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Indian Online Retail (E-Tail) Industry

The online retail space formed about 0.55% of the overall Indian retail industry about Rs. 25.3 billion including organized and unorganized retail. The online retail industry constituted about 7.9% of the organized retail industry in India . Indian e-tail industry followed an Inventory-based model or a Non-Inventory-based model also known as the MARKETPLACE MODEL . In August 2014, industry which followed the inventory-based model were: Jabong.com Myntra.com     Firstcry.com zovi.com Industry that followed the non-inventory-based model were: Flipkart.com Snapdeal.com ebay.in Amazon.in Industry experts felt the Flipkart and Myntra deal could start a phase of consolidation in the Indian online retail space which was about Rs. 139 billion (about US$2.32 billion) in 2012-13. In 2014 Flipkart made most awaited announcement of the Indian e-commerce industry – the acquisition of Myntra , leading e-tailer in the fashion and lifesty...
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PERT and CPM Introduction Network scheduling is a technique used for planning and scheduling large projects in the fields of construction,maintenance, fabrication,purchasing,computer system installation,research and development designs ,etc.The technique is a method of minimizing trouble spots,such as,production bottlenecks,delays and interruptions,by determining critical factors and coordinating various parts of overall job. There are two basic planning and control techniques that utilize a network to complete a pre-determined project or schedule.These are: Program Evaluation and Review Technique(PERT); and the Critical Path Method (CPM). Network: Basic components A network is a graphic representation of a project's operations and is composed of activities and events that must be completed to reach the end objective of a project.The basic components of a network are: Activity :  An activity is a task,or item of work to be done,that consumes time,effort, money ...

GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES IN E COMMERCE IN INDIA

Country Issues: Telecommunication Infrastructure Bandwidth PC penetration/Internet penetration Legal Framework   PKI(Public Key Infrastructure)   Delivery of public services by electronic means Payment gateways Education and awareness Human skills required for E Commerce: To develop Electronic Commerce solutions successfully across the Organization we have to build a reliable and scalable systems for- Security,   E-Commerce payments,    Supply-chain management, Sales force,warehousing and customer relations   Integrating all of this with existing back-end operations.   Internet-enabled Electronic Commerce requires-       Web Server technologies   Security  E xisting applications can be integrated  Web site development   Information Technology for Integrated Electronic Commerce needs- LAN/WAN infrastructure to implement Internet/Intranet Electronic Commerce soluti...

ENCRYPTION

SYMMETRIC ENCRYTION Symmetric encryption is the oldest and best technique that contains a secret key (a number, a word, or just a string)of random letters. This key is applied to the text of a message to change the content. Secret key is used to encrypt and decrypt the message by the sender and receiver. ·        Same digital key is used by sender and receiver to encrypt and decrypt message ·        Different set of keys are required for each transaction ·        Length of binary key is used to encrypt data ·        Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) – Most widely used symmetric key encryption. It uses 128,192, and 256-bit encryption keys ·        Other standards use keys with up to 2,048 bits ·        It provides confidentiality of the message . ·        Th...