Question

Assume that you want to start an e-Commerce business and have decided to have your own e-Commerce infrastructure (not using commercial services). Explain in detail all the hardware, software, tools, skills, personnel, etc. that is required to have your own e-Commerce infrastructure

Answer 1

To build Ecommerce Infrastructure facilities, we need to have Hardware, software, tools and personnel arrangement, let me discuss one by one,

Hardware: we need servers to handle with various processing requirements, further, hardware components like proxy servers, load balancers, Encryption devices, firewalls, interactive voice response units, proxy servers can bring intermediate service providers between the e commerce resources infrastructure and area external to this ecommerce Infrastructure, Fire wall brings protection to the ecommerce infrastructure, workloads can be divided and evenly distributed using load balancers, Encryption devices can protect our message by converting into non readable format, computer generated voice can be sent using Interactive voice response units,

Software and Software tools:

For ecommerce services and Infrastructure facilities, we can use Internet services, Network services, Operating system and utilities, content management system, Application programming Interface or API, Database Management system, Middle wares, analytical software tools like web analytics, Text analytics, Big Data analytics,

Personnel arrangement: we need personnel will be managing the ecommerce platform and Infrastructure, Important personnel like web developer, director of the business, Digital operations team, IT associates, Logistics and supply chain associates and team, they all required to build and manage ecommerce infrastructure,