e-Business Evolution

Abstract

Chapter 1 introduces and defines some basic concepts of Services Computing; this chapter will discuss the emergence and necessity of Services Computing in the context of Electronic Business (e-Business) evolution. Referring to enterpriselevel business solutions and infrastructures over the Internet, e-Business has become a popular term with high exposure in the modern society. In retrospect, however, its original inception in the mid-nineties did not cause a sensation. Rather, as shown in Fig. 2.1, e-Business started as a common technical innovation aiming at supporting simple Internet browsing and interaction utilizing Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP). In order to enable global access, companies publish static information (e.g., business name, address, contact information, company history) on their Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) homepages on the Internet.