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At CompuNet, Inc., we start with our online business model and adapt it to fit your business model, using the components that best fit your needs. Our online business model is similar to a traditional model for business information processing, only modified to be fully interactive for the world wide web.

Our three-tiered online business model has its roots in the IPOS process used in every computer operation:

Input · Processing · Output · Storage (IPOS)

Input / Output
Processing
Storage
Gets input and/or instructions from the user; occurs on the client computer
Receives information from the processor and displays or prints it
Takes the input (in the form of data) and processes it into meaningful information Stores information for later retrieval

The table below illustrates how we have adapted the IPOS model for use on the World Wide Web:

Web-Based Three-Tiered Online Business Model

Input / Output

Processing
Storage
Web Client
Microsoft Internet Explorer™
Web Server
Microsoft Internet
Information Server™
Database Server
Microsoft Access™

User provides input from forms, or regular navigation
Receives output in the form of a regular web page (no special plugins needed)
Provides common user interface for all platforms
Includes numerous features such as Java and JavaScript, as well as VBScript support

Business rules and application logic are built into the programming
Input from the user is processed into meaningful information, and returned as a regular web page
Uses an alogorithm upon which the application logic is based

Data storage, used by the application on the web server to store data received as input from the user
Data retrieval, which returns values or other information based on the user specifications

• HTML
• DHTML
• Cascading Style Sheets
• XML
• JavaScript
• Microsoft Visual Basic Script (IE)

• Microsoft Visual Basic Script (Server-Side)
• Microsoft IIS
• Visual Basic/ActiveX
• Other Programming Languages

• Information routed to and from web server using Microsoft VBScript
• Structured Query Language (SQL) used to call specific information

» So how does this model fit your business?
E-Commerce is more than just online ordering - it's any internet-enabled system that allows you to move one or more of your business processes to the web. The internet provides instant, secure access to your data, which means quicker response time, faster processing, and happier customers.

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CompuNet, Inc.
Corporate Headquarters

337 Third Street  
Macon, GA 31201
478-738-9849  
1-800-872-5203
Fax: 478-738-9068

CompuNet, Inc.
Atlanta Office

4485 Lawrenceville Hwy
Suite 203 
Lilburn, GA 30048
678-533-0220  ·  
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