The world as we know it is becoming increasingly interconnected.

It also doesn't take much to see that almost all modern communications technologies are integrating internet services in some way or another. This list of web enabled technology is long and growing, e.g.

It is important is setup your business' internet business.

1. The World Wide Web is barely 10 years old.
2. The Internet pervades a significant part of each of our everyday lives.
3. The Internet is currently a boom industry.
4. US online retail trade for the first quarter of 2006 was over $US25.4 billion.
5. The cost of entry is a domain, some hosting, a professional website and a some marketing effort.
6. It is easy for a "layperson" to maintain and market a web business.

Now consider this Australia is second in terms of per capita (after the US) spend on Internet-related products in the world. This expansion is fueled by cheap and expanding broadband coverage and will only open up further in the future. Given that Australia is around 1/10 the population of the USA this means that online retail is a multi-billion dollar industry.

The costs of entry are low, the market is booming, the infrastructure is expanding exponentially and becoming inexpensive. Opportunities abound.

 Kind of makes you want to get involved, doesn't it? ...Still not convinced the Internet is the way of the future?