While location is the key concept in the physical world, in Web, it is content. Web bulletin boards, web billboards, PointCasting, and Intercasting are used for marketing. Customer Service and Support -a new distribution channel for software, software patches, and support info. New Markets and Distribution Channels Web broadens the variety of content available to the consumer and offers the creator of content a large market with minimal distribution costs. Students can receive education or training whenever and wherever convenient without being tied to the instructor s schedule or location.
Players can play games with other players all over the world.
Managing the External Web Interface Attractive content is about value and the ability to deliver value at a reasonable price. 1. to facilitate faster internal corporate communications. 2. to facilitate more coordinated work activities 3. to facilitate easier management of complex operations with online transaction processing 4. to facilitate better managerial decision support with online analytical processing 5.to facilitate better systems management by enabling maintenance and distribution of applications. Internal Corporate Communications Documents are linked on scattered internal networks together. Such applications reduce the costs of producing, printing, shipping and updating corporate info.