Showing posts with label Business. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Business. Show all posts

March 19, 2012

Cell Phone impact on Lifestyle and Business

The one thing to realize that the presence involving cell phones that have the facility to view television or better known because tv-phone be a great opportunity to provide exposure for children. The presence of cellphones but can be used as a tool to learn, as well as a loyal friend because children feel lonely or even no activity. In this regard, a study of Greenberg said that the eight motive why children watch television-which needless to say can be easily accessed via mobile phones supported by tv-phone facility-that is, to fill up the time, forget the trouble, understand something, learn self-giving stimulation, comforting, looking for friendship and just any habit.
The entry of mobile phones, particularly the 3G as well as tvphone to children is also a negative or positive impact. Ready or not, your certainly should be able to accept the actual social changes that may appear in
various aspects of life.

Life-style

The affect of the use of this telephone is on people's life-style. By using mobile phones capable of aside from operate a mobile phone with 3rd generation technology or tvphone, one would feel that their social status can be higher compared with the general human population, especially if the environment is not one that has or is able to function the phone.
The presence of an increasingly innovative mobile phones can also change gradually - land habitual methods for using mobile phones, which had been recently stuck in the ear to get talking to stare at the display on the phone type 3G.
The particular negative impact of the using mobile phones lifestyle is eclipsed tradition or custom, by way of example, the feast religious. On one side, to communicate face to face through the mobile phone makes it easy users to mutually congratulate each other without having to do travel far to meet. But however, it also shows erosion in the traditional family as Sungkeman the particular Java Ethnic community, tradition of meet another  and every visit home on their neighborhood .

Another bad impact, especially for urban modern society,via chat services, for example, the sex business individual can and promote freer trade. They may be willing to perform body via a video call after asking for the transfer of resources to the devotees first.

Business

In the field of business Or enterprise, the emergence of 3G is certainly able to facilitate their meeting with clients as well as business associates. Through video phone they can just submit gives of cooperation, doing meetings slightly and etc. Beside that, Mobile also encourage the growth of economic activity throughout other sectors, which keep the operation of the phone.

