Over the next two decades, the Internet economy will bring about more dramatic changes in the way we work, live, play, and learn than we witnessed during the last 200 years of the Industrial Revolution.

The Internet economy has grown more rapidly than even our most optimistic predictions and fuels the strongest period of economic prosperity in history. In the United States alone, this economy added over 650,000 jobs and generated revenue in excess of half a trillion dollars in 1999 alone.

To put this in perspective, the Internet economy's workforce now surpasses the entire active U.S. military, insurance, communications, and public utilities industries and is twice the size of the airline, chemical and allied products, legal, and real estate industries.

Governments from around the world have begun to recognize the strong correlation between the Internet and economic success.

Moving from a successful 'bricks and mortar" business to an equally successful "clicks and order" strategy can be daunting.

Recent studies from the University of Texas and the U.S. Department of Commerce predict that E-commerce will comprise 4.4 percent of the gross domestic product, by the year 2002.

To transform a "bricks and mortar" organization into an Internet organization takes more than just adding and E-commerce veneer. It takes rethinking the entire business from the inside out and making investments in your Internet technology portfolio to bring home the best return.

While planning an E-commerce strategy, network reliability and redundancy are crucial for the best customer experience. An online customer care strategy that focuses on consumer needs can ensure high customer satisfaction and retention while also reducing costs associated with sales, marketing, and service.

In the near future, a business not on the Internet will not be in business.

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