E-business Benefits

Top concerns in today's business environment are:

     1) the threat posed by competitors;

     2) controlling costs;

     3) finding new opportunities; and

     4) improving responsiveness;

     5) better customer focus and service.

E-business is capable of delivering these benefits.

Business of all sizes in all sectors are using the Internet in many different ways - to work with partners and suppliers, for procurement, for internal activities such as knowledge sharing and new product development, and much more.

 Following are the benefits of e-business which we can see in our daily life......

    I) Improved speed of response;

    ii) Cost savings;

    iii) Improved communications, information and knowledge sharing;

    iv) Reductions in inventory;

    V) Improved efficiency and productivity;

    VI) Harmonisation and standardisation of procedures;

    vii) Better transfer of best practices;

    viii) Acquisition of new customers and increased sales;

    ix) Improved customer service.

 

However the benefits are achieved not by technology (which is an enabler) but by addressing       strategy, technology, organisation, people and business processes as an integrated whole and  making changes in all these dimensions. The Internet is just like other information technologies - change management, good implementation practices and clear business objectives are required in order to get the full benefits.

Whether on or off line, customers in today’s marketplace want quality products and information in a quick and easy manner. I’ve typed it before and I’ll type it again, the internet’s main benefit is that of speed and convenience. Therefore e-business, which uses the internet as the core for business dealings, can help make a company more customer-friendly in addition to many other things, such as creating a more efficient exchange of information and/or products and services.

1. Removes Location and Availability Restrictions

Users need not be in the same physical location as an e-business and the exchange of information and transactions may take place at any given time, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week and from any location in the world with Internet access. A physical location is restricted by size and limited to only those customers that can get there, while an online store has a global marketplace with customers and information seekers already waiting in line.

2. Reduces Time and Money Spent

In e-business, there is often a reduction in costs required to complete traditional business procedures. Many of those same traditional business approaches can be eliminated and replaced with electronic means, which are often easier to carry out as well as easier on the pocketbook. For example, compare the cost of sending out 100 direct mailings (paper, postage, staff and all), to sending out a bulk e-mail. Also think about the cost of paying rent at a physical location opposed to the cost of maintaining an online site.

3. Heightens Customer Service

With e-business customers receive high service, and communication is often more effective. There is far more flexibility, availability and faster response times with online support. For example, think about the speed of e-mail inquiries and live chat as opposed to getting on the phone, especially when that business is closed for the day. There is also a faster delivery cycle with online sales, helping strengthen the customer/business relationship. The internet is a powerful channel for reaching new markets and communicating information to customers and partners. Having a better understanding of your customers will help to improve customer satisfaction.

4. Gives a Competitive Advantage

The internet opens up a brand new marketplace to businesses moving online. Competition via the internet is growing as the internet itself grows and waiting too long to move online may cause you to lose your place in line entirely. Easy access to real time information is a primary benefit of the internet, enabling a company to give more efficient and valid information and helping to gain the competitive advantage over those that are not online.

        Although there are risks associating with e-business, as with most business decisions, there is also the risk associated with the inability to adapt to the changing times. Change is inevitable in today’s marketplace and should be embraced with open arms and open sites!

Android Application Development

Android application development is now one of the major influencing factors in the market of smart. The Android enable smart  phones facilitate with a wide array of features. On the  another hand the business community does want to be disconnected from the users of Android phones. if the Android phone user cannot download the website on his/her mobile phone device then it could be a major loss for the business and an advantage to the competitors to tap the vacuum in the market. 

some of the most important factors that have influenced the increasing demand of android application development are as follows.

 Android is an open source platform. So there is no licensing fee for using it. This drastically reduces the cost of application development.

When these sorts of formalities are not to be complied with, there is saving of time too. The application can be developed quickly.

The other factor that accelerates the process of application development is the ease of using the technology to develop the application. The developer need to be expert at the programming language, no doubt prior experience at programming and coding could be of much help in converting the idea into a concept and then the application. 

The Android platfrom being an open source has got the support of the development community. The development community contributes continuously towards development of meaningful applications.

The Software Development Kit (SDK) is very helpful for the developers. There are readymade codes for applications. The Android SDK is evolving continuously and every version of the SDK has got something new and different. This makes the application development task very easy for the Android application developer.

The development and marketing of Android is headed and fully supported by Google, one of the largest search engines in the world. The reign of Google is supreme when it is with reference to accessing the internet through the Desktop PC or laptop but situations are drastically changing and people have now started accessing the internet through the mobile phone device. The number of these kinds of people is increasing and Google would not like its popularity to decline.

Since the costing of Android application development is comparatively less the return on investment is also high and this has increased the demand of Android application development.

The lucrative business of Android application development has led to its quick growth. There are many application developers in the market that now offer Android application development services. It is now the responsibility of the client to verify the authenticity of the experience and quality related claims of the application developers before placing the order with them. There are many companies that claim to offer Android application development services and on getting the order get it executed by some other Android Application Developer. 

Refernce
http://developer.android.com/guide/basics/what-is-android.html

E-BUSINESS HISTORY

The business in the history used to be the most difficult where there was no medium of the telecommunication and the technologies so the businesses were only limited to the fixed small sizes due to the restriction of the capacity of the people for the control due to lack of resources. But the time has changed and so has the technology. With these changes people did a expansion of the business to the worldwide level at the current period of the time. And the term e-business is not a new term for most of the peoples. The term e-business was first started by IBM corporation marketing team then on after 1990 we are involved in e-business directly or indirectly and with or without knowledge of doing it. The term e-business is the short term of ELECTRONIC BUSINESS. As the name states the business is done electronically through different method of the internet. The customer and the partners and the third parties are dealt with the computer for example: buying the commodities, selling, customer services etc. are made easy.
There are many benefits of the e-business and that the technology is being advanced each day. The e-business has helped people to save many things. First of all comes the time that has been saved for the travel and that means a lot in the modern world where people have a lot of competition on every business. So the company now spent a lot less on the travel time that was used for the meeting and other important aspects that need the personal chat. Besides time the people also save the money that was used for the travel at the same time. The money for the travel expenses and the fooding and living costs are now reduced by the e-commerce. All the people also are switching to e-commerce to buy the daily nessicity commodity as well and that means people are now switching for the easy alternative for the hard way to travel and get all the services. This also means that the future of the e-commerce is very bright in the future and this can make a lot of money.


http://www.unibw.de/ebusiness/home/history/