Extranets utilise Internet and intranet resources to link customers, suppliers and trusted partners with the enterprise in a connected way to facilitate communication and collaboration and improve business relationships. ... The Internet also provides business with a means of communication and collaboration with employees, customers, suppliers, business partners and other stakeholders. ... Providing sales representatives with access to the intranet can allow them to obtain current product information for customers and enable collaboration with other sales representatives in pursuing sales o...

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Since the early 1990's, improvements in computer technology has allowed easy access to information. ... It has transformed commerce by allowing the supplier and consumer to interact smarter and simpler. ... Technology allows individuals to connect globally. ...

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In the past, a purchasing agent might send a purchase order to a supplier via email. In the age of Web Services, a company's purchasing application communicates via the Internet directly with a supplier's warehousing application to check price and availability, submitting the purchase order to the supplier's shipping application automatically, with little or no human intervention. ... For example, if an e-mail is send stating that "Mr T is not allowed access to Data bank A-, then altering "Data bank A- to "Data bank B- might allow Mr T illegal access to Data bank A. 2...

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Buyers in the industry many times make large orders for equipment and services, allowing them to bargain for low prices. ... The bargaining power of suppliers in the internetworking industry is minimal. First, as an example, Cisco is a very large customer of its suppliers and therefore is an important customer. ... This along with the reputation has allowed Cisco to recruit some of the best people in the world. ...

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First, it minimized procurement costs allowing for easier methods of finding cheaper suppliers and cutting the costs of processing transactions. ... The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland suggest: " that if rapid productivity gains pull down the costs of production, prices should also be allowed to fall, so workers can enjoy the benefits of higher productivity through increases in real wages." ... It allows for cheaper businesses and lower sale prices for consumers. ...

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This technique is more credible than WEP; however, still access to the access point can be allowed. ... The IEEE 802.16-2009 standard has two authentication protocols to guarantee the secure access: - OSA (Open System Authentication) This protocol allows collaboration among authentication users' devices such as laptop and the access point address. ...

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