Aberdeen Identifies Intranet and Extranet Procurement as Next Hot Electronic Commerce Market
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 1998--An Aberdeen Group Market Viewpoint published this week has identified a dramatic growth in interest among Fortune 2000 organizations in Intranet and Extranet Procurement automation. These applications, which focus on improving purchasing practices for both direct resources -- material used in manufacturing -- and indirect resources -- including goods and services supporting Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO). The interest is fueled by the fact that this is one of the largest areas of corporate expense which is not effectively automated within most companies.
The growth in Fortune 2000 interest has been mirrored by the emergence of a large number of independent software vendors (ISVs). Aberdeen Group has identified eighteen companies with products in this segment of the market, fifteen of whom are ISV's focused primarily on procurement automation. Aberdeen interviewed and surveyed these companies in Q1, 1998 to better understand the differences in the procurement solutions they offered. Vendors researched in the course of preparing this Market Viewpoint included: Aspect Development [Nasdaq:ASDV - news], Ariba Technologies, Commerce One, Connect, DynamicWeb, Elekom, Elcom, Harbinger, Netscape Communications, Requisite Technology, TRADE'ex, and 7Software.
The Aberdeen Market Viewpoint, ''Internet Procurement: Separating the EC Wheat from the Chaff,'' summarizes the key findings of this research and describes the critical areas which differentiate the many vendors in this burgeoning market. This Market Viewpoint may be ordered and delivered using the Aberdeen web site (http://www.aberdeen.com/cgi-bin/rbox/SoftCart.exe/research/abstract/ 98020063.htm?E+agstore) for twenty dollars ($20. USD). Detailed survey results are available to subscribers of the Aberdeen Electronic Commerce Service.
''The Return-on-Investment analysis for Intranet and Extranet Procurement applications is very compelling,'' said David Alschuler, Managing Director of Aberdeen's Electronic Commerce research practice. ''These applications extend corporate control over renegade purchasing, enable comparative buying practices, support more effective supplier management, and reduce inventory requirements.''
About Aberdeen Group
Aberdeen Group is an information technology research and consulting organization closely monitoring user needs, technological changes and market developments. Based on a comprehensive analytical framework, Aberdeen provides fresh insights into the future of computing and networking and its implications for users and the industry. For more information contact: David Borde, Aberdeen Group, One Boston Place, Boston, MA 02108 (617-723-7890 or borde@aberdeen.com) |
