After reading about the various components that make up the Internet, research the kinds of infrastructure you may need in order to launch your e-commerce business. What kinds of service levels or providers might you be considering? Why? Wired, wireless, or both? At what level and using what technologies? Will the Internet of things be a factor either in your infrastructure or in the products or services you will provide?
Discuss your understanding of how a website gets from a single computer onto the World Wide Web. Will you need a domain for your web presence and if so, where will you get it? Research available providers and gather preliminary numbers and requirements. Costs for domains and webspace can vary depending on the type of site you intend to create and how much bandwidth, traffic, as well as additional services and tools you might need – domain specific email, SSL, or data storage, for example. Will you need blogs, wikis, media streaming, VR, AR, or other dynamic content to meet your customers’ needs? Is cloud computing a potential solution and how?
