Kungani kufanele ngenze ibhizinisi ku-inthanethi? Selokhu kwavela i-inthanethi, umhlaba wethu uye waba noguquko olukhulu. Ubuchwepheshe bedijithali buyishintshile indlela esiphila ngayo, esisebenza ngayo, esixhumana ngayo nesidla ngayo. Ngabasebenzisi be-inthanethi abasebenzayo abangaphezu kwezigidigidi ezi-4 emhlabeni wonke, sekubalulekile ukuthi amabhizinisi axhumane nezithameli eziqondiswe kubo ku-inthanethi.
Ukuba umdayisi ku-inthanethi sekuyibhizinisi elinemali eningi. Eqinisweni, ukuhweba kushintshe kakhulu emashumini ambalwa eminyaka adlule. Ukwazi ukuthi ungathengisa kanjani ku-inthanethi kubalulekile kunoma ubani onebhizinisi namuhla. Ukugcina isitolo somzimba kubalulekile ngaso sonke isikhathi, kodwa awukwazi ukuncika kuso ukuze ukhule. Ngokusebenza ngokuthengisa ku-inthanethi, wandisa ukufinyelela komkhiqizo wakho kanye namathuba okwenza inzuzo, njengoba ungafinyelela abantu abaningi.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ungumthwebuli wezithombe ozisebenzelayo, ungumnikazi wesitolo sezingxenyekazi zekhompuyutha, noma unolunye uhlobo lwebhizinisi elincane, iwebhusayithi enhle ibalulekile ukuze ibhizinisi lakho liphumelele. Isizathu esiphoqa kakhulu sokuba ku-inthanethi njengamanje ukufinyelela amakhasimende akho usuka kusofa wawo.
I-E-business ayifani ne-electronic commerce (ebuye ibizwe nge-e-commerce). Kudlulela ngale kwe-e-commerce ukufaka eminye imisebenzi efana nokuphathwa kwempahla, ukuqasha nge-inthanethi, ukuqeqesha, njll. I-E-commerce, ngakolunye uhlangothi, iphathelene nokuthengwa nokudayiswa kwezimpahla namasevisi. Ku-e-commerce, ukuthengiselana kwenzeka ku-inthanethi, umthengi nomthengisi abahlangani ubuso nobuso. Igama elithi "i-e-business" laqanjwa ithimba le-Internet and Marketing le-IBM ngo-1996.