E-Technology

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e-Commerce, e-Business, e-Government, e-Learning, and other e’s have enabled countries and businesses to reduce cost, add value and create new opportunities. E-Technology is a combination of information and communication technologies that enable the e’s.
The e-Technology Platform provides the foundation upon which businesses can deploy new and innovative applications supporting learning, research and service. It enables organizations to best take advantage of the opportunities made available by the Internet and related technologies.
During the past several years, e-business and e-technologies have witnessed both tremendous growth and significant setbacks. E-technologies (e.g. e-commerce, e-business, e-government, etc.) applications have multiplied by the thousands, reaching to a level where using e-applications is now considered a necessity in every organization, regardless of the type, size or location. At the same
time, many dot.com companies that burst into the market with great
potential vanished after a few years, and yet some managed to survive
and reach a new level of recognition and stability.
Primus Securities, a small, brick-and-mortal full service brokerage firm has approximately 7,000 clients on its register who, on average, trade 12 times a month regularly. A year ago company decided to post frequently asked questions on a Web site to reduce the time staff spent answering the questions on the phone.
Along with that, company posted general information about Primus Securities and financial news with “search” feature on the Web site.
The response was encouraging and a number of clients suggested enabling online trading because it is quick and more convenient and that might drive them to make more trades per week.
Company decided to implement some changes and add more features to the Web site. Stock Ticker is an online device that streams current stock quotes along with the percent rise/fall in process ...