Web information systems

In the article, its authors say that Web platform has transformed itself in past few years from a mere marketing presence to a platform that can support all facets of organizational work. As a result, important information systems efforts are geared increasingly toward exploiting the benefits of this platform, leading to the development of information systems based on Web technology, which people call as Web-based information systems (WISs). There is a clear difference between a set of Web pages and a WIS. The latter supports work, and is usually tightly integrated with other non WISs such as databases and transaction processing systems. Electronic commerce is one of the most visible business uses of the Web. WISs are systems that organizations and their clients use to conduct electronic commerce. WISs can integrate processes or systems within a single interface, and allow access over a local intranet or global Internet network. An overview of special section of the journal "Communications of the ACM," on the topic of WIS is also presented.