B2B wave 2 is less prepossessed by ever emerging new technologies and how they can be sold to unsuspecting corporates, and more focussed on business requirements and how the new technologies might apply in context.
Commerce One CEO Mark Hoffman says the e-marketplace company is well on its way to breaking even, with contributing factors being a surge in e-marketplaces across the globe and its partnerships with SAP and others.
Marketing campaign managers have been given access to a Web-based tool which allows them to build e-communication campaigns which generate e-mails, banners and billboards tailored to each customer`s individual interests.
Miraculum, an e-procurement company, has implemented the Oracle business-to-business exchange solution to enable online auctioning, reverse auctioning, contract and spot-buying capabilities.
Prism Interactive says it is one of three companies in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region chosen to spearhead new developments on Galileo, an air travel reservation and booking computing system.
Graham Shackle, sales and marketing manager for QAD SA, believes that e-business is essential for the survival of modern companies.
The successful implementation and imaginative use of a customer relationship management initiative has more impact than you might credit.
The Notebook Company says it is giving away R100 000 worth of discount vouchers on Icanonline, M-Web`s online banking and shopping service.
Despite an increasingly negative sentiment towards Internet companies and e-business, the Internet still remains an important tool for businesses, believes Douglas Reed, MD of Data Pro.
New technology from SalesBid allows companies to scout the online market environment to track changes based on variables such as competitor prices, exchange rates and availability, and automatically adjust product prices accordingly.
Webridge, a provider of enterprise e-business solutions, has appointed iLAB CRM as reseller partner in SA.
Application server software platforms are coming of age and transforming into e-business platforms, says the International Data Corporation (IDC).