- Sun Sep 1 2002 The unexpected return of B2B
Suppliers put off by open business-to-business exchanges might find that the newly emerging private ones offer a better deal, according to researchers at McKinsey.
- Tue Mar 13 2001 Gartner bearish on B2B Web transactions
Despite the industry's unexpected success in 2000, economic downturn will hamper e-commerce spending during the next few years, according to new research.
- Mon May 20 2002 Can B2B recover from 1999?
Sterling Commerce's Terry Baker says it can, but IT execs must first learn lessons from the hype-fueled dawn of Net-based e-business, when technology was--unfortunately--unquestioned king.
- Wed Mar 7 2001 Commerce Department: 1999 a good year for B2B
A government survey finds that e-commerce was dominated by business-to-business transactions in 1999. But the segment is now struggling with expansion problems.
- Thu Jan 15 2004 Global Exchange fuses with Haht in B2B buy
The business-to-business e-commerce software maker says it will pick up data synchronization specialist Haht Commerce in a $30 million deal.
- Tue Jul 2 2002 The birth of a B2B giant
GE's decision to shed one of the world's largest electronic trading networks will give Harvey Seegers a chance to prove Jack Welch was right about the potential of business-to-business e-commerce.
- Mon Mar 6 2000 GE challenges B2B upstarts with new units
The manufacturing giant plans to compete with the upstart leaders of the burgeoning worldwide market for business-to-business e-commerce.
- Thu Dec 14 2000 The human bottleneck in B2B
A funny thing happened on the way to the business-to-business "revolution": There were plenty of weapons built, but not enough people to fire them.
- Thu Mar 9 2000 The scramble for a slice of B2B
Everyone from technology firms and retailers to automakers, construction sites and convenience stores is angling to take part in an online marketplace.
- Fri Sep 1 2000 Commentary: Microsoft, IBM, Ariba to create major advance in B2B
The companies are proposing to develop formats, protocols and conventions necessary to maintain an online database that will help to bring companies to the Net.

