Aberdeen Group Electronic Commerce Markets.BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 1997-- Aberdeen Group today announced the publication of an Aberdeen Research Report entitled: The Dollars and Sense of the New Electronic Commerce: Business-to-Business Electronic Commerce in Transition. The report contains the initial findings of a continuing research program which is being conducted by the Aberdeen Group and is focused on the electronic commerce (EC) marketplace. The research is based on interviews with the major suppliers of Internet-enabled business-to-business electronic commerce software, suppliers of Electronic Data Interchange See EDI. (application, communications) electronic data interchange - (EDI) The exchange of standardised document forms between computer systems for business use. EDI is part of electronic commerce. (EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. ) software, and end-user organizations who are current or prospective users of a variety of types of business-to-business EC automation. "The New Electronic Commerce is leading the re-invention of large portions of the enterprise and its business application environment using Internet technologies to deliver applications which support re-engineered, more effective business process models," said David Alschuler, the author of the report. "This is a business and technology transition which has parallels in the shift from mainframe to Client-Server architectures and is likely to be equally significant." The report proposes an analytical framework through which EC products and suppliers can be understood and compared, with a special focus on procurement-to-purchase process automation and EDI. Seventeen supplier organizations are profiled in the context of this framework, including: Actra; Ariba Technologies; Aspect Development (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ASDV ASDV Association for Service Disabled Veterans ASDV Atmospheric Steam Discharge Valve ASDV Advanced SEAL Delivery Vehicle ); Commerce One; Connect (NASDAQ:CNKT); ELEKOM; Fulcrum Technologies (NASDAQ:FULCF); GE Information Services (networking, company) GE Information Services - One of the leading on-line services, started on 1st October 1985, providing subscribers with hundreds of special interest areas, computer hardware and software support, award-winning multi-player games, the most software files in the (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GE); Harbinger Corporation (NASDAQ:HARBC); Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ); Open Market (NASDQ:OMKT): Premenos (NASDAQ:PRMO PRMO Patient Revenue Management Organization PRMO Promotion PRMO Public Relations and Media Office PRMO Partially Restricted Molecular Orbital ); SpaceWorks; Sterling Commerce (NYSE:SE); The EC Company; TRADE'ex; TSI Software (NASDAQ:TSFT); and US West Communications Network Services (NYSE:USW) The Dollars and Sense of the New Electronic Commerce is intended for an audience of corporate management responsible for planning and managing initiatives for electronic commerce, strategic marketing, customer satisfaction, and technology planning as well as industry financial analysts. The report is available for $1495 per copy and may be ordered from the Aberdeen Web page ( http://www.aberdeen.com ) or by calling the Aberdeen Group Publications Manager at 617-723-7890. An Executive Summary is available on the Aberdeen Web site. The report is 115 pages, and includes 13 figures. A second Aberdeen Research Report, Internet Sales: Virtual Corporations, Real Profits, will be published in September, 1997 and will focus on the demand side of electronic commerce and the automation of marketing and sales processes. About Aberdeen Group Aberdeen Group is an information technology research and consulting organization closely monitoring user needs, technological changes and market developments. Based on a comprehensive analytical framework, Aberdeen provides fresh insights into the future of computing and networking and its implications for users and the industry. For more information contact: David Borde, Aberdeen Group, One Boston Place One Boston Place, also known as the Boston Company Building[1], is a 41-story office tower located in the Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts. With a height of 601 feet (183 meters), One Boston Place is the 4th-tallest building in the city. , Boston, MA 02108 (617-723-7890 or borde@aberdeen.com ). CONTACT: Aberdeen Group, Inc. David Borde, 617-854-5226 borde@aberdeen.com |
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