Sunday, February 17, 2008

For seekers of Ecommerce solution provider: Choose the One who’s Good at IT

For ones in need of Ecommerce solution, the web sums up enough words (keyword perhaps!) of encouragement. You search for an Ecommerce service provider and web gratifies you with a list of abundance of companies into the service of offering Ecommerce solutions. These come in variety of names but are a boasting lot of people who have perfected the art of advocating self.

How to choose the right one for you and your business then?

Here we go. Choose those companies that possess a successful track record of offering Ecommerce solutions to clients in the same business as yours. While you mark those specialists in software/application development for clients in online shopping specialty, check on their policy in incorporating SSL and other security measures with an Ecommerce solution. You can invest hours in doing research on such companies. Time is your’s after all!

Or just visit us. We are Broadway Infotech. Based out of Australia, we cater to the global list of clients with efficient, flexible, cost-effective Software and application development solutions. Be for web or non-web, we take pride in facilitating numerous advanced Ecommerce solutions to many of our clients.

Partaking to our philosophy of offering fast and secure services to clients like you, we integrate SSL certification and W3C standards in creating Ecommerce solutions that run in perfect tandem with your business.

It has been our longstanding standard to analyse a business before coming up with suitable solution for it। We facilitate customized Ecommerce solution – developed only for your specialty।

Enjoy Ecommerce with us!

Monday, December 24, 2007

EDI and ASC X12 – Get to the Basic of E commerce

EDI, in short for Electronic Data Interchange relates to the transfer of data between different endpoints via networks like VANs (Value Added Networks) or the Internet। Today with the colossal rise of internet as the medium of communication, more and more companies are getting linked to the thousands more with Internet। Rests are amassing technology and from every front are forming a common platform across the expanse of webography। Facilitated by Internet, EDI is becoming increasingly important as an easy mechanism for companies to buy, sell, and interchange invaluable trade information. ANSI (American National Standards Institute) has approved a set of EDI standards and chronicled them by the name of X12 standards. EDI forms the very basic of e commerce.

In simpler words, EDI is a technical representation of a business dialogue between two entities. With involvement of either of the internal or external forms, the interaction comprises of the entire electronic data interchange paradigm of transmission, message flow, document style, and software in use to interpret the documents.
For the purpose of safe and hassle-free use, an EDI process contains a set of methodologies recognized by the sender and recipient. A list of technologies that include modem (asynchronous, and bisynchronous), FTP, Email, HTTP, AS1, AS2, etc., populates the set of methodologies mutually agreed upon by the sender and the recipient. It is important to understand that while several non-internet transmission methods are being replaced by Internet Protocols such as FTP, telnet, and e-mail, EDI documents still remain unaffected and is increasingly being integrated into online business processes.

ASC X12 (also known as ANSI ASC X12) is the official designation awarded by U.S. national standards body for the development and maintenance of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) standards. It is an official standards committee under the American National Standards Institute or ANSI. The acronym ANSI ASC X12 stands for ‘American National Standards Institute Accredited Standards Committee X12’.The designation of X12 is a sequential designator assigned by ANSI at the time of accreditation.

ASC X12 has sponsored more than three hundred of X12-based EDI standards. A growing collection of X12 XML schemas include the category of health care, insurance, government, transportation, finance, and many other industries. ASC X12's membership includes more than 3,000 standards experts, representing over 350 companies from different business domains.

Got a taste of EDI? Let’s get into e commerce and the fact behind the functioning of e commerce websites in the coming days.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Future of Offshore outsourcing

It is rare to come across any article or write up titling software outsourcing risks or hazards, but there are. The other day, I was reading an article talking about risks involved in offshore software outsourcing। Though nothing so informative or important in it but as a caption or heading it might catches the attention of much readers involved in outsourcing either way. Thousands of top notch companies are still coming forward with their outsourcing needs to various Indian Information Technology counterparts with the motive of gaining a competitive edge in terms of cost reduction and resultant profit enhancing.

In a recent study conducted around the world, 91% of the existing businesses opined that they would continue outsourcing। The scenario of outsourcing still seems to be emerging. Customer call centers, logistics /distribution, core products & services are some of the major areas to outsource, according to businesses in the emerging markets. India and the economies like Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Sweden and the UAE were covered by the survey.

Apprehensions and doubts about the future of IT outsourcing is looming large in India and the reason in every case is obvious; the rupee appreciation। The rise in the value of Indian Rupee in international standard is the cause behind worry. For, software and other IT professionals are available in India in a comparatively less wage which is the sole advantageous point for the multinationals to opt for outsourcing. With the rise in rupee, the outsourcing partner may not find it feasible to continue outsourcing as international would not be able to spend more hampering their profits.


