ELECTRONIC COMMERCE UPDATE

January/February € 1997


Table of Contents:

SGI Unveils Integrated E-Comm Toolkit
Silicon Graphics has introduced an integrated set of tools designed specifically for Web commerce site developers to create, manage and deploy commerce storefronts.

Grocer Streamlines Supply Chain
Kings Super Markets has adopted an EDI service that manages the electronic commerce requirements of the supply chain so that both retailer and supplier can electronically trade business documents in their own data formats via their preferred delivery method.

The "Push" Is On for Desktop Delivery
The Yankee Group predicts that the key to continued growth via the Internet is desktop delivery, or "push," technologies.

Briefly Noted...
A quick look at the latest news affecting the electronic commerce industry.

CommerceNet Sponsors EDI-Over-Internet Initiative
CommerceNet has sponsored an ongoing initiative to demonstrate and promote the interoperable exchange of EDI data over the Internet. At the RSA Data Security Conference, five EDI vendors exchanged digitally-signed data, believed to be the first time that such an event has occurred.

NetDox Debuts with Internet Messaging Solution
Deloitte & Touche LLP and the Thurston Group have formed NetDox, a company that will provide a commercial-quality means of delivering sensitive and high-value documents over the Internet.

Web Spoofing Is No Laughing Matter
A Princeton research team has uncovered a major security flaw in the Web known as "Web spoofing," which allows any Internet server to place itself between a user and the rest of the Web. In that middle position, the server may observe, steal and alter any information passing between the browser and the Web.

CONNECT Teams Up with Strategic Tech
CONNECT has signed an agreement with Strategic Technologies to sell, market and integrate CONNECT's OrderStream e-comm application.

Corporate Express, HP Develop E-Comm Front-End
Corporate Express and Hewlett-Packard are jointly developing an electronic commerce front-end application for the procurement of goods and services from Corporate Express.


Publication Information:

David Blanchard, Editor
Nancy Bistritz, Managing Editor
John Llewellyn
, Publisher



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