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Reality check for e-markets -
U.S. Distributors Not Ready for the Net -
How the Auto Industry Drives to the Web -
Open Market to unveil Net marketplace software -
FedBid.com Unveils Govt Auction Site -
Hilton Hotels Unveils B2B Marketplace -
Web-Based Software for Online Product Returns Launched -
Tech Titans to Launch Powerful Net Marketplace -
OrderZone.com, Works.com to merge -
Solving the IT Puzzle -
Worry-free Web shopping -
Ovum: E-Business Security Needs Revamping -
Integrating Web Operations -- or Not -
Online Grocery Market Still Kicking in North America -
Webvan Takes a Wrong Turn -
Can Adexa get me my couch on time? -
Attack of the 50 Ft. Empowered Consumer -
B-to-B Exchanges: More Fiction Than Fact -
PriceHive.com's "Gas Hive" for Cheaper Gas -
Medical group pushes standards for online buying -
Order Tracking: Slick and Easy -
Brick-and-mortar companies take different online paths
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Reality check for e-markets
Information technology
organizations, which are key to making electronic marketplaces work, are also
obstacles. Gushing press releases also don't mention the problems IT managers
must help solve, such as bringing suppliers on board and wrestling with thorny
political and ownership issues.
U.S. Distributors Not Ready for
the Net
A new study
by international management and information technology consulting firm Cap Gemini
Ernst & Young U.S. shows that while most U.S. distributors acknowledge the
impact the Internet will have on their businesses, not all of them are prepared
for the changes to come in the digital age.
How the Auto Industry Drives to
the Web
Carmakers
worried about losing ground to online middlemen are developing their own Web programs.
Some dealers aren't happy.
Open Market to unveil Net marketplace
software
Software
firm Open Market will announce tomorrow that it is offering bundled services that
will effectively offer one-stop shopping for companies looking to quickly develop
online marketplaces.
FedBid.com Unveils Govt Auction
Site
Another entry
into the government electronic commerce market launched June 20 with FedBid.com
of Germantown, Md., unveiling its online auctioning site.
Hilton Hotels Unveils B2B Marketplace
Hilton Hotels Corp.
unveiled a business-to-business
Web-Based Software for Online
Product Returns Launched
Application service provider ReturnCentral.com launched a suite of Web-based software
apps designed to help businesses control their online product returns.
Tech Titans to Launch Powerful
Net Marketplace
Nortel Networks and IBM will join their purchasing power to form one of the world's
largest b-to-b Net marketplaces.
OrderZone.com, Works.com to merge
B-to-b marketplace to
focus on small, medium businesses.
Solving the IT Puzzle
eJigsaw, a Hayward-based B2B
Web site thinks it has the solution. The site features IT software by company,
product, and industry, and a search engine to compare and evaluate IT products
and services online. Users can construct custom searches for software or services,
view information about vendors and perform side-by-side comparisons.
Worry-free Web shopping
To entice consumers into buying
more products and services online, credit card companies such as Visa International
and MasterCard International Inc. are beefing up fraud protection and switching
to zero liability -- meaning that if someone fraudulently uses your card and racks
up a big bill, you don't have to pay a penny of it.
Ovum: E-Business Security Needs
Revamping
E-commerce
companies need to take a long, hard look at their e-security systems, a report
out Wednesday said. The study even goes so far as to warn companies that their
old security models need radical changes to adapt to the brave new e-world.
Integrating Web Operations --
or Not
Even as many
companies preach the gospel of Internet integration, some are telling regulators
that their Internet and physical-world operations should be treated as distinct
and separate businesses for tax purposes.
Online Grocery Market Still Kicking
in North America
A pair of studies have found that the online purchases of food and groceries in
both the US and Canada are in the early stages of development, and there is a
significant opportunity for growth.
Webvan Takes a Wrong Turn
No one can accuse Webvan
of lacking the killer instinct. In the past year, the company has pledged to spend
$1 billion on infrastructure and has steered itself into competition with the
likes of Amazon.com. But whether the company's underlying strategy is sound is
another matter.
Can Adexa get me my couch on time?
Net markets won't succeed
without an efficient supply chain.
Attack of the 50 Ft. Empowered
Consumer
Businesses
that can't change the way they think about their customers should be shaking in
their boots.
B-to-B Exchanges: More Fiction
Than Fact
Press
releases trumpeting the births of business-to-business exchanges have littered
the landscape in the past few months. But it is unclear when any of the exchanges
will see the light of day.
PriceHive.com's "Gas Hive"
for Cheaper Gas
El Cerrito-based price comparison search engine helps Bay Area resident hunt down
cheaper gas.
Medical group pushes standards
for online buying
A group of health-care purchasing co-ops said today they are teaming with three
e-commerce companies to develop needed standards for buying supplies online.
Order Tracking: Slick and Easy
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orders? Then don't miss this! Prep your database and turn email into an instant
business record.
Brick-and-mortar companies take
different online paths
Electronics retailer Best Buy yesterday launched a new Web site that sells all
of its products, while video-store chain Hollywood Entertainment said the e-commerce
piece of its Reel.com unit is being closed.
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