In a 3- to 4-page paper, describe and diagram the hardware, software, network, a

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In a 3- to 4-page paper, describe and diagram the hardware, software, network, and database components needed for your site. The site needs to validate user identity, manage inventory, process requests and transactions. Transactions and user activity must be logged for billing and marketing services.

Then, consider development of the following functionality:

Which of the functions described above would you primarily develop in-house, and which would you outsource to a Web development or hosting company? Why?

Explanation / Answer

Mostly if a low scale investment is made in the begining then things that require some big investment will be outsourced:

Thinkgs that will be made in house are:
Website design
Creating user profiles and customer files
A dynamic and updated multimedia catalog, a fast catalog search engine
Shopping cart
Usage statistics
Sales and inventory reports
Customer account management
Customer support (help menus, tutorials, FAQs, etc.)
Password protection

Things that will be outsourced are:
Hosting( go to godaddy,bigrock)
Credit card processing(paypal etc)
Shipping and tax calculations
Integration with back-office software

Encrypted order processing(like ssl certificates)

E-mail notifications

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