Speeding Channels and Weightless Data: A Look at the B2Bconomy Boom

Study Goals and Objectives
Reasons for Doing this Study
Contributions of the Story and for Whom
Scope and Format
Methodology and Information Sources
Executive Summary
Overall B2B Marketplace until 2004
Principal Market Forces
Overview: What is B2B?
B2B Outpaces B2C
Why B2B?
Half of U.S. Workforce
B2B Market Development
Future Standards
Five Categories of All Internet Business
What Are Vertical, Horizontal and Market Enablers?
Different Auction Models
Five Major Categories of Change
Who Profits?
Methodology and Metrics
Basex' View
Hard To Sort Out
What is Going On?
The United States Government's View
Hardware Industries
Communