More directed approach. Second, we discuss electronic document management (EDM) Many would not include EDM as part of e-business because the majority of such applications support events that are not e-business related. We chose to include it in this section because of the integral role it plays in supporting the last two stages. Electronic data interchange (EDI) is the third area, which currently represents the predominant form of e-business. The fourth method is internet commerce, which represents the fastest-growing segment of e-business. Concurrent with the development of Internet businesses that sell physical products, new organizations have surfaced existing solely to provide data through Internet.