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MOST companies worldwide do not have a website or are not yet able to handle e-business transactions and this is creating a mammoth opportunity for Web hosting.
Analysis and consulting company Ovum says vendors are optimistic that the market will adopt sophisticated, dedicated hosting but most companies are just testing the waters at the low end of the market. Read more…

The dot com crash doesn’t mean the end of Web design prospects, writes Natasha Skrivankova.
A few years ago, if you had even a slightly creative bent, and knew what HTML stood for, you were on the autobahn of Web design the cyber expressway to big bikkies and online cred.
Web design outfits with huge budgets and IT-savvy staff produced flashy sites for companies keen to get online, and a new job market was born. Read more…

In the mid-90s when ‘HTML fever’ was at its height, everyone wanted to be a web designer. Back then, you could be a web designer from home as well as hold down a full time office job; you could be a web designer at 13 as long as no-one found out; you could web design from your laptop while enjoying your holiday in the Bahamas.
Ten years on, the craziness is gone and web design is acknowledged as a realistic but select profession, requiring design experience and qualifications, creative talent and sound business communication skills. Read more…

A raft of safeguards have been introduced to protect Internet shoppers. Peijun Xia explains the details to keep etailers on the right side of the law
Almost one third of online traders are unaware of the laws relating to Internet shopping, according to an Office of Fair Trading report in June. It also found that most Internet shoppers do not know their rights to cancel and obtain a refund on the outward bound cost of delivery. Read more…