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Provides information on Ventro Corp. and VerticalNet Inc., pioneers in electronic commerce. Desire of the two companies to become software and service providers for companies launching private and public exchanges; Finance of the companies; Software products; Comments on the companies. INSET: VerticalNet Takes Aim At E-Commerce.

Focuses on the problems faced by business-to-business electronic commerce providers in providing interoperable software suites for the market. Software products of Ariba and Commerce One Inc.; Specialty of other software vendors; Efforts of INC2inc to develop an interoperable software product. INSET: NEW XML ADDS FLEXIBILITY TO E-COMMERCE.

Reports the impact of customer-relationship management (CRM) tools to online business partners. Benefits of CRM for business commerce; Importance of customer record-tracking to the online success of business. INSETS: What To Look For When Shopping For A CRM Suite;Vendors Broaden CRM Offerings With Products, Mergers.

Discusses the benefits of catalog management software. Services of the FastXchange Inc.; Criteria for catalog management software; Importance of catalog update and aggregation on electronic commerce.

Discusses the transformation of online procurement by the growth of online auctions, trading hubs and electronic marketplaces. Costs spent by supermarket chains in procurement annually; Expansion of the operators of online procurement services through acquisitions and partnerships; Additional online procurement to the informational marketplaces of VerticalNet.

Profiles Rusty Braziel, founder and chairman of Altranet Technologies Inc. Business model of the company; Estimated annual revenue for 2000; Competitors of the firm; Plans for Altranet Technologies.

Profiles Vani Kola, founder of RightWorks. Performance of the company under her management; Investors of the company; Information on NthOrbit, a company which provide funding for new companies; Business management strategy of Kola.

Profiles Jayshree Ullal, general manager and vice president of the switching group of Cisco Systems. Corporate ventures in which Ullal is involved; Career background of Ullal; Achievements.

Profiles Dave Hollander, co-inventor of the extensible markup language (XML). Goals for the XML technology; His role as chief technology officer at Contivo Inc.

Presents an article from `CommunicationsWeek' magazine on ITT Sheraton Corporation. Information on efforts by Sheraton to improve data; Description of frame relay network.