Sample eCommerce Business Plan

 eGrocery Business Plan © BPlanExperts.com  Page 35 Web Browsers Browsers that will be Compatible are Mozilla, Firefox, IE5+, and Netscape Operating System The OS that will be used is UNIX (HPUX) the reason behind using this OS is that UNIX and BEA weblogic go very well together. Hardware Specifications We will have four different servers working in four entirely different kind’s environment. We will have one HP UX server for production, this will handle only the production things and will have data related only to production. One HP UX server for development which will handle data regarding development then we’ll have one server for testing and a server for disaster recovery, this server will be the mirror image of all the servers we are having i.e. this server will have all the data of production, development and testing . The specification for each is given below:  Production HP UX Server (4 CPU, 4 GB RAM)  Development HP UX Server (2 CPU, 2 GB RAM)  Testing HP UX Server (4 CPU, 4 GB RAM)  Disaster Recovery HP UX Server (2 CPU, 2 GB RAM Security In an online business everything is dependent on technology proper measures should be taken to protect it from attackers or hackers. Several technologies can be employed to help reduce the risk to companies and their customers when completing e-commerce transactions. Login ID & Passwords: To identify the person who is accessing the website. Firewall A firewall helps us to prevent unauthorized access of the site. Firewall is considered a first line of defense in protecting private information. Intercepts all messages entering and leaving the network. Denial of Service Attack: We need to prevent our system from denial of service attack which is an attack on the system or network that causes a loss of services to users, typically the loss of network connectivity and services by consuming the bandwidth. SSL, S-HTTP: Secure Socket Layer is a protocol used for transmitting private documents via the internet. SSL uses a cryptographic system that uses two keys to encrypt data. S-HTTP protocol also helps in transmitting data securely on the network SSL creates a secure connection between a client and a server over which any amount of data can be sent securely, S-HTTP is designed to transmit individual messages securely.