Marketing Applications

1. Order Entry
2. Point of Sale
3. Stock Management
4. Reservations
5. Telemarketing
6. Teleshoping

Financial Services

1. Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
2. Foreign Exchange
3. Investment Services
4. Consumer Credit

Manufacturing Applications

1. Just-In-Time Production
2. Stock Control
3. Customer Information

Electronic Messaging

1. Electronic Directories
2. Electronic Messaging [E-Mail & Fax]
3. Electronic Diaries
4. Electronic Calendars
5. Electronic Bulletin Boards
6. Electronic News Service
7. Electronic Databases (Corporate & Public)

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

1. Client/Server Applications
2. Digital Documents

Teleconferencing

1. Text [two users]
2. Audio/Voice [conference call]
3. Audiographic [conference call & still pictures]
4. Video [Voice & Motion Video]

Local & Wide Area Networks

Can be used to support all of the above. Networks provide a business with the freedom to locate its operations in different places, while at the same time the business runs as an integrated unit (from the customer's point of view).