Software firms, consultants eye new niches
A growing number of companies are building online marketplaces to stay competitive in the business-to-business e-commerce market.
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A growing number of companies are building online marketplaces to stay competitive in the business-to-business e-commerce market. "The bottom line is that we're seeing that companies really aren't getting tremendous value out of automating the paper shuffling part of procurement. Consolidating all of the buying and the contracts is what saves money." - Steve Cole, Forrester analyst | 
| | | Ariba may buy Tradex for $1.65 billion update The operator of a Web-based transaction service for corporate purchasers is in talks to buy e-commerce company Tradex Technologies for about $1.65 billion. Accounting giant figures online procurement is best Guess builds business-to-business site in style SAP to launch online healthcare marketplace |