Authors : Prasad R. Sangare
Abstract- Technological advances in the field of Electronic commerce and facilities management have been overwhelming in the present years, conceding the freedom to consumers for accessing and using these services when and where they wish, at times and places that are convenient to them. The idea of paying for goods and services electronically is not a new one. All around us we see evidence of transactions taking place where at least part of the process is carried on electronically.For ages we have been using computer readable devices for E-commerce and facilities management applications that are based on identification technologies such as Bar codes, Magnetic stripes, Chip cards and RF tags. The range of consumer devices for E-commerce and facilities management access based on these technologies includes Credit card, Debit cards, and Identity cards.In the next step of evolution, the identification technologies are surpassed by silicon media thereby shortening the range of consumer devices to a single device known as iButton.
