Some future competition for Hyperchannel:
Intel Partners With SpaceWorks For E-Business Apps
Taking aim at the market for online business applications, Intel
this week unveiled a partnership with e-commerce software
vendor SpaceWorks Inc., under which the two companies will
co-develop business-to-business and sales-to-order
applications, as well as software to improve e-commerce
systems between direct and indirect sales channels.
The partnership is another example of Intel's push into the e-
commerce market. Last week, the company announced the
formation of the Communications Products Group, which will
focus primarily on Internet-related business--including servers,
network infrastructure, and services.
With this deal and others, Intel is "assembling an investment
portfolio along the lines of a venture-capital organization," said
David Alschuler, an analyst with the Aberdeen Group. -- Ashlee
Vance, InformationWeek
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i2, HP Plan Portal For Electronics Industry
Supply-chain-management leader i2 Technologies and Hewlett-
Packard entered a partnership this week to create a supply-
chain planning and collaboration Web portal for electronics
distributors.
The companies said the portal will let electronics
manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers exchange trading
information and execute transactions such as purchase orders
in a shared, real-time, online environment.
The portal will run i2's Rhythm, the company's flagship
advanced supply chain planning and optimization package, and
Rhythm Exchange Services, a portfolio of shared services that
enable an exchange of information between trading partners.
HP will provide hardware as well as services including HP's e-
speak, a Web brokering tool, WebQoS quality of service,
Smart Internet Usage management, and Praesidium security
technologies. -- Alorie Gilbert, InformationWeek
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