7/10/2006 - Tutorial Questions 13

Under the caption “Future Trends” discuss three small business online future trends from your perspective.

Develop 2-3 paragraphs for each trend, using your own words.

Mobile Commerce

3G allows e-business to enter the next generation and will allow tourism businesses to reach more consumers at home, work or play. At the press of a button, consumers will order theatre and sports tickets, check bus and train timetables or traffic conditions ahead, lodge a bet on the horses, and book a holiday on-line.

Google and Intuit Partner to Serve Small Businesses

QuickBooks 2007 will have four different Google products directly from within the QuickBooks workflow. The four products are:

Google AdWords: Small businesses will be able to sign up for AdWords directly from the QuickBooks 2007 home page. New advertisers will get a $50 AdWords credit to advertise their businesses online.

Google Maps: Data within QuickBooks will pre-populate a set of fields in Google Maps, to create an online listing for the business.

Google Product Listings: Small businesses can automatically upload inventory information to Google Base. That way anyone shopping online will know that the business carries certain merchandise in their brick-and-mortar store.

Google Desktop: The Google Desktop search capability has been integrated into QuickBooks. Users can easily search the data in QuickBooks.

IT. Security:

Nowadays more and more companies are getting online or into E-Commerce, so security plays one of the important parts in a profession online business. New methods will arise and existing ones may be changes. Because E-Security acting a big part in online transactions, and keeping companies’ and consumers’ important data secure, more and more technologies like SSL will be intergraded into protecting small business websites.