Company Profile
In 1995, services like the Web, open database, interactive and broadcast multimedia, shared modem solution and shared email management design were still comparatively new to the telecom industry. This is when three college graduates established Cyberway Computer Communications Co. Ltd. in Shanghai with an initial investment of RMB 500, 000. The company was primarily an ICP (internet content provider) engaged in web design, online promotion design, WWW (world wide web) domain name application and site maintenance business. In the mid-1990s, a large number of Chinese enterprises were looking for opportunities to promote their businesses online. Cyberway then cooperated with Shanghai Telecom, an IAP (internet access provider), to provide a full range of services to Internet subscribers. In 1996, Cyberway became a Microsoft-certified solution provider, offering a full package of Microsoft Intranet solutions based on Windows NT. The company thus switched its focus to Internet application development. By 1998, Cyberway had become a systems integrator and solution provider for Internet applications.
Industry Overview
China has had plans for rapid expansion of its information infrastructure. They have developed a nationwide high-capacity telecommunications network based on optical, microwave and satellite transmission technologies. At the time, more than 2,000 Chinese cities and counties have access to networks for data telecom and packet exchanges, which are connected to 40 data Webs abroad. The entire telecom system of China has been digitized and equipped with program-control technology and value-added services such as high-speed data telecom and picture transmission are available on the network.
The majority of Internet users are from the business and academic communities. According to what was formerly the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications’ report in early 1998, China’s Internet usage has grown from 2,000 users in 1993 to 620,000 users at the end of 1997. The report predicts that there will be more than 7 million users by the end of the year 2001. Chinese Internet users are mainly interested in technology-related information, followed by community news, business, and financial information. Of these Internet users, 78% use the www, 11% use email and 8% use file transfer protocol (FTP). In early 1998, China had more than 5,000 “.cn” registered domain names and over 2,000 websites.
While China’s Internet infrastructure is reasonably well established, Internet application development is still in an early stage.
Cisco Designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol (IP) - based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology (IT) industry and provide services associated with these products and their use. The company provides products for transporting data, voice within buildings, across campuses and globally. The products are utilized at enterprise businesses, public institutions, telecommunications companies and other service providers, commercial businesses, and personal residences. Cisco conducts its business globally and manages its business geographically. Its business is divided into the following three geographic segments: The Americans; Europe, M...
The Internet, originally arising from the American military, has grown to a main source of communication for millions around the world and has helped in creating a global village. The Internet started gaining fast acceptance in the 1990's especially in North America. Countries such as China however, still have limited access and control over the contents on the internet allowed ...
Cisco Systems is one of the largest network communications company in the world. Cisco provides networking solutions that customers use to build a integrated information infrastructure of their own, or to connect to someone else’s network. Cisco also offers an extensive range of hardware products used to form information networks, or to give them access to these networks. Cisco also has it’s own software called IOS software, which provides network services and enables networked applications. Cisco serves customers in a wide range of businesses, such as corporations, government agencies, utilities, and educational institutes, and small to medium size businesses. Cisco sells it’s products worldwide. They serve as many as 115 different countries. They have more than 225 sales and support offices in 75 countries. Cisco strongly believes in the advantages of a global networked business. By using networked applications over the internet and it’s own internal network, Cisco is gaining financial contribution of at least $825 million a year in operating costs savings and revenue enhancements. Today, Cisco is the largest commerce site, with 87% of their orders are transacted over the web.
Fast forward to the end of 2013: with Chinese internet users quickly approaching 600 million, China is on pace to pass the US and become the largest e-commerce market in the world.
Cisco Systems, Inc. is a leader in networking for the internet, they develop hardware, software, and services to help create internet solutions that make internet networks possible. Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. They are a worldwide company with headquarters in: San Jose, California, Amsterdam Netherlands, and Singapore. Currently, they employ approximately 74,000 people throughout the world. Cisco operates on a set of values which include: change the world, intensely focus on customers, make innovation happen, win together, respect and care for each other, and always do the right thing. They show these values through global involvement in education, community, and philanthropic efforts. (Cisco, 2004)
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As the internet increases its grasp on foreign markets, it was a natural progression for one of the most successful companies to be born from the internet to expand its operations into these fledgling countries. While the internet usage in foreign markets such as Japan, Europe, and China are just beginning to take shape, the number of new internet users in these markets is expanding at a much greater rate than in the United States.
The Internet and international business is an interesting topic- discussing an area of business that will probably be around for many years and possibly centuries to come. Since its earliest days, the Internet has been a means of communication, an essential tool in almost instant communication.
Nowadays too many people would rather shop online instead of walking in shop and there are more and more people starting their business online. So shopping online is becoming more and more popular in China. Most Chinese people like shopping online using Taobao, the biggest Chinese online shopping website, also a network platform like eBay and Amazon that has operated in China by Alibaba Group. TaoBao not only enable people shopping, but also relevant to people’s life. Such as people can buy many different things in different shops and they also can pay the phone bill and electricity or water bill in this network platform.
The key changes taking place in the online industry in 1995 are the introduction of the Microsoft network and the coming of use of the Internet World Wide Web which offered alternative channels to content providers that provided more control over their offerings and potentially higher revenues. Microsoft Network took only a 30% commission fee (versus 80% taken by AOL from its content providers’ revenues) from its content providers and offered providers the option of choosing any format and font to display their content (versus the standard screen displays offered by AOL and its rivals). Also, the per-hour pricing policy offered by Microsoft was superior to AOL’s. With the development underway of a way to provide on-line currency collection, the World Wide Web offered huge incentives for providers to start publishing material on the internet by their own means without having to go through a middle-man such as an online provider. Both of these offerings do not bode well for AOL’s future prospects due to the huge incentives for customers and content providers to switch to these alternative distribution channels.
The Internet has become a major tool for communication and access to information for over two and half billion people (Wright 121). Although Internet has become an unavoidable reality that is consuming our planet in a web of information. This process is being shaped by our actions and choices which ultimately drives us together (Deibert 11). Nowadays China has over 538 million netizens, the world’s largest online community (Feng & Guo 335).
The Internet is a global network connecting millions of personal, institutional and company computers. The number of computers used by the internet is growing rapidly. The United States is connected with over 100 countries worldwide and linked together to exchange of data, news and opinions. The Internet is decentralized design. This means that there isn't just one computer that stores all of the information from the Internet. There are many independent host servers located throughout the US and the world that store the information made available to the global Internet community.
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This report will describe the two forms of data communications in terms of the physical interfaces and modes of operation. It will describe the features of data communications equipment in relation to synchronous and asynchronous communication including modems, network terminating units and sending and receiving equipment.
Interests: The sooner it could distance itself from its American roots by adopting “.cn” domain, the sooner it becomes a member of “in-group” in Chinese cul...