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Systems &Technology flash

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Publication Date: August 10, 2000


Preview
Systems &Technology Flash is a biweekly news summary covering computer
systems and software, and vendors. This flash covers the period July 27,
2000 to August 10, 2000. 



Report Contents:

   * Top of the News 
   * Mergers/Acquisitions 
   * Alliances/Joint Ventures 
   * Electronic Business 
   * Internet 
   * Wireless Communications 
   * Broadband/Cable Networking 
   * Network/Systems Management 
   * Electronic Document Management 
   * Application Software 
   * Application Development 
   * Operating Systems 
   * Desktop Systems 
   * Servers and Mainframes 
   * Chip Technology News 
   * Storage 
   * Regulatory News 
   * Vendor Services 
   * Financial News 
   * Legal News 
   * Personnel and Organizational Changes 



Top of the News
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Mergers/Acquisitions
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American Management Systems announced intentions to acquire the assets of
privately held Synergy Consulting in an all-cash transaction. The
Sacramento, California-based Synergy generated $15.4 million in 1999
revenues. 

BMC Software completed its acquisition of OptiSystems Solutions. The
acquisition strengthens BMC's existing offerings for SAP R/3 management,
the transactional backbone for many e-business systems. The first offering
is an integrated service that allows PATROL users OptiSystems' Energizer
Performance Management Environment (PME) for R/3 through PATROL. 

Caldera Systems announced plans to acquire two divisions from Santa Cruz
Operations, and use one, the Professional Services division, to set up a
company to develop an Internet platform able to accommodate both Linux and
Unix operating systems. In exchange for its Professional Services and
Server Software divisions, SCO will receive a 28-percent stake in Caldera
plus $7 million in cash. 

Computer Sciences extended until August 12 its offer for insurance software
company Mynd after receiving a second request for information from
antitrust regulators about the $568-million deal. CSC agreed in June to
acquire Mynd for $568 million, or $16 per share. 

Getronics completed its acquisition of Connect Systems Integrator, a
Brazilian information and communications technology company. The
acquisition of the private company will bring Getronics' Latin American
employee total to 1500.

IBM agreed to sell its subsidiary, Edmark, to Riverdeep, an ASP that
licenses schools to use its educational software programs, for $85 million
in stock. 

Intel reported the acquisition of Trillium Digital Systems for $300 million
in cash and stock. Trillium is a company that develops software for
networking tools that run across communication systems. Intel also reported
that it plans to retain all 250 employees of Trillium. 

Interliant acquired two members of the Oracle Authorized Application
Provider program, Interactive Software and Milestone Services. The
Dallas-based companies offer Oracle services to the private, public and
non-profit sectors. 

UK-based software automation and controls group Invensys assumed full
management of Baan, with approximately 72 percent of the company's
outstanding shares. A detailed action plan was initiated immediately under
the leadership of Bruce Henderson, Divisional Chief Executive of Invensys
Software Systems. Reporting to Henderson, the new Baan organization will
comprise: Laurens van der Tang, president; Paul Daly, president,
Solutions-America; Erik Stepenwoolde, president, Solutions-Europe, Middle
East, and Africa; Ardin Vlot, vice president, Global Support; Hans
Wortmann, vice president, Development; Henk de Ruiter, vice president,
Marketing; and Rob Ruiter, vice president, Finance. In addition, Bob Karulf
will oversee eCRM, reporting directly to van der Tang. In an employee
conference call, van der Tang said that 700 to 800 Baan employees worldwide
would be laid off, although neither company gave specific restructuring
details. 

ITXC will acquire eFusion in an all-stock deal estimated to be worth $151
million. The application service provider will add eFusion's voice-enabled
applications to its service portfolio. 

LynuxWorks announced a definitive merger with Integrated Software &Devices
Corporation. LynuxWorks will acquire ISDCorp through a stock swap whereby
newly issued LynuxWorks shares will be swapped for all outstanding ISDCorp
shares. 

Mitel completed its acquisition of Vertex Networks, a semiconductor company
providing high-performance services that encompass QoS-enabled switching
for the WAN access and switching markets. The acquisition was originally
announced on June 6, 2000 and allows Mitel to offer a suite of switching
products with system-wide QoS. 

