C2it, 346
Call centers, 15, 162, 398
electronic information system architecture and, 364–365
Cardservice International, 426
CAs (certification authorities), VeriSign for SSL certificates, 228
Case studies, 453–459
Cash cards, 305
Catalog aggregation, 58
Catalogs
catalog services, 429–431
evaluation of quality, 356
products and visual catalogs, 182
publishing product and price information, 356
remote shopping and, 356
search ability / locator tool, 356
Catalog services, 429–431
CCM (change and configuration management) solutions, 162
CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), 149
Certificate Signing Requests (CRSs), 108
Certification authorities (CAs)
Certification Authority for SSL certificates, 278, 280
for smart cards, 311
VeriSign, 228
Change and configuration management (CCM) solutions, 162
Chargebacks, 334
CheckFree Corp., 315, 320
CIOs, role of, 117
Citibank, 347, 429
ClickBank, 346, 347
ClickShop.com, 426
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), 149
Code-signing IDs, 108–109
Collectibles, 348–349
Collections to increase scalability, 263
Commerce Integrator (IBM), 55
Punchout and, 57
CommerceNet, 431, 433–434
Commerce One, e-commerce software vendor, 86
Compaq, 150
Component coupling, loose vs. tight, 137–138
CompuServe, 432
Computer Security Institute survey (2002), 209–210
Conferences, contact information for, 443–452
Connectivity requirements
asynchronous processes and, 60–63
protocol exchange and B2B transactions, 63–68
protocols and, 53–54
Consistency, customer comfort and, 17–18
Continuous process improvement cycles, 161
Contracts, supply contracts, 184
Cookies, shopping carts and, 139
Copyrights, 38–39
government’s role in protection of, 41–42
laws and penalties for infringement, 39–41
WIPO Copyright Treaties, 41
CORBA and databases, 193
Costs
of customer service, 162
delivery channel cost effectiveness, 223–224
digital currency transaction costs, 327–328
of e-business, 177–178
Electronic Data Exchange (EDE), 11
e-services and cost savings, 391–392
infrastructure, 85, 168
investment in technology, 357–358
reducing with e-business processes, 17, 173
SSL certificates, 267
total application costs, 389–390
training costs, 198–199
transaction costs, 162, 327–328
Credit cards
authentication, 295
authorization of transactions, 294, 296–298
Cardservice International credit card services, 426
credit card associations, 294
digital currency as alternative to, 328–329
digital wallets for greater security, 349
fraud, 298–299
global markets and, 347
MasterCard International, 429
online payment processing, 285–287
payment alternatives, 345–346
phone-in payment processing, 285
sales statistics, 223
Visa International, 429
CRM. See customer relationship management (CRM)
Cross-selling, 183, 247
Crossworlds Software, e-commerce software vendor, 87
CSRs (Certificate Signing Requests), 108
Customer communications, as business value, 163
Customer data, 163
clickstream / callstream data warehouses, 366, 369–377
collection of, 31–32, 140
contracts, 184
electronic information systems and, 359–360
geographical dimensions of, 372–374
marketing and, 224
past purchases, 184
personalized service and, 15–16, 79, 163, 185, 217–218
preferences, record of, 184
privacy issues, 221
product dimension of, 374–375
profiling site visitors and visit behavior, 165–166, 217
shopping carts and, 140
time dimension of, 374
tools for customer relationship data, 184–185
Customer relationship management (CRM), 7–8
analytical CRM, 79
crisis customers, 399
customer data and, 369–370
customer interactions, 79
integration of process domains, 79
operational CRM, 79
personalization, 79
SIP and, 14–15
success linked to, 31
tools for customer relationship data, 184–185
Customers
analyzing business value of specific, 166
as computer novices, 18
consistency and customer comfort, 18
Customer relationship management (cont.)
creating a customer community, 162
customer experience, measures of, 22
customer service measures, 15–16
determining needs of, 167
discounts for repeat customers, 140
Internet and potential new customers, 223
new customers, acquiring, 19–20
security policies and personal information, 44–45
shopping behaviors of, 30–31
site users vs. site customers, 359–360, 371–372
user-friendly Web sites for, 100–103
see also customer data; customer relationship management (CRM)
Customer satisfaction, 20–21, 164–165
e-service and, 392
Customer service
automated customer service, 4–5
automated service, 4–5
costs of customer service, 162
e-mail queries, auto-suggesting answers to, 398
emotional indicators and crisis customers, 399
e-service and, 391–400, 395–396
personalization, 15–16, 79, 107–312, 163, 185, 217–218
question-and-answer interfaces for, 183
status reports, 126
see also customer relationship management (CRM)
CustomerServlets, 133–135
loose vs. tight coupling, 137–138
CyberCash, Inc., 316, 320, 426
Cyber crime, 209–210
fraud, 298–299, 303–304, 328–329, 337
hackers and hacking, 43–44, 45, 105, 127–128, 210, 249
money laundering, 331, 338–339, 340
piracy, 39, 41, 46–48
CyberSource Corp., 316, 320, 426