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Break your productivity barriers...Connect to the Internet and
the fast-growing electronic marketplace...Expand your business
potential while protecting your business interests.
New and powerful forces are changing the way business is done--the advent of
the global economy brings increased world competition, while the move to
rightsizing means working smarter is more important than ever.
In today's business environment, bringing a product to market involves people
making countless decisions. The people may be in the same office or on
different continents. They may even work for different companies. Wherever
they are, they need to exchange information.
This document addresses that need by examining:
This new business environment requires a whole new way of doing
business-one which makes it possible to respond instantly to changes
in demand, technology, and competition. One that isn't restricted by
time, distance, or organizational structure.
That's what integrating your enterprise is all about--people connecting
in ways that redefine how business is done.
Integrating your enterprise is more than just connecting your
workgroups. Its connecting across enterprises to give people a quick
and easy method of creating and expanding business partnerships.
And that's why the Enterprise Integration Network (EINet) is the best
solution today. EINet complements and extends a company's current
working environment with a standard means for interconnecting work
groups, suppliers, and customers.
EINet helps you quickly form strategic alliances and seize market
opportunities.
But integrating your enterprise is more than just sending e-mail and
downloading files. It's actually doing business online. It's
developing and selling products electronically.
The two key factors in making electronic commerce a reality are:
- Access to open, distributed information
- Flexible methods of ensuring security
With EINet, electronic commerce is a reality now.
Business on the Internet
Many organizations have built private networks to vertically integrate
their businesses. Because most of these networks are proprietary
systems they are costly and restrict the free flow of information.
To form dynamic relationships, the conduit for information must be
open and available. The Internet offers a ready answer.
- It's an established structure and an expanding marketplace
- The "Net" offers as much as an 82% cost reduction over a private network
- The Internet will be a key part of the evolving National Information
Infrastructure (NII).
The Three Musts: Security, Security, Security
You've heard the adage that the three key ingredients for success are
location, location, location. But with electronic commerce, location
becomes irrelevant. Security is the overriding concern. You want to
know that only the people authorized to access information can do so.
Your partners want to know that they can trust the integrity of their
interactions with you.
EINet's unprecedented structure includes a fundamentally different approach
to security. An approach that makes security a fact, not a question.
You can use EINet to integrate your enterprise and immediately exploit
the potential of the Internet. EINet products include:
EINet has interoperable and secure client/server products that:
- Enable advanced information sharing across public and private networks
- Provide access to the world of information available on the Internet
- Offer robust and streamlined implementations of Internet technologies,
including World-Wide Web (WWW), WAIS, gopher, FTP, and more
EINet clients, such as MacWeb for the Macintosh(tm) and winWeb for
Windows(tm), function like other Macintosh and Windows products so
there's no new interface to learn.
The EINet Galaxy directory organizes information available on the
Internet so users do not need to know where information is or how to
access it. They can use Galaxy to find and retrieve information in two
ways:
- Using a guided tour of predefined subjects, such as Education, Medicine,
Law, Sales and Marketing, Government, and more
- Searching for a specific topic
EINet also offers the tools for building your own multimedia catalogs,
making it easy for potential customers world wide to find and purchase
your products.
EINet is active in multiple pilot programs with several financial
institutions for developing universally available settlement services.
EINet settlement services include the remittance technology to allow
monetary transactions by such means as electronic checks and credit
and debit charges.
EINet services permit the financial qualification of buyers and
sellers.
EINet's security products enable secure business transactions between
business partners and provide the ability to expand business
partnerships on-the-fly.
- Security-protocol-permeable firewalls
- Server products for identification, authentication, and access control
- Associated public identification and authentication services
Information owners can selectively open proprietary information
sources to trading partners, suppliers, and clients, while protecting
sensitive data and verifying user identities.
EINet's unique security architecture underlies all EINet products so
no matter which EINet products and services you use, security is never
an issue.
Why EINet?
EINet products enable virtual networks promoting business-to-business
by communications and flexible business partnerships.
EINet products have been designed with forward compatibility and
flexibility to adapt to tomorrow's unknown market demands.
EINet provides a complete solution for secure, cost-effective
enterprise integration and electronic commerce now.
EINet breaks through traditional barriers and positions you today
to do the business of tomorrow.
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