NCR entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 4Front Technologies in a
merger transaction for an aggregate consideration of approximately $250
million. 4Front Technologies provides a range of IT services, including
outsourcing, hardware maintenance, and help desk support. NCR will pay each
4Front Technologies stockholder $18.50 per share in cash for each
outstanding share of 4Front common stock held. 

Red Hat completed its acquisition of WireSpeed Communications, a
transaction valued at $30.5 million. Red Hat issued 1,525,365 shares of
common stock in exchange for all of the outstanding securities of
Alabama-based WireSpeed. 

In a stock transaction valued at a potential $607.5 million, Siebel Systems
agreed to acquire OnLink Technologies. OnLink provides software to
customize online catalogs and to afford interactive guidance and tailored
recommendations for online buying. Siebel intends to integrate OnLink's
complementary technology with Siebel eBusiness Applications to strengthen
its standing in the e-commerce arena. 

Symantec agreed to acquire AXENT Technologies for approximately $975
million. The purchase will boost Symantec's market presence in the content
security arena. Symantec intends to merge its virus protection offerings
with AXENT's Enterprise Security Manager and Prowler IDS product lines.
AXENT's services also complement Symantec's Enterprise Security products.
The deal is expected to close by the end of 2000. 

Walt Disney Internet Group agreed to purchase the remaining 40 percent of
Soccernet from Daily Mail and General Trust that it did not purchase in
August of 1999. 


Alliances/Joint Ventures
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@Road signed an agreement with Hitachi Software Engineering by which the
former's Location Smart service will be available to wireless customers in
Japan. 

Allaire announced its new distribution partner, Tech Data. Under the
agreement, Tech Data will distribute Allaire's Internet Business Platform,
including the Allaire Spectra, Jrun, ColdFusion, and Homesite. 

AOL UK and Wal-Mart Europe inked a four-year strategic marketing agreement
under which Wal-Mart's ASDA UK operation will distribute disks with AOL
UK's service in its 240 UK retail stores. Additionally, the two companies
will promote ShopSmart.com's price-comparison services. ASDA will be
integrated into the AOL UK Shopping, Interests, and Lifestyle Channels as a
preferred food and drink retailer. AOL Europe and ASDA also jointly agreed
to take a 22.5-percent stake in ShopSmart.com, a UK shopping directory.
ShopSmart will become the exclusive integrated price comparison service on
AOL UK and Germany. 

Andersen Consulting formed a joint marketing venture with ESPS, a provider
of knowledge publishing software for the eWorld. The plan will combine
Andersen Consulting's management and technology consulting with ESPS's
Internet-based publishing products.

ANSYS reported reaching an agreement with Electronic Data Systems for the
use of ANSYS software within Rolls-Royce. 

Spanish Broadcasting System and America Online formed a strategic
promotional alliance under which LaMusica.com's Latin music and
entertainment content will be available across several America Online
brands in the US. Also, AOL will be promoted in Spanish Broadcasting
System's radio advertising.

AppGenesys.com and Intel Online Services joined to expand AppGenesys
application- development, -testing, and -monitoring services. AppGenesys
will help clients build and test applications, and Intel Online will sell
ongoing monitoring and hosting of that software. 

The Association of American Publishers and Microsoft reported plans to work
in close collaboration on an educational and enforcement initiative to
fight e-book piracy. Microsoft, a member of the AAP, is contributing
technology resources, including technology to identify illegal content on
the Internet, and will provide a financial endowment. The initiative will
include an educational Web site that will eventually become part of the AAP
Web site. The joint effort will focus on education, encryption, and
enforcement. 

Booz-Allen &Hamilton and Sharemax reported an alliance to deliver
Web-enabled sourcing programs for businesses. 

C3i and USinternetworking (USi)i reported a partnership to provide
end-to-end customer relationship management (CRM) projects. USi will
contribute its software hosting and management towards C3i's software
integration, Web and classroom learning, and user support services.

Cap Gemini Ernst &Young (CGEY) allied with IQXpert to combine IQXpert's
IQSource and IQDesign software with CGEY's implementation of supply chains
and e-procurement programs. 

Cisco Systems and Hewlett-Packard formed an alliance in the effort to
accelerate the development of contact center solutions providing global
consulting, systems integration, and e-services to enterprise and service
provider clients. 

Comdisco Ventures invested $3 million in equipment financing and working
capital in Spiderdance, convergence content servers for television and
Internet. Spiderdance also granted Comdisco the right to participate in the
next round of equity investment for the company. 

