National Semi may have one of the oldest intranets around. The program's goal is to improve customer relations and give customers a sense of empowerment. Sun Microsystems has long been the Internet computing leader. The majority of  Internet-based applications have been developed on Sun servers. Sun's own implementations are proving the e-comm concept.
Electronic commerce is key to every major industry today.
As the desktop computer paradigm increasingly evolves to  devices such as network computers, cellular phones, and pagers, the potential for e-comm will continue to grow. The Internet is expected someday to lead to widespread on-line voting, fostering greater participation in the political process. Intelligent agents will start to do a lot of basic research work, new pricing models will emerge, and the electronic global village will become ever more a reality. Doing business over a network is having a major effect on companies' allocations of computing resources. Because the way in which companies do business is rapidly changing and evolving, the most successful electronic commerce solutions will have to be innovative, scalable, and secure.