E-Commerce Commission Press Kit

The automotive industry’s ANX is an example of an extranet that will provide automotive tradingpartners with a single, secure network for electronic commerce and data transfer. The industryhas created a management structure and business rules to ensure that the network meets theperformance, reliability and security requirements the industry has put forward. The ANXOverseer, Bellcore, has direct operations and management responsibilities over the network.Participating Internet Service Providers and Network Exchange Points have been certified andwill operate according to the terms of the ANX. A common set of business practices, including“acceptable use” policies and common network level security methods are additional conditions ofparticipation in the ANX.Businesses will pursue alternatives most suitable for their immediate business requirements. Forsome, standard off-the-shelf solutions running over the public Internet are satisfactory. Forothers, customized solutions—along with explicit rules and operating procedures—may be theanswer.As the Internet’s performance and reliability improves over time, and as predictable legalframeworks emerge, the growth of business-to-business electronic commerce will accelerate.23