Article by Dinh Nha Lan
Translated by Nguyen Tam
Would you like to do business on the Internet or just be present on the World Wide Web with a home page? Come to VNI for very fast and efficient solutions.
With its new services, which include web design and hosting, server co-location, and web commerce, VNI is becoming a solutions provider for traditional businesses with plans to expand into the Internet and for corporates or individuals who wish to publish information on the World Wide Web.
In today's information age, the Internet has quickly become a communication media covering the entire globe. In the next few years, hundreds of millions of people across national borders will do commerce on the World Wide Web. A business entity with an Internet presence will have better chances of reaching a global market which can be many times larger than its present local market.
VNI is a software company which began operating in the late 1980's. Specializing in Vietnamese-language software, VNI has developed several popular products such as Tan Viet 2000, VNI Tan Ky for Windows, VNI Tan Ky for Macintosh, Ong Do Lunar Calendar, WebEye, WebNote, Let's Learn Vietnamese Levels 1 and 2. VNI is now expanding its operations to provide Internet solutions.
This article will give the reader some basic concepts about the Internet and the World Wide Web and introduce to you the new services from VNI, which will help your business or media establishments to adapt to this global revolution.
Usually, when you have an account with an ISP, you may receive and send e-mail and view web pages in the World Wide Web using a software called "web browser" such as Netscape or Internet Explorer.
The World Wide Web (or WWW) is a network of web pages, which is the visual part of the Internet. On a company's web page, you may see images and information the company publishes. A web page may have lots of links that lead you to other web pages.
Nowadays, in the WWW, you can find information on virtually all subjects: news, education, making friends, home buying, airline tickets, investment, bookstores, etc.. Except in countries which adopt a strict censorship policy, people anywhere in the world may have access to a web page.
To access a web page, you need to provide the address (technically known as URL) of the web page to the web browser. For example, www.microsoft.com is the home address of Microsoft on the web, www.dmv.ca.gov the DMV of the State of California, www.vnisoft.com VNI Software Company, www.viewhoroscope.com or www.xemtuvi.com is where you might want to go to purchase your horoscope card, etc.
A web page is like an ordinary book page on which you can present text and graphics. Moreover, a web page can play music and show movies.
A web page can also receive credit card numbers and process online orders. In the past few years, business on the Internet has exploded tremendously. Many business owners have seen their revenues skyrocketing ten or hundred folds after a short time on the net.
During the first year on the web, revenue from online orders of Cold Fusion Sports, a retailer specializing in discount ski equipment, was estimated at $100,000. However, it showed a 400% increase during 1999. With the increasingly large number of net surfers, its revenue is estimated at millions of dollars in the year 2000.
Another example, revenues from the web for J. Crew, a clothing catalog company, have increased ten times each year for several consecutive years.
What makes them so successful? Besides luck, being able to catch up with the world-wide Internet movement is the primary reason for their success. Their products are viewed and ordered by millions of customers, directly from their sites on the WWW 24 hours a day.
The "store" on the web needs no attendant. Expenses for a store on the web are minimal compared to that of an ordinary store.
Another noteworthy aspect is that web-based advertisement costs much less than that on traditional media such as newspaper, television, catalog, etc. Meanwhile, a small business may have a web page that looks as eye-catching as that of a large company, giving customers, as they order products, the same good feeling and confidence which large companies have had to spend millions of dollars on ads to create in potential customers.
The answer is yes and may be no. Yes, you may establish your business presence on the Internet immediately. However, your web business probably may not become a million-dollar business in the near future. Because, although business on the web is increasing rapidly, it is still insignificant compared to volumes in real-world markets.
Although a huge increase in business may have just a chance to materialize, a web page would significantly help your business in the following areas.
First, there is advertisement. Not only you can advertise your business but also you can try out many advertising methods on your web site.
Next is the customers' information - to be more correct, potential future customers' information. After your web page has been formed, and many visitors come by, you can gather the addresses of those who inquire about your products. It would not take long before you have a precious list of potential customers to whom you may advertise your products.
You may rent a web site from VNI for $29 to 49 a month.
If you wish to have a domain name, VNI will register it for you. Your web page would be an easy-to-remember "dot com" such as www.mybusiness.com instead of some memory-taxing sub-domain name such as www.host4me.com/members/sites/mybusiness.
If you do not want to design your own web page from scratch, or if it would take a lot of time for you to design a web page, VNI will design the web page for you. This is the fastest way to get on the web, if you don't already have a web page.
As web design services, VNI offers many web hosting programs with different prices to suit your need and budget. VNI can design for you from a simple web page suitable for an online newsletter or informational brochure to a complex web store. After you select a VNI web design program and the web page has been done, you will get a free one-year web hosting and domain name registration fee.
If you plan to sell products online and accept credit card payment, you should better let VNI design your web site and establish a merchant account for web commerce, since these tasks are rather complicated and time consuming, it might be difficult for you to learn and do it yourself.
When you rent out server spaces for your web site, your web site will usually be hosted along with many other web pages on the same web server. This has some inconvenience as your web site may perform sluggishly when sharing the same server with a large number of web pages or with some very busy web pages.
Besides, co-hosting many different web pages on the same server is like many families living in the same house - you may feel that you are "sharing room" with others! Therefore, if your web page needs additional pages or disk storage for customer database, you may consider having your own web server.
Usually, if you want to build your own web server with dedicated line for Internet connection at home or on your business premises, the hardware and software costs could run into $50,000, excluding the Internet connection fee, which could range from a few hundred to over a thousand dollars per month.
The "co-location" service that VNI offers will help you set up your own web server at very low cost. All you need is a Pentium II or III workstation or any moderate high-speed PC for use as the web server. Your computer will be stationed at VNI premises, and it will use our own Internet connection. VNI engineers will handle the necessary tasks (assigning IP address, Internet connection, etc.) to bring your web server online. The monthly fee for co-location at VNI is $150/month.
For further information about the Internet services from VNI, please contact VNI at:
VNI
14091 Goldenwest St.
Westminster, CA. 92683, USA
Phone: (714) 891-7656
Internet: http://www.Go2VNI.com
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