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(COMTEX) B: The Internet Analyst News - The B2B Internet Trend: You C B: The Internet Analyst News - The B2B Internet Trend: You Can't Tell the Players Without a Scorecard NEW YORK, Feb 16, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The companies currently categorized as pure B2B e-commerce players include I2 Technologies (ITWO), which offers a connection to companies' procurement systems. It focuses on supply-chain management as an integral part of purchasing. Projects Software and Development (PSDI) maintains a Web site that lets users monitor their inter-company purchases, as well as the repair of parts. Users of these systems are utilities, telecommunications companies, transportation companies and large industrial firms. Commerce One (CMRC) hosts and builds e-commerce marketplaces, while Calico Commerce (CLIC) develops products that let companies connect their e-selling and e-procurement systems. Agile Software (AGIL) builds products that allow companies to integrate along the design chain. One of the hottest sectors of the last decade was enterprise resource planning, or ERP, and it included such high flyers as Peoplesoft (PSFT) and BAAN (BAANF). Some have been able to adapt better than others. SAP (SAP) for one. Other companies in the ERP space such as Oracle (ORCL) repositioned themselves as Web-centric enterprises, while others, including J. D. Edwards (JDEC), opted to partner with leaders in specific enterprise categories such as Siebel Systems (SEBL) and Ariba (ARBA). To find out more about the B2B Internet Trend, read the article in Multex.com's The Internet Analyst(sm),theinternetanalyst.com Companies profiled: I2 Technologies (ITWO)multexinvestor.com Projects Software and Development (PSDI)multexinvestor.com Commerce One (CMRC)multexinvestor.com Copyright (C) 2000 Business Wire. All rights reserved. Distributed via COMTEX. -0- CONTACT: Multex.com, New York Lauren Keyson, 212/859-9933 theinternetanalyst.com WEB PAGE: businesswire.com GEOGRAPHY: NEW YORK INDUSTRY CODE: E-COMMERCE INTERNET Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. *** end of story ***