AOL/SUNW B2B Ecommerce Partners: from CNET, PC Week
CNET and PC Week are reporting that AOL's Netscape division and Sun SUNW are expected to unveil its new business to business ecommerce plans and
partnerships tomorrow.
"Sun and America Online will outline their strategic direction for the former Netscape suite of e-commerce software, with a new emphasis on partnerships to extend
its homegrown capabilities, Sun-Netscape alliance executives said. " news.com
The Sun-Netscape alliance has dubbed its e-commerce road map for Netscape's e-commerce applications "Full, Speed, Ahead." The "full" segment includes
partnerships with two personalization vendors, NetPerceptions NETP and Andromedia (private), which markets the Like Minds software.
Sun will also announce an outsourced catalog service, run by Aspect Development ASDV or Harbinger HRBC, for suppliers that want their catalog listings to work
with Sun-Netscape electronic procurement software, BuyerXpert. A hosting partner for that service will be announced soon, Sun and AOL said.
Netscape is getting help from Aspect Development Inc.,which has a database of more than 5,000 suppliers and 3 million products, and Harbinger Corp., which will
help build customized catalog software for companies that use the Supplier Network. Charter members will include Dell Computer Corp., CompuCom Systems 3s,
Office Depot Inc. and Boise Cascade Corp.BOS 10s according to the PC Week report. zdnet.com
NETP trading 29 ASDV 10s HRBC 9s CMPC 3s |
