Crosscommerce security enables on-line access to census data through a web site, if the user has a subscription from this agency. Authorized subscribers can view the census demographic data and can order compact discs by using a credit card if an authorized account exists, Menkart observes. In the past, the bureau had to supply the census data manually to organizations, such as various universities for research, or to libraries. Netscape now handles all of the functions involved across the Internet using PublishingXpert, a product in the Crosscommerce family, along with SellerXpert and MerchantXpert. Menkart accentuates the importance of Internet commerce for both business and government, as buyer and seller.
Organizations have more information to manage than ever before, both internally and externally.