SoftwareInfrastructureforElectronicCommerce.pptVIP

Software Infrastructure for Electronic Commerce Professor Fred B. Schneider Dept. of Computer Science Cornell University Networked Computing Systems Provide opportunities … Increase speed/bandwidth of interaction. New modes for interaction for customers. New services. Introduce risks ... System development cost and timing. Dependence on hardware/software. This week: CS lectures Learn vocabulary and basic concepts for e-commerce relevant concepts and technologies. Build intuitions for using concepts and for evaluating relevant technologies. Where are the opportunities today? Tomorrow? Acquire technology skepticism. Where are the risks today? Tomorrow? Intended Audience You are business-oriented person with strong interest in roles of computer and communications technology, user of computer applications (e.g. word, excel) but don’t know how to program, casual “surfer” of the internet (web) for information and/or purchases, and have not taken CS513, CS514, CS432, or CS632. Lecturer Backgrounds We are academic computer scientists who teach, research, and write, with industrial experience: Consulting to management. Running “start-ups” (2 on-going; 1 sold). CEO, CTO, chief scientist, tech advisory boards, etc. Lecturers Fred B. Schneider (Computer security) fbs@ 4115C Upson Hall 255-9221 Ken Birman (Networks/Reliability) ken@ 4119B Upson Hall 255-9199 Johannes Gehrke (Databases/data mining) johannes@ 4108 Upson Hall 255-1045 Trustworthy Networked Information Systems All about the non-technical context for this technical subject. Networked Information Systems Networked Information System (NIS) integrates computers, communications, and people (as users and as operators). Distinguishing characteristics: Many interfaces to other systems. Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware + software. Extensible system components. A Trustworthy NIS Works correctly, despite environmental disruption, human user and operator errors, hostile attacks, and design and im