Computer Associates and Verio entered into a partnership to grant Verio's
customers a free, downloadable version of CA's InoculateIT Personal Edition
(PE) anti-virus software. Verio customers who download the software will
also have free access to CA's virus signature update service and free
technical support via the Web or e-mail. 

Also, Computer Associates and Hitachi Data Systems reported that HDS will
resell CA's Unicenter TNG, in conjunction with Hitachi Freedom Storage
products and services. The agreement forms the basis for cooperative
efforts to address enterprise infrastructure management needs. 

Nortel Networks granted a seven-year, $3-billion deal to Computer Sciences
Corporation to outsource its global information services functions. CSC
will support Nortel's information services organization with help-line
support, computer infrastructure management, legacy application development
and data center management. The deal will transfer 2,000 Nortel employees
to CSC. 

Computer Sciences was selected in a group of contractors to support the
Defense Information Systems Agency by providing IT and professional
services at DISA, DOD and other federal government locations. The total
value of the indefinite award to all contractors is $1.5 billion if all
options are exercised over a five-year period. CSC services will range from
policy development to full field installation. 

Deloitte Consulting and Krausmann &Associates
formed an alliance. The joint venture will focus on expanding marketing and
advertising efforts. 

A group of contractors including EDS was granted a long-term outsourcing
contract by the British government's Department of Social Services. The
10-year contract to run its information technology and computer networks is
estimated to be valued at $3 billion, $2.5 billion of which will go to EDS. 

Elite Information Services was contracted by Murphy, Pearson, Pradley
&Feeney to become the first law firm to sign an agreement to use "e-Connect
from Elite", Elite's ASP service for legal and professional services. 

Ernst &Young allied with Enterprise Broadcasting Company (EBC) to provide
access to its service professionals to assist EBC in establishing an
expanded corporate infrastructure. 

Ernst &Young's eLearning venture, Intellinex, selected MetiLinx to provide
application development, deployment, and transaction management on its
application servers and client systems. 

Getronics reached a three-year agreement to have CDI supply information
technology services and personnel to the company. CDI will provide desktop
and Web-site support, network engineering, and other services at Getronics'
national locations . 

In a separate deal, Getronics licensed the NQL Solutions division of
AlphaServe.com for the development of information management. Getronics
will use Network Query Language (NQL) to re-engineer the company's
knowledge management tools. 

Hewlett-Packard and Genuity formed an alliance to deliver hosted e-services
to service providers and global enterprises. Along with hosting services,
the two companies also intend to team in the business-to-business private
exchange market. 

IBM and Xilinx formed an alliance to create next-generation integrated
circuit chips designed for use in communications, storage, and consumer
applications. IBM's PowerPC processor will be combined with Xilinx's
VirtexTM-II field programmable gate arrays that allows developers of
electronic equipment to adapt custom chips for their particular technology. 

Intel and Panasonic formed an alliance to jointly develop software that
securely manages music on PCs and transfers music to portable music players
and storage media. The software is aimed at companies that make PC music
jukebox applications, electronic music distribution products, and
electronic devices. 

Japan Telecom, Asahi Bank, and Andersen Consulting formed a joint venture
with 15 other companies to form an ASP company, targeting Japanese firms
next January. The new company, dubbed Satiscom, will be capitalized at 1.2
billion yen, with Asahi Bank and Andersen each owning 14 percent and Japan
Telecom 10 percent. 

Lycos reported that it will participate in the trials of bluematter, the
digital download format unveiled by Universal Music Group. As part of the
trial, consumers can download digital music in an e-commerce transaction
from Universal Music Group through Lycos Music. The songs are available
with enhanced multimedia content, including biographies, photographs,
lyrics and credits. 

marchFIRST and Impregilo reported plans in Italy to launch a portal for the
European engineering and construction sector. Impregilo is investing up to
50 million euros in the project, among which services will include: buying
and selling of goods and services for engineering and construction
businesses; intermediation of payments, credit, insurance and other related
financial services; consulting focused on increasing efficiency and the
user's internal processes; and hosting of Web sites and other Internet
services. 

In other news, marchFIRST announced that it helped Shell GeoStar develop
and launch Shell GeoStar.com, an Internet portal for European travel. The
site covers 16 European countries and is currently available in six
languages. 

