Investment in secure transactions is the hallmark of a true e-Commerce solution, according to a recently published study by International Data Corporation (IDC). This study, which discusses the survey results from IDC`s most recent Technology Integration Panel Study, reveals one in five large companies (1,000+ employees) is likely not to have a secure transaction option available, while the ratio is one in three for small companies (10-99 employees).
"Information technology is again changing the business landscape, offering the potential for better products and services delivered to corporations, governments, and consumers alike through the engineering of e-solutions," said Carey Azzara, program director, Corporate Computing: Vertical Views research at IDC. "However, realizing this potential is not easy and certainly not without
pitfalls for the vendors trying to bring the world into this new paradigm."
Key findings from this research indicate that large companies, while not always the innovators of new products, are most often the purchasers of innovation. IDC cautions not all evaluations of e-Commerce solutions result in implementation. Large increases in both the size and complexity of an e-Commerce solution are on the rise according to the latest survey results. A large percent of survey respondents (40.3%) report they paid a premium for better ecommerce solution performance.
Microsoft has the highest degree of mindshare, although its hold on the market is not complete, the IDC study found. Netscape, IBM, and Oracle also maintain high levels of mindshare with 25% of companies reporting these vendors were seriously considered as e-Commerce solution providers.
BMI-T Comment
"Evidence that enterprise in South Africa is throwing their weight behind e-Commerce," comments Internet analyst Neil Lightfoot, "is they have shifted their investment spend to WAN infrastructure as well as e-Commerce." These and other enterprise related findings are reported in BMI-T`s SA Top 200 IT Users.
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