Joint Session with Customer Council

Open Market is one of the leading software suppliers in the Internet Commerce business. Their product Transact provides a complete back-office infrastructure for secure Internet commerce. Open Market’s unique SecureLink Commerce Architecture connects all participants in the online business community, enabling them to reach more customers, add value to their offerings, close sales faster, and create enhanced relationships and cross-promotional opportunities with partners. Bob Weinberger, VP Marketing for Open Market, will present his view of the Electronic Business opportunity, talk about what pioneering customers have achieved so far and identify the challenges faced by companies such as Open Market in meeting the full range of market requirements at this stage. (revised synopsis to follow)

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The concept of electronic commerce has generated almost as much excitement and expectation as the Internet itself. Unfortunately, along with the excitement a good deal of confusion and concern about electronic commerce has emerged, causing a substantial chilling effect on its widespread acceptance and growth. In particular, the need for strong, fine-grained access control and permissions management has never been more pressing, to meet the requirements not only of electronic commerce but also the increasing exposure of mission-critical information over intranets and extranets by corporations worldwide.

In this presentation, we provide a straightforward taxonomy of security needs for intranets, extranets and electronic commerce, define Gradient's role in providing security solutions for the enterprise, and provide examples of Gradient's technologies in real-world scenarios.

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The Internet offers unlimited opportunities for e-commerce, both business-to-business and business-to-consumer. But success with this new platform requires a new kind of application: a web application.

Web applications are much more than forms and a database on the Internet. Web applications combine strong database connectivity, rich content and a high level of security along with built-in communication and collaboration. Web applications make extensive use of Java for expanded functionality and platform-independent deployment.

This presentation will focus on web applications and their role in e-commerce:

• The four unique benefits of web applications
• Java vs. HTML for the user interface
• The expanded role of the database in web applications
• Security in web applications
• Server-based agents for customized one-to-one communication
• How collaboration can amplify e-commerce success

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