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  • Purchasing Power

    The decidedly unglamorous world of e-procurement is emerging as a bright star in the exploding universe that is B2B e-commerce. Automating the purchase of indirect (or MRO) goods and services is a natural, and it's all the buzz in the inner reaches of offices across the U.S. Businesses are seeing savings in money and time, but it's not a simple Webifying of the old requisition and purchase-order process. As with many things that get an e- tacked on the front, to realize the full benefits everyone expects of e-procurement you have to start from the ground up, with the right approach and the right software.

  • E-marketplaces: what went right and wrong

    Admitting defeat is usually a rare thing among any industry's main technology providers. But that's just what happened earlier this year. Public e-marketplaces, which only 18 months ago were going to change the way we thought about e-commerce, are limping into semiretirement.

  • State of the Nation: Australia Online

    Australia is emerging as one of the leading nations in terms of computer penetration, with more than 40 percent of the population accessing the Web to May this year. The nation has outperformed countries like the UK, Taiwan, Korea, Germany and Japan.

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