For a long time, information technology was mainly passive; you went online and downloaded data. Today, information technology offers interactive and communications functions, while e-commerce has greatly reduced the cost of business activities.
以往，資訊科技只是靜態的資料提供工具，人們上網瀏覽、下載資料；現在，資訊科技具備了雙向交易及溝通的功能，電子商務大大降低了各種企業活動的成本。