Microsoft's HomeAdvisor online real estate service teamed up with
election.com to offer online voter registration for the upcoming
presidential election. The service will be available from HomeAdvisor's Web
site to US citizens in the country or abroad. 

ClearData signed a three-year, $300 million contract with Nortel Networks
to purchase optical and data networking services, Internet data center
infrastructure equipment, and Nortel Networks Preside service. This
contract is part of ClearData's national broadband network initiative,
which will be built on an OC-192 DWDM IP optical network and offer Internet
access, data transport, and hosting and application services. 

Foundry Networks formed a strategic partnership with Novell to combine its
Layer 3 and Layer 4-7 Internet traffic and content management switches with
Novell Content Exchange to accelerate the delivery of Web pages. 

Phone.com. reached a deal to incorporate Webraska's Personal Navigation API
into the former's Software Development Kit. The software will enable
wireless software developers to access Webraska's mapping and GIS functions
to develop products. 

PricewaterhouseCoopers was selected by the government of Australia to
provide global property management services for its non-defense domestic
and overseas properties. The real estate portfolio is valued at $1.4
billion, and has a five-year minimum term.

PwC will create an electronic communications system and central repository
called Data Link for Intermediaries (DALI) at the request of The Depository
Trust &Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and other financial institutions. DALI
will be a global, Internet-based, real-time communications tool for
communications between U.S. withholding agents and their non-US
intermediary customers. 

Prodigy reported an advertising and content partnership with CarSmart.com,
an Internet-based auto-buying service. CarSmart.com will serve as the
primary new car partner and will provide both content and buying services
for the new Prodigy Auto Channel, planned to debut this summer. 

PSINet reached a deal with Equilon Enterprises and Motiva Enterprises to
provide Internet service to more than 23,000 Shell and Texaco retail
gasoline stations in the United States. The arrangement supports
"allianceonline," a secured internal Internet portal used for conducting
paperless business transactions between the companies. 

Also, PSINet agreed to provide Virtual ISP service to LatinoFam.com, the
first Hispanic Internet Service Provider for the Latino community in the US
and Latin America. PSINet will provide LatinoFam.com with a VISP service,
including dial-up connectivity over PSINet's network, customer support,
e-mail accounts, credit card billing services, and dial-up software. 

Thirdly, PSINet reported an agreement to provide wholesale Internet
connectivity to Juno. The agreement will enable Juno to expand its network
availability to include PSINet's nationwide IP-optimized network.  

Red Hat has reached an agreement with Ericsson to create versions of Linux
in several Internet-enabled devices for the home. Red Hat will help
Ericsson adapt its product line to Linux, and the marketing and branding
tasks will be a joint effort. The first device to be released as a result
of the deal will be a two-part computer phone, running Red Hat Linux and
connected with Bluetooth wireless technology. 

Sybase and Intershop reported a strategic alliance to provide e-commerce
products and services for Sybase Enterprise Portal (EP) through the Sybase
e-Portal Alliance program. Intershop's applications can be used for direct
and indirect selling and enabling merchants and marketplaces. 

Tomax and Oracle completed a strategic alliance that includes a cash
investment in Tomax by Oracle and collaboration between the two companies
to provide an integrated "in-store" product in the retail marketplace. With
this investment, Oracle became a minority shareholder of Tomax, and Matt
Mosman, Oracle senior vice president, will join the Tomax board of
directors. Oracle will promote Tomax' RETAIL.net as the preferred customer
technology in a "store" environment, and Tomax will promote Oracle's
applications and technology as the preferred e-business software suite for
retailers. 

Unisys received a five-year, $100-million contract from the Department of
Treasury, Internal Revenue Service to provide support services under the
Treasury Information Processing Support Services-2 contract. Under the
agreement, Unisys will support information technology and business
management projects for all offices within the Department of Treasury. 

YesTrader selected Comdisco Web Services to host and manage its Web site.
YesTrader provides applications for traders and portfolio managers. 

Z-Tel Technologies reached an agreement to hire Andersen Consulting to
establish electronic bonding with the Bell operating companies towards
customer provisioning. Z-Tel will use the Launch-Now Interconnect Exchange
service from Andersen. 


