CardoNet Joins Ariba B2B Commerce Platform to Provide Catalog Content Aggregation and Automation Solutions for B2B Marketplaces.Business Editors SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2000 CardoNet's Advanced Catalog Content Aggregation Solutions Complement the Ariba B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business Commerce Platform CardoNet, a premier catalog content aggregation and automation company for business-to-business e-marketplaces, today joined the Ariba Supplier Link(TM) program as a technology member to aid supplier enablement Supplier Enablement is the process of electronically connecting suppliers (or other trading partners) to a company's supply chain. Supplier enablement is achieved when suppliers of goods and services are connected to a company's back-office systems to exchange critical business on the Ariba B2B Commerce Platform by offering access to CardoNet's catalog content aggregation solutions. CardoNet's MarketStand(TM) solution will facilitate the syndication and aggregation of catalog data between the Ariba B2B Commerce Platform and suppliers. As part of Ariba's supplier ecosystem, CardoNet will be able to expand its catalog content aggregation solutions to suppliers involved in various forms of trade, including online auctions. CardoNet's MarketStand technology enables suppliers to rapidly build and manage clean, integrated multi-vendor catalogs. In addition, MarketStand offers an advanced, scalable cost-effective solution that eliminates the complexity of managing catalog content. Moreover CardoNet's catalog content aggregation solutions helps suppliers develop and maintain complete, up-to-date, accurate catalogs. "CardoNet provides a compelling content management solution that complements the open content management infrastructure available through the Ariba B2B Commerce Platform Services," said Eileen Basho, vice president of solution delivery at Ariba. "As more and more suppliers and net market makers integrate with the Ariba B2B Commerce Platform, Ariba and its partners like CardoNet continue to deliver a complete, integrated, best-of-breed content management solution. This solution gives suppliers and net market makers immediate control over one of the key assets in the B2B economy - digital content." "We are pleased that MarketStand Suite complements the Ariba B2B Commerce Platform," said Itay Meiri, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CardoNet. "Combining both product offerings provides suppliers a competitive advantage by enabling e marketplaces and buyers rapid access to clean and organized multi-vendor catalogs." Through its open Ariba B2B Commerce Services, the Ariba B2B Commerce Platform provides CardoNet with a single, Internet-based point of access and integration with buyers and e marketplaces worldwide. Ariba B2B Commerce Services will also provide CardoNet and its customers with access to efficient trading mechanisms and commerce processes such as content management services, global supplier directories, sourcing tools, B2B auctions and reverse auctions, electronic payment and streamlined transaction services. CardoNet also announced that it will collaborate with Ariba on the continued development of Commerce XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. (cXML), an open Internet standard An Internet standard is a specification for an innovative internetworking technology or methodology, which the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) ratified as an open standard after the innovation underwent peer review. for exchanging supplier content and transaction information between buyers, suppliers and B2B marketplaces. CardoNet will use cXML to make its MarketStand product available via the Ariba B2B Commerce Platform. By integrating cXML into its products, CardoNet allows its customers to leverage their eCommerce investments and maintain differentiation by making their eCommerce capabilities, content and brand presence directly accessible to its buying customers through Ariba B2B Commerce Services. In addition Ariba's unique cXML Punchout feature enables a seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. between the buying process powered by Ariba's products and CardoNet's MarketStand Technology, providing a complete end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. . Ariba, Inc. is the global leader in B2B eCommerce solutions. Through the Ariba B2B Commerce Platform -- an open, end-to-end infrastructure of interoperable The ability for one system to communicate or work with another. See interoperability. software solutions and hosted Web-based commerce services -- the company enables efficient online trade, integration and collaboration between B2B marketplaces, buyers, suppliers and commerce service providers. About CardoNet, Inc. CardoNet, Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, combines unmatched expertise with superior technology, providing the definitive catalog content aggregation and automation solution for business-to-business e-marketplaces. Established in 1997, the privately-held VC-backed company was funded by experienced entrepreneurs, Dr. Itay Meiri, CEO, and Mr. Offer Markovich, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. . CardoNet has established strategic relationships with best-of-breed customers and partners that include Ariba, Asera, Consolidated Commerce, Epylon, Extricity, Intelligent Digital, INTERSHOP, Sherwood Forest Sherwood Forest, formerly a large royal forest, mainly in Nottinghamshire, central England. Remnants of the forest exist near Mansfield and Hucknall; efforts began in the 1990s to replant and expand it. It is famous as the haunt of Robin Hood and his band. Technologies, and Yantra Yantra is a Sanskrit word that is derived from the root meaning "to restrain, curb, check".[1][2] Meanings for the noun derived from this root include "that which restrains or fastens, any prop or support", "a fetter", "any instrument or machine", "an . CardoNet employees include an experienced management team as well as experts in the fields of artificial intelligence, database engineering and Java. |
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