B2B Integration : A Practical Guide to Collaborative E-commerce

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• The Yankee Group predicts that the market for network and computer
security will reach more than $10 billion by 2003, up from $2.3
billion in 1998.
• By 2005, the managed security service provider market will grow to
over US$2.6 billion. Managed service providers (MSP) will try to
integrate the needs of e-commerce, Web hosting, IP virtual private
networks (VPNs) and managed security services.
ESTABLISHING ELECTRONIC COMMERCE VIA
CERTIFICATE AUTHORITIES
Security Considerations for OASIS Electric Utility Websites
OASIS (open access, same-time, information systems) is a project
that facilitates transactions of wholesale electricity to utilities and
corporate customers nationwide. OASIS was designed by the Joint
Transmission Services Information Network (JTSIN), a consortium
of regional electric utility cooperatives.
OASIS emerged when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC) mandated that wholesale buyers, sellers and distributors of
electric power have equal access to information about power transmission,
availability and pricing. Previously, wholesalers and corporate
customers used to rely on personal contacts to find electricity at
bargain prices; now all information on pricing and available power
grid capacity is open to them via the Internet through the secure
VPNs created by OASIS.
JTSIN outsourced project development to BSG, Cegelec ESCA
Corp., with TradeWave Corporation as the developer of the system's
security architecture.
OASIS went online in January 1997 and consists of over 500
separate entities and market makers in the electric power industry,
trading an estimated $35 billion in transmission capacity, making it
one of the largest e-commerce projects (see Figure 10.20).
Information surrounding the availability and pricing of electricity,
like that of any commodity, must remain confidential. A system that
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