Electronic Business
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American Express and Ventro jointly established MarketMile, an online
marketplace designed to enable companies to sell and purchase business
services and products, ranging from office supplies to temporary staffing
and computers. Initially targeting mid-sized domestic firms, the exchange
is expected to eventually expand to serve global companies of all sizes. 

Andersen Consulting partnered with e-commerce startup LawCommerce.com to
establish an e-marketplace focusing on legal industry services, products,
and online technology offerings. Andersen will create core infrastructure
for the hub, as well as assist with strategic business planning. Andersen
will also acquire a minority interest in the firm for an undisclosed
amount. 

IBM and Ariba introduced IBM Start Now E-Commerce Solutions for Ariba
SupplierLive, an offering designed to enable suppliers to construct
e-commerce Web sites that are automatically connected to multiple buyers
and marketplaces an the Ariba Commerce Services Network. The offering
combines hardware, application and middleware software, services and
support, financing, and B2B connectivity with the Ariba platform and
networking solutions from Cisco Systems; it is the first of several planned
complete supplier enablement offerings to be provided under the Ariba
SupplierLive program. 

Also, Ariba and Sabre Holdings agreed to integrate Sabre's BTS Web-based
corporate travel management system with Ariba's Commerce Services Network
and the Travel and Expense module of Ariba Buyer. Integration of expense
reports with the Sabre BTS system will enable the transfer of travel data
directly from the Sabre system into Ariba Buyer, eliminating the need for
travelers to enter air, car, and hotel reservation data. Ariba user's will
also be able to ``punchout'' to the Sabre online travel site, plan their
trips, bring back trip information, and route for internal approval. 

Thirdly, Ariba reported that ITNation, an India-based B2B portal for IT
products and services, selected the Ariba B2B Commerce Platform to power
its online exchange. The Ariba platform is expected to provide the full
suite of ITNation's core Internet exchange functionality, including catalog
capabilities, auctions and reverse auctions, order fulfillment, request for
quotes, and eventually, vendor managed inventory (VMI). 

Finally, Ariba reported that Lucent Technologies chose the Ariba B2B
Commerce Platform to streamline supply chain processes over the Internet
with its suppliers. Lucent entered into an 18-month licensing pact to use
Ariba Buyer with the intention of improving management of its global
purchasing activities for goods and services. 

AT&T and Hewlett-Packard reported that HP's computer systems will be
integrated with AT&T's Internet data center network to offer Internet
business systems management, application development, Web design, and
security software to global firms conducting business online. 

Citigroup, Enron Broadband Services, Wells Fargo, i2Technologies, and S1
reported that they formed a company to streamline B2B e-commerce buying,
selling, and payments. The new firm, FinancialSettlementMatrix.com, is
designed to connect buyers and sellers in e-marketplaces with payment
processing, credit, and other services through participating banks and
financial services companies. 

Commerce One and CACI International entered into an agreement to develop a
single offering for complex contract management, acceptance and receipt,
and invoicing, as well as simpler electronic catalog procurement. The
offering will integrate Commerce One's BuySite software and access to its
Global Trading Web with CACI's Comprizon Buy electronic invoicing and
electronic purchasing systems. 

Commerce One and BroadVision entered into an agreement to integrate the
BroadVision Procurement application, built on the company's BroadVision
One-to-One Commerce suite, with Commerce One's MarketSite.net. BroadVision
will offer access to MarketSite.net to customers of its procurement
product. Both firms will market the combined offering jointly. 

Computer Associates unveiled a suite of eBusiness management software for
Linux on S/390 as part of a collaborative effort with IBM to promote Linux
on S/390 enterprise servers. The suite includes Unicenter TNG Agents and
Framework; MasterIT; Ingres II; ARCserve; and eTrust. 

i2 Technologies unveiled its open application program interface (API) as a
feature of its TradeMatrix Network offering. The new XML-based program,
TradeMatrix Network API, is designed to facilitate
marketplace-to-marketplace connectivity. It is also intended to enable
dynamic restructuring of marketplaces to adapt to changing business
conditions, including customer requirements, market variations, partner
relationships, and supply and demand fluctuations. 

i2 Technologies introduced TradeMatrix Network. The e-commerce offering
consists of: value-added horizontal services to afford seamless access-such
as FreightMatrix for logistics and transportation planning-and access to
marketplace services developed by other firms; an online Supplier Network
of more than 2000 suppliers and 8000 contract manufacturers; an open
application interface, TradeMatrix Network API, providing a standard for
marketplace-to-marketplace connectivity; industry templates and mapping
capability for more than 14 industries; a consulting partners'
implementation program to develop interfaces to link to best-of breed
software applications; and the Content Management Solution Suite to provide
Web-based tools for publishing, searching, and managing content for
e-marketplaces. 

