Brief history of e-commerce
... which has allowed a greater range of solutions for the business market. A number of forward thinking companies pioneered various techniques in which to send data in formats that could be processed on receipt. These various techniques later set the foundations for other companies who were trying this. Common data formats were needed in order for such data transfers to work between a group of traders. This common standard led to the creation of standards bodies for the U.S. and Europe. The bodies standards helped to start build communities of users in a variety of business sectors. During the eighties, a large amount of value added network services (VAN) were created to provide secure communication channels for businesses. Federal governments have been conducting several series of extensive policy studies about converging communications and established various advisory organizations to reflect ...