet was about time-sharing. Time sharing tried to make it possible for research institutions to use the processing power of other institutions computers when they had large calculations to do that required more power Modern Example : “Intel’s Progress Thru Processors” (A Facebook App). • 1972, ARPANET Publically demonstrated this system (Network) for the first time in International Computer Communication Conference. (Washington DC) ICANN? 1998 ISP’s?
Birth of Technologies • Birth of WWW (WEB) • A graduate of OxfordUniversity, Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989. • The web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automatic information-sharing between scientists in universities and institutes around the world. • On 30 April 1993 CERN put the World Wide Web software in the public domain. • http://info.cern.ch/ | Browse the first website • http://line-mode.cern.ch/ | Line Wise First Browser
COMMERCE “Commerce refers to all the activities*the purchase and sales of goods or services.” • *Marketing, payment, fulfillment, customer service
“E” Revolution in Commerce • First (approx-25 years) years of e-commerce • Just the beginning • Rapid growth and change • Technologies continue to evolve at exponential rates • Disruptive business change • New opportunities
What Is E-commerce? • Using of Computer’s, Internet and web to transact business. • More formally: “Electronic commerce is an emerging concept that describes the process of buying and selling or exchanging of products, services and information via computer networks including the internet” Like:- online banking, Atm Services, amazon.com, tcsconnect.com, kishmish.pk, daraz.pk, kaymu.pk, olx.com.pk, symbios.pk, shophive.pk, zameen.com, foodpanda.pk, mega.pk etc.
Academic Disciplines Concerned with E-commerce • Technical approach • Computer science • Management science • Information systems • Behavioral approach • Information systems • Economics • Marketing • Management • Finance/accounting • Sociology
E-commerce vs. E-business • In practice, e-business is more than just e-commerce. While e-business refers to more strategic focus with an emphasis on the functions that occur using electronic capabilities. • e-commerce is a subset of an overall e-business strategy. • E-commerce seeks to add revenue streams using the World Wide Web or the Internet to build and enhance relationships with clients and partners and to improve efficiency.
Why Study E-commerce? • E-commerce technology is different, more powerful than previous technologies • E-commerce brings fundamental changes to commerce • Traditional commerce: • Consumer as passive (inactive) targets (no active response) • Mass-marketing driven (The idea is to broadcast a message that will reach the largest number of people possible.) • Sales-force driven • Fixed prices • Information asymmetry