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Strategies & Market Trends : Gorilla Game Investing in the eWorld -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bruce Brown who wrote (730)	11/17/1999 10:03:00 AM
From: Martin Rasch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1817

Here some creatures I discovered by walking through the B2B jungle: Huge stuff for one to explore Good Luck Martin VERT - > verticalnet.com VerticalNet, Inc. is the Internet's leading creator and operator of vertical trade communities. VerticalNet leverages the interactive features and global reach of the Internet to create multi-national, targeted business-to-business communities. These narrowly focused web sites attract buyers and sellers from around the world by catering to individuals with similar professional interests VerticalNet is the first new-media company to focus exclusively on the needs of industrial audiences. Reaching engineers, scientists and manufacturers around the world, VerticalNet sites (more than 40) are among the leading online destinations for professionals from many industries. Privatly owned B2B companies: sciquest.com ultraprise.com ULTRAPRISE.COM, the secondary market mortgage exchange, where mortgage professionals come together in a secure Web environment to buy and sell funded whole loans. We provide easy access to the data you need to make smart, informed decisions for best execution, increased volume and improved service. (Volume Posted 1999: $1.34 Billion) bondnetwork.com pedestal.com- the premier on-line resource for secondary market mortgage professionals. Here you'll find: - the Largest on-line selection of whole loan mortgage pools - over 1000 pre-qualified buyers and sellers - powerful user-friendly analytics plasticsnet.com (funding from San Francisco-based Internet Capital Group and others!) PlasticsNet.com brings together buyers and sellers of such raw materials as polycarbonates or acetal copolymers and equipment like pulverizers, heaters and blenders. See also commerx.com paperexchange.com PaperExchange.com provides an electronic forum for the buying, selling, and trading of pulp and paper products on a worldwide basis. With more than 2,200 registered members, spread out over 75 countries, PaperExchange.com is the world's largest online marketplace for the pulp and paper industry. e-steel.com e-STEEL is the only neutral and secure marketplace for the global steel industry. On the e-STEEL Exchange, buyers and sellers transact confidently and efficiently. tradex.com (some above companies run Tradex software) TRADEX is the leading provider of B2B eCommerce solutions that enable the rapid deployment of Digital Marketplaces. TRADEX Commerce Center is an integrated solution for enabling new Internet commerce processes. It helps businesses lower operational costs and increase service levels by automating the buying and selling processes. unmatched scalability, extensibility and reliability to provide the ideal platform for building or integrating additional commerce modules. Tom Kippola: "These guys have as good a chance as anyone for becoming the platform of choice for vertical market exchanges,"

To: Bruce Brown who wrote (730)	11/17/1999 10:08:00 AM
From: Bruce Brown	Respond to of 1817

I called to the aid of my daughter before I could finish that post. Here's what I wanted it to say: Mike, Ariba does look like some Gorilla Game attributes are in place from one vantage point, yet another seems to point elsewhere: "Ariba revenues include software, consulting (lots from what I've heard) and transaction fees." boards.fool.com Then one post later, I read this: "I'm sitting in an Ariba Class typing this...On the subject of transaction fees, C1 charges transactions fee to the buyers who use the C1 MarketSite. Ariba does not charge transaction fee for use of the AribaNetwork." Following this a discussion breaks out about some customers who buy the Ariba product upfront - the price includes a number of transactions. Other customers who don't buy the proprietary product, but use the Ariba network similar to one C1 has pays per transaction. Here's an article that talks about Ariba's ability to possibly charge for transactions: cbs.marketwatch.com I will keep digging. BB

To: Bruce Brown who wrote (730)	11/17/1999 11:01:00 PM
From: Teflon	Respond to of 1817

Another goody for ITWO: Supplybase Announces New Hosted Supply Chain Service, Supplybase.exchange, for Collaborative Development and Sourcing of Custom Parts and Assemblies Business Editors BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1999-- New Hosted Service to be Integrated Into I2 Technologies' TradeMatrix.com and Supplybase Portal to Allow Broader Segments of the Technology Manufacturing Market Access to Supplybase Solutions Supplybase, a leading provider of supply chain management solutions for the development and sourcing of custom parts and assemblies, today announced a hosted service targeted at a broader segment of the product manufacturing market. Supplybase.exchange, available in the first quarter of 2000, is a collaborative, fee-based, hosted service aimed at mid-level product manufacturers. It enables buyers and their strategic suppliers to develop and source custom parts and assemblies without having to install any software on site. The service, which uses standard configurations and processes and is based on industry best practices, will be available through multiple channels including the portal www.supplybase.com and solutions partners such as i2 Technologies. As part of Supplybase's solution partner strategy to aid channel development and integration of its higher-end products, Supplybase will leverage its relationship with i2 Technologies by making the Supplybase.exchange service available through i2's TradeMatrix.com portal. Supplybase.exchange has been selected as the custom parts solution provider included in the first release of TradeMatrix.com targeted for early 2000. "With Supplybase.exchange, Supplybase is extending to all manufacturers the ability to work with their strategic suppliers in a collaborative environment via the World Wide Web," said Dennis P. Stradford, president and chief executive officer, Supplybase Inc. "By rolling out this service through Supplybase.com and by working with i2 Technologies to make this available to an even broader audience, we believe more manufacturers will be able to leverage our solution for custom part sourcing and development." "i2 Technologies is extending its relationship with Supplybase because we believe they have the best solution for developing and sourcing custom parts," said John Fors, director of product lifecycle management solutions, i2 Technologies. "We understand that custom parts can make the difference for our customers in beating their competitors to market, and we're addressing this critical piece of their strategy by including Supplybase.exchange in TradeMatrix.com." Supplybase.exchange differs from Supplybase.manager, a Web-based client installed application for custom development and sourcing targeting the high-end segments of product manufacturers, in pricing, channel delivery, and user configurability and integration options. Supplybase.manager is sold through a direct sales channel with user-based pricing, while Supplybase.exchange is a fee-based service sold through multiple portal sites. Supplybase.manager is highly configurable and can be integrated with customer's ERP systems. Supplybase.exchange requires no professional services, is standalone with no integration, and is available in standard configurations that adhere to a customer's internal best business practices. Both Supplybase.manager and Supplybase.exchange leverage the centrally hosted supplier and industry content maintained in Supplybase.central. Teflon