IBM and Web-page development software provider Vignette formed an alliance
to combine Vignette's V/5 E-Business applications with IBM's WebSphere
e-business platform. Under the agreement, the companies will integrate and
market jointly the Vignette applications and the IBM WebSphere Application
Server Platform, WebSphere Commerce Suite, and DB2 Universal Database, all
optimized for IBM RS/6000 and Netfinity servers. 

Expanding upon their existing partnership, IBM and Siebel launched an
initiative to market, sell, and deliver integrated e-business offerings to
mid-sized businesses worldwide. The companies will also market Siebel
e-business applications directly to IBM's 90,000 Business Partners to allow
them to standardize CRM business processes. 

J.D. Edwards reported that Raytheon RF Components, provider of
high-performance ICs and module products for the wireless industry, will
deploy etech.Edge, a joint initiative between J.D. Edwards and Deloitte
&Touche, an e-business offering designed to enable electronics
manufacturing and distribution  companies to speed time to market. Deloitte
&Touche will implement the package on a Compaq ProLiant platform. 

PeopleSoft and Saratoga Institute formed a strategic alliance to integrate
Saratoga's human capital data into PeopleSoft's e-business analytics
software. Incorporation of Saratoga Institute's human capital benchmark
metrics and industry measurement data within PeopleSoft's Workforce
Analytics product is intended to enable human resource managers to assess
employee productivity, retention, and return on investment in their
workforce and benchmark against industry best practices. 

In related news, PeopleSoft unveiled pure Internet CRM Analytics
applications designed to enable the transformation of customer data into
strategic business information. Currently under development, the
applications to be added to the PeopleSoft CRM Analytics product line
include: the PeopleSoft Marketing Effectiveness Workbench, Sales
Effectiveness Workbench, Support Effectiveness Workbench, and Customer
Scorecard. PeopleSoft anticipates Q4 2000 availability. 

RioLabs introduced Proximal Version 1.8, the latest release of its B2B
supplier enablement suite, featuring support for two-way EDI transactions.
It is designed to enable suppliers to integrate EDI purchase orders,
inventory transactions, and pricing with exchanges such as Ariba and
Commerce One. 

Subject, Wills &Company introduced Zephyr EDI, a document exchange platform
designed to cut costs and increase efficiencies for companies transitioning
into e-business firms. Zephyr EDI is intended to provide organizations with
a migration path to new XML standards, by allowing them to utilize pure XML
for data transfer, even if their partners are using the present EDI
standard X.12. 

Expanding upon their existing partnership, Sybase and BroadVision signed a
letter of intent for a reseller agreement. The deal, which allows Sybase to
resell BroadVision One-To-One applications and BroadVision to resell
Sybase's Adaptive Server Enterprise, is intended to extend the companies'
marketplace reach. 

At its Techwave 2000 conference, Sybase demonstrated its enterprise portal,
wireless, and e-Business technological advances to conference attendees.
Product unveilings included the Sybase.com Portal, a Java developer and
deployment platform supporting J2EE - EA Server 3.6, the PowerBuilder 8.0
beta version development tool, and an e-Business support system for
telecommunications. New partners included Compudigm and North 22. Sybase
will resell Compudigm's SeePower software and form a joint venture with
North 22 to capture market share in Asia's enterprise portal arena. 

For its technology infrastructure, Transplace.com, a logistics alliance
formed by six major US transportation firms, chose procurement services,
browser-based auctions, and reverse auctions from Ariba's Marketplace and
Dynamic Trade offerings, as well as logistics, payment, and security
services from the Ariba Commerce Services Network. Consulting services and
systems integration will be provided by IBM, which will manage the site
from its Raleigh, North Carolina Web hosting facility. 

Yahoo launched Yahoo PayDirect, an online person-to-person payment service,
in cooperation with CIBC National Bank and made possible through Yahoo's
acquisition of Arthas.com. The free service enables US-based Yahoo
consumers to request, receive, send, and make payments over the Internet,
eliminating the need for mailing paper checks and money orders. 

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