The alternative options of outsourcing like Philippines, Bangladesh etc। may stem into the foray, but how long it will persist is a matter of concern. According to the study outsourcing has so far been beneficial to the offshore partners without much dissatisfaction of service providers.


End goal always being to run a more efficient business profitably, the offshore partners’ need is to be taken care of. Development centers of outsourcing need to be equipped well with proper model and methodology.

Monday, November 19, 2007

Hacking business in IT sector

If you are thinking that you are safe with your computer systems and server, think twice। You will be surprised to look at the statistics of viruses that affect computers. Virus threat to computers is nothing new. New viruses, spyware and malware are increasing day by day and it runs faster than any antivirus program making it harder to protect.

‘Botnets’ have emerged as one of the biggest threats to computers. It is surprising that between January to June this year, India saw 374 new bots per day. With the increase of servers especially in India, the new IT hub, the number of bot infected computers are increasing like anything. Bots are software applications that run automated tasks over the internet। Typically, bots perform tasks at a much higher rate than a human editor can.

Bots or internet robots infect computers and once inside a network, they automate, can perform denial of service attacks, and relay spam that appears to come from the infected machine’s network, or install software that can log keystrokes।

Researches and studies are on by several companies to detect and protect servers and systems in India। With the spread of IT companies in India, they are becoming vulnerable to bots. Hacking has become a profitable business. The motive being to steal information or to relay spam, botnets have become a threat to computers in this new IT hub, where more than 40 command and control servers run.

Hackers are running a parallel economy globally and India is no far from this global phenomena. Credit card information, email passwords, bank account information are some of the highly demanding commodities. Rates of products and commodities vary as per the amount of information to share.

Friday, November 2, 2007

E-commerce Web hosting

E-commerce web hosting is the hosting of upcoming website engaged in e-commerce business. With the evolvement of computer networking and internet business organizations are taking its full advantage by way of e-business. Internet marketing is in its peak. Even the developing countries are not far behind the race.

Using of internet is in its boost even in small towns and non metro cities of developing countries. A recent study shows that percentage of net users in small cities is increasing even faster than the metropolitan cities.
It is easily understood that the scope of e-commerce is wide increasing resulting into the need for more e-commerce based websites. Applications and programs with advanced functionality in the areas of marketing, customer management and back-office integration designed to provide enhanced value and service for customers and greater efficiency for the merchant are the emerging aspect of e-commerce development.

It is a challenge to the IT professionals to meet the changing demand of the business organizations through developing effective and purposive applications for carrying out e-business. IT professionals working either offshore or on-site for various e-commerce solution is seemed to be ready to face the challenge.

Sunday, October 28, 2007

E-commerce and website design – a key in business

E-commerce has become an integral part of business organizations that are keen to sell their products worldwide. With the evolvement of internet, commercial activities are heading towards use of more and more electronic commerce services. Lots of e-commerce services are introduced including electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, electronic data interchange, online transaction process etc। For this, explicit websites are designed and developed in a proficient and adept manner ho help these kinds of business practices.

E commerce can yield magnificent results. The process begins with web design and development. Web design is the art of designing a website with graphics, animations, content, keywords etc. keeping in view the search engine mechanism. Best web designers work with their creative mind and are focused on the goal oriented projects. Hence, developing programs and applications in a strategic way can generate more income from your business.

Various companies through their experts develop projects but hiring a right company is crucial for the business owners. If you make a right choice for your online business solution, it may boost your business heavily.

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Ecommerce software solution

Ecommerce an online transaction of business involve the transfer of ownership or rights to use a good or service. Ecommerce include E-tailing, B2B, intranets and extranets, online advertising, and simply online presences of any form that are used for some type of communication.

Ecommerce software solution easily setup and manage your own ecommerce online shop. It enables you to sell on the internet and includes the ecommerce hosting and the secure server both required to actually get your online shop up and running and able to take credit card details.

The ecommerce software solution can be integrated into your existing website or can be used as an ecommerce website। Online shop accepts credit card automatically through the secure server and process the payment with all major payment gateways and online merchant systems.

-Ecommerce software and shopping cart feature include:
-Online product catalog with unlimited categories and प्रोदुक्ट्स.
-User-defined product कातेगोरिएस
-User-defined product manufacturers
-Search engine friendly ecommerce architecture
-Real-time order processing and payment authorization
-Secure, scalable and customizable ecommerce solution
-Supports domestic and international shipping, taxation and बिल्लिंग

Effective ecommerce creates competitive advantage. Ecommerce software solution gives the power and flexibility you need to achieve your strategic objectives and provide you with ultimate success.