UNIT 4 - Online Goods and Services

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UNIT 4 – Online Goods and

Services
Benefits of Online Goods and Services
Drawbacks of Online Goods and
Services
The Impact on how organizations do
business
Create a Poster
• Explain what online goods and services are
• Choose two of the following:
• Bank, Retail, Travel, Education
• Explain how online goods and services are provided in them
• Explain the advantages and disadvantages for each type
• Explain the impacts that they will have on the businesses who
implement them
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer when you visit
some websites.

A cookie is used to remember settings from your last visit to a website. For
example Amazon use cookies to help identify you when you revisit the
site. The website reads the cookie and can then look up details such as you
name, address, credit card number from their database. This saves you
from having to re-enter your data every time you visit.
The Cloud
1. Explain 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages of using the cloud to store data.
- You can access data stored anywhere in the world from any device
- You can store large data files
- - Secured with usernames and password

2. Explain 1 advantage and 1 disadvantage of using a local network to store data, like in
school.
- Can store large data files
- Can be kept secure with username and passwords

3. Explain would it be better for someone to use the cloud rather than a USB drive to store
data?
TRANSACTIONAL DATA
• An online transaction occurs whenever data is sent between devices on the internet. Some
on this transactional data can be tracked online by network devices this data is stored in
cookies it is possible to encrypt cookies when they are transferred between devices online.
• Examples of data that can be stored as cookies include:
- The time and date of the transaction
- IP addresses
- The referring website
- The products or services or the categories o products and services that a user has previously
viewed or brought
- Items added to the users online shopping basket
- Buttons pressed by the user
- Data entered into web forms such as name address and credit card information
What are the impacts on the ways that
organizations do business?
• Improved communication
• Access to global markets
• Access to a global workforce
• Use of big data to understand customer behavior
• The way in which the organization secures business information
• Increased competition
CLOUD Revision
1. State what is meant by the term “cloud”

2. State three benefits of using online data storage

3. State three online services provided by cloud-based services

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