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Subject: Nov2000 ECMgt.com:B-to-B Growth Continues its Dramatic Pace
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  • Quick, Inc. Selects Descartes for Web-Based Delivery System
  • Priceline on the Ropes
  • Promoteam.com Selects Xchange 4.0 for Personalized, Permission-Based E-Mail
  • Novell proposes .dir domain for directories
  • Sun and E.piphany forge CRM alliance
  • Commerce One CEO on B2B: Fasten your seat belts
  • JD Edwards stakes e-business claim with OneWorld Xe
  • FedEx Revamps Online Return System
  • Supply-chain coordination critical for e-business
  • B2B Exchanges: Bonanza or Bust?
  • Caterpillar moves to revamp supply-chain operations via the Web
  • Online exchange comes to reinsurance industry
  • Sotheby's, Amazon to shut down jointly owned site
  • Procom Technology Gets Ask Jeeves For CRM Support
  • Oracle Helps Hubs Collaborate
  • B-to-B Market Places Tall Promises
  • PeopleSoft Unveils Integrated CRM Suite
  • Marketplaces are tough to build

Quick, Inc. Selects Descartes for Web-Based Delivery System
Quick, Inc., an Internet home delivery service for grocery and related products, has selected Descartes Systems Group to provide a Web-based routing and scheduling optimization system to facilitate on-time delivery to Quick customers' homes.

Priceline on the Ropes
The company's WebHouse affiliate has shut down. Is the business model in jeopardy?

Promoteam.com Selects Xchange 4.0 for Personalized, Permission-Based E-Mail
Xchange, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXAP) said that Promoteam.com has selected the e-messaging component of its Xchange 4.0 suite for eCRM.

Novell proposes .dir domain for directories
Novell formally recommended a plan to create an Internet domain .dir to help companies integrate corporate directories. Some critics, though, complain the idea is making an end run around standards.

JD Edwards stakes e-business claim with OneWorld Xe
With this week's launch of the Web-enabled version of its flagship OneWorld product, JD Edwards is looking to catch up to ERP rivals SAP and Oracle and adapt to B2B.

Sun and E.piphany forge CRM alliance
The pair signed a multimillion-dollar strategic alliance to offer E.piphany CRM solutions packaged with Sun hardware and operating system software.

Commerce One CEO on B2B: Fasten your seat belts
In his keynote at this week's Electronic Commerce World show, Mark Hoffman described what he sees as several growth areas in B2B e-commerce.

FedEx Revamps Online Return System
In a bid to help e-tailers avoid some of the snafus that marred last year's holiday shopping season, FedEx announced Monday that it will be revamping its Internet-based package return system to streamline the process for customers and businesses

Supply-chain coordination critical for e-business
At the Planet 2000 conference, users and keynote speakers said companies looking to take advantage of the Web have to be able to share data and coordinate operations with customers and suppliers in real time.

B2B Exchanges: Bonanza or Bust?
Too many business-to-business exchanges are chasing too few transactions. So how does a corporation decide when and with whom to do business?

Caterpillar moves to revamp supply-chain operations via the Web
The venerable maker of heavy machinery is embarking on a wide-ranging e-business initiative that includes a planned switch to build-to-order manufacturing and a private online marketplace for its suppliers and dealers.

Online exchange comes to reinsurance industry
The reinsurance industry -- which focuses on insurance for insurance companies -- is beginning to embrace business-to-business exchange technology.

Sotheby's, Amazon to shut down jointly owned site
Auction house Sotheby's Holdings Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. today said they are closing their co-branded site, which sells art, collectibles and antiques.

Procom Technology Gets Ask Jeeves For CRM Support
Procom Technology, a manufacturer of data server appliances, has selected the Jeeves Live solution from question-and-answer company Ask Jeeves to enhance its customer support.

Oracle Helps Hubs Collaborate
Oracle Product Development Exchange (OPDX) promises to let e-marketplace operators move beyond basic matchmaking, .

B-to-B Market Places Tall Promises
B-to-B marketplaces hold great promise, but none of the current models delivers the perfect solution for every business.

PeopleSoft Unveils Integrated CRM Suite
PeopleSoft, Inc. launched its PeopleSoft 8 CRM suite of applications for e-business at its annual user conference in Orlando, Florida,

Marketplaces are tough to build
Picking the right technology to build a complex electronic marketplace is only one step in the battle. Snaring a skilled consulting team can sometimes be even more frustrating and challenging.

 

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