The Internet Analyst News - The Marketplace is the Message.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 1999 Ariba (Nasdaq-ARBA), based in Mountain View, Calif., provides B2B e-commerce (Business to Business Electronic-COMMERCE) Refers to one business selling to another business via the Web. See e-commerce. solutions to link buyers and sellers together. The company's Operating Resource Management System (ORMS ORMS Operating Resource Management System ORMS Operations Research and Management Science ORMS Operational Readiness Monitoring System ORMS Orderly Room Management System ORMS Oracle Retail Merchandise System ) offers real-time access to product and pricing information and lets purchasing organizations automate the procurement cycle. ARIBA has already inked a deal with American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses. (NYSE-AXP) to build and market an electronic payment system. In addition, the company has a deal with Dell Computer (Nasdaq-DELL) to build Dell's online business marketplace to sell Dell servers that are factory-installed with Ariba's procurement software Procurement software is business software that helps to automate the purchasing function of organizations. Activities including raising and approving purchase orders, selecting and ordering the product or service, receiving and matching the invoice and order, and paying the bill is . Commerce One (Nasdaq-CMRC), based in Walnut Creek Walnut Creek, residential city (1990 pop. 60,569), Contra Costa co., W Calif., in the San Francisco Bay area; inc. 1914. It is the trade and shipping center of an extensive agricultural area where walnuts are among the major product. , Calif., also provides B2B e-commerce solutions, bringing buyers and sellers together on separate trading communities built specifically for the Internet. The company has already formed an alliance with General Motors (NYSE-GM), FORD (NYSE-F) and DaimlerChrysler (NYSE-DCX) to create an online purchasing exchange. Additionally, Oracle (Nasdaq-ORCL) will provide database support for the project. Freemarkets (Nasdaq-FMKT), based in Pittsburgh, is a player in providing services and technology for buyers and suppliers of industrial parts, raw materials, commodities and services. Freemarkets also provides auction services to the purchasing departments of companies such as Allegheny Technologies Allegheny Technologies, Inc. NYSE: ATI is a specialty metals company headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. It is the 17th largest employer in Allegheny County and one of the last "steel" companies with its headquarters in "The Steel City" and major manufacturing (NYSE-ATI), which is a producer of specialty materials. Part of a more segmented market Segmented Market A market in which there are impediments to the free flow of labor, capital, and information. Segmented market A market that is partially or wholly isolated from other markets by one or more market imperfections. , Imagex.com (Nasdaq-IMGX) provides an online marketplace for printed business materials. To find out more about this week's Internet Trends, read the article in Multex.com's The Internet Analyst(sm), http://www.theinternetanalyst.com/min-tia/individual/000413sections/ consensus.html Companies profiled: American Express (NYSE-AXP) http://www.multexinvestor.com/af001215/tickersearch.asp?Ticker=axp Dell Computer (Nasdaq-DELL) http://www.multexinvestor.com/af001215/tickersearch.asp?Ticker=dell Commerce One (Nasdaq-CMRC) http://www.multexinvestor.com/af001215/tickersearch.asp?Ticker=cmrc |
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