E-business - The future of business

E-business is having a bad press at the moment. Internet stocks, like telecommunications stocks, have recently lost enormous value, dragging down stock markets across the globe. Yet the benefits-like cost-saving, immediacy, speed and global reach-mean e-business is increasingly business-as-usual. A number of critical components are making this happen. Sophisticated security technology, the rise of the e-marketplace, and the proliferation of networked devices are all affecting how e-business is used. At the same time, technology is being developed to improve the user experience and to enhance the nature of the Web itself. All this has significance, not just for the users of e-business, but also for the developers.