This text is appropriate for an undergraduate or graduate course-- for e-commerce majors or for MIS majors taking an e-commerce course that need a more technical approach than the general business student needs. The text is also well suited for non-IT majors who desire a solid grounding in the technical aspects of e-business. The focus is on emphasizing the technologies that enable e-business instead of the phenomenon of e-business, its marketing and strategy. The book consists of two main sections. The first section provides an overview of electronic business. This section gives the student sufficient grounding in e-business to understand the context in which the technologies discussed in the second section exist. The second section, the core section, gives a relatively detailed discussion of the technologies that enable e-business. Its coverage will provide students with the knowledge necessary to make sense of how their future careers will be shaped by e-business. It will also allow them to be active participants in the planning, analysis, development, and implementation of e-business environments as they enter the job market. In several chapters, hands-on activities help promote integration of material by the students.