| B2B e-commerce was born out of an attempt to solve an administrative problem. The
and backed by our reliable and original technological solutions. Our e-commerce sites are
different suppliers. It developed a new computer standard to handle these needs - which became
known as EDI, Electronic Data Interchange. Today its descendant, XML, a lighter, simpler data
interchange standard is used by B2B sites. |
| Simple e-commerce sites first appeared in 1992. The early e-commerce sites were virtual
catalogues, simply listing products for sale. Ordering was off-line, through e-mail, phone or fax.
Shelron began creating e-commerce in 1996. By then, the technology had advanced greatly to
produce virtual stores with shopping carts, client accounts and, with the development of protocols
such as Secure Socket Layer (SSL), enabled customers to order and pay for their purchase on-line
directly by credit card. |
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