May 22, 2011

Aspects of E-Commerce Site

In this section, I will elaborate further on these two issues and problems in the world of E-Commerce security and consumer privacy in the use of E-Commerce site.
Safety Aspects of Consumer E-Commerce Site
The development of communication technology such as the Internet is very fast has caused some issues in ethics and regulatory dimensions. One of the interesting issues to be studied more deeply is the issue of security of customer information during online activities. Security issues in the world of E-Commerce is a violation of the points 1,2,3,4 and 10 of "The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics" Garg et al. stated that 36 to 90 percent of organizations experienced a security breach in the past year (Gupta & Hammond, 2003). This statistic describes the degree of vulnerability of online transactions. The solution to extract the problem and increase online sales is to provide a network that ensures confidentiality and security. Technologies that provide security measures and guarantees flawless requires a lot of investment and in most cases are not easy to obtain.
Security issues in the Internet is very varied character and kind from the form of email spamming, proliferation of computer viruses, online harassment, to a form of cyber theft and identity theft or data. (Flew, 2002). The core of the problem concerning the security of consumer information is centered on the presence of contradictory relationship between the world of the Internet as a social arena for a variety of knowledge possessed by the concept of customer information as private property. (Flew, 2002).
Strategy E-Commerce site to address security issues to deal with two major affairs which is to protect the integrity of the business network as well as their own internal systems and achieve a secure transaction relationship between consumers and business enterprises (Marchany & Tront, 2002). The main tool used business e-commerce company in maintaining their internal network is the firewall. A firewall is a system of hardware and software that only allow users from outside the system that has specific characteristics that can access the protected network system (Kalakota). However, the firewall still has some shortcomings in the system. There are programs such as SMTPTunnel hacker, ICMPTunnel, Nimda, Code Red The firewall to break through several websites E-Commerce companies. Security of transactions conducted in the world of e-commerce depends on the ability of the organization to ensure the privacy, authenticity, integrity, presence and intrusion-blocking unwanted intrusion.
According Machany and Tront, the two major threats to the security mechanism of the E-Commerce is a virus and Trojan Horse programs (Machany & Tront, 2002). The presence of the virus is very annoying but basically a Trojan horse program is a more serious threat because the program is not only facilitates how to break through a network of other systems, but the program also may attack the integrity of data in a system.
Aspects of Consumer Privacy in E-Commerce Site
Culnan defines privacy as "an individual's ability to control the terms that govern how the individual's personal information can be obtained and used" (MJ Culnan, 2000). It is very difficult, even a little unlikely, if in doing a deal with E-Commerce services, consumer did not give personal information, ranging from infomasi the residential address for delivery to the preferences of the consumer products (Ackerman, Cranor, & Reagle, 1999).
The issue of privacy is one of the serious problems that interesting to study in the world of E-Commerce. The results of a poll conducted by the magazine Business Week found that more than 40 per cent of service users E-Commerce websites give great concern to the potential misuse of information by those sites and 57 percent of respondents wanted a law that has the power to regulate how the mechanism suitable for E-Commerce sites collect and use personal information belongs to consumers. (Harris Poll 2000). Culnan also argues that concerns about privacy are the main reasons why many people decide not to do transactions in the online world, even though they will interact in the online world, the information they provide are going the wrong information. (Culnan, 2000). Issues related to privacy issues in e-Commerce is a form of violation points 1,3,7 and 10 of "The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics"
Culnan and Armstrong also argues that there are two types of concerns of users of E-Commerce related to issues of privacy. The first type is the presence of consumer concerns about unauthorized access to their personal data because of the lack of security and surveillance companies or because of a lack of internal controls of the company itself. The second type is the concern of consumers against the possibility of using their personal data for purposes that are irrelevant and undesirable. This possibility must involve a third party who is not involved at all in the initial transaction between the consumer and the companies that provide E-Commerce services. (M. J. Culnan, 1999)
Addressing privacy issues in the world of E-Commerce is not an easy and simple matter. This is because the Internet now have established a culture that is very free, so what are the limits to the public and the private is bias (Lessig, 2004). In addition, it is also caused by the debate about the meaning of the word "privacy" itself. Some people argue that privacy is a fundamental right for everyone, while many are looking at a person's privacy and personal information as a commodity to be exchanged. The difference in the meaning of the concept of privacy is make efforts to address privacy issues in the development of technology becoming more complex. Mark Ackerman and Donald T. Davis Jr., in his journal "Privacy and Security Issues in E-Commerce" discussion about privacy issues classifies through two perspectives, namely privacy as business and social issues, and privacy as technology issues. (Ackerman & Davis Jr., Privacy and Security Issues in E-Commerce)
a. Privacy For Business and Social Issues in E-Commerce
Privacy now developed into a business issue that is very sensitive to changes in various contexts surrounding it. Digital system allows business owners to collect consumer data with a much larger range. E-Commerce Site may collect consumer data ranging from personal consumer preferences, rituals and consumer spending patterns, patterns of consumers in finding and using information to consumer preferences for goods and services. Not only is it far easier to collect data, but the development of a digital system also makes it easier to find the data of others in the Internet (Dhillon & Moores, 2001). The new computational techniques has enabled the "mining consumer data" to examine patterns of consumers in purchasing goods and other personal researching trends. Such data can be used to specialized shopping experience in E-Commerce websites for other customers.
b. Privacy of Technology Perspective
The use of technology to get the most attention in the fierce debate about privacy issues in e-Commerce systems. Clarke said that there are four types of technology in use is related to issues of privacy, which is the technology used for surveillance, the technology used to form the contract of the release of personal data, technologies for labeling and privacy-enhancing technologies (PETS) (Clarke, 2001).
According to Lyon (2002), one of the main keys to avoid privacy issues in the world of E-Commerce is for Internet users to balance between personal privacy information that was intentionally supplied with information as personal information for various parties such as the government even to the insurance company.

