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Analyst David Rappaport of Diamond Technology Partners says branching into B2B is a logical step for telcos companies because many of them are already in the ISP and Web-hosting business and will soon probably be in the ASP business as well.
Data Warehousing ERP Information and B-to-B E-CommerceEnterprise Systems Journal ( 02/00 ) Vol. 15 , No. 2 , P. 22 ; Auditore , Peter J
The Internet , through business-to-business and business-to-consumer e-commerce , is challenging and changing traditional business and governmental models and the concept of information control as it transforms into a worldwide virtual data warehouse and marketplace.E-commerce pioneer Levi Strauss & Co. recently announced that it would scale back online sales because of a perceived conflict with traditional retail stores.Although there is a definite advantage to being an Internet company from the start , established businesses may find the B2B e-commerce and the Web-enabling of ERP information , which can be the driving force behind the growth of business intelligence and data warehousing , a more suitable fit in the short term.