April 13, 2011

Problems of E-Commerce

According to Arnold Pacey, in the application of technology in everyday life, there are three aspects that should be considered by users of the technology itself. Three aspects of the question is technical, organizational aspects and cultural aspects. (Pacey, 1983). In the application in daily life, the discussion of the technical aspects of the technology is still considered to dominate over the other aspects, especially the cultural aspect. This is caused by the belief that, in general, technology is an amoral, something that in its use of separate values, an instrument that can be used not only for good but also for evil (Pacey, 1983). The notion is causing many issues related to the discovery of an ethical dimension, values ​​and morality in the use of everyday technology.
The definition of "ethics" is closely related to the concept of "morality". Morality is defined as the ability to discern what is right and what is wrong. Ethics in using technology is defined as moral standards and regulations for users of technology to be applied in different situations (Straubhaar, LaRose, & Davenport, 2001). Ethics is a major grip for users of technology outside the regulations and policies that are formal. Discussion of ethics and regulations in the use of technology becomes very serious when the technology we use today also can be misused to commit many violations as infringement of intellectual property rights to practice various types of cybercrime (Mirabito & Morgenstern, 2004). In a world in which information can be transmitted and shared electronically with the base, ethical standards and regulations are applied in a variety of industries are often overlooked and even forgotten. Consideration of ethical issues and regulatory solutions in the world "electronic commerce" has also been discussed for many years (Li, 2006)
This paper will discuss issues or problems related to ethics and regulation in the world of E-Commerce with an emphasis on the Indonesian context. Two of the issues and problems that will be discussed in this paper are:
· Privacy consumers use the E-Commerce
· Security is now using ECommerce site

March 30, 2011

History of E-Commerce Systems

Technology is like the nervous system of communication in contemporary society. Communication technologies have a significant role in world trade, an essential role in the world of entertainment and even a relevant role to the development of our interpersonal relationships. Due to the presence of a vital communications technology, the slightest change in technology will have a significant impact on various aspects of social life (Grant, August E & Meadows, Jennifer H. (eds.), 2010). World of communication technology is a dynamic world and is constantly changing. In fact there is a general axiom which states that communications technology now growing much faster acceleration than before (Krug, 2005) The revolution in communications technology also has a significant impact on the development of the world economy. With its ability to provide a lot of convenience for business transactions, communications technology development was in the end have a vital impact on the movement of the world economy by the day.
One impact of communication technology developments are encouraging for the world economy is the birth of E-Commerce system that has given a lot of convenience to conduct business transactions and meeting a variety of needs for people around the world. E-Commerce System technology itself refers to the ability of various business enterprises to create a dynamic presence on the internet that allows the company to do business with an electronic basis. Today, almost all companies have involved himself in the world of E-Business E-Commerce in particular, using the internet to facilitate various aspects of the business conducted (Williams & Sawyer, 1995).
History of E-Commerce systems have actually begun since the invention of the old idea of ​​the concept of "buying and selling", electricity, cables, computers, modems, and of course the Internet. E-Commerce systems began to be applied to people around the world in 1991, when the Internet was able to be used for commercial purposes. Since 1991, many companies have started making web sites to be transformed into a means to conduct a variety of business transactions. (Vaughan, 2011)
At first, the term e-commerce is closely related to the execution of commercial transactions with an electronic base that uses the help of various advanced technologies such as Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT), which provides an opportunity for users or consumers to exchange business information and conduct electronic transactions (Tassabehji, 2003). The ability to use a variety of technologies is emerging in the late era of the '70s and allow companies and business organizations to send commercial documentation with electronic base. And until now, the modern system of E-Commerce majority use the World Wide Web to facilitate transactions. Types of Web 2.0 as a new kind of website also has a lot to facilitate a variety of companies to innovate, build relationships, and even compete in the markets of E-Commerce (Tapscott & Williams, 2006).
Some of the benefits found in the system of E-Commerce is the ability to perform transactions 24 hours a day, the availability of the facility to compare prices online, delivery of goods and services that are fast, the availability of the facility to interact with other consumers in the virtual community and the availability of facilities to engage the virtual auction (Turban & Lee, 2000). Virtual Communities in E-Commerce site is ultimately able to establish communication networks that customers will continue to be nurtured companies to develop consumer confidence in the site (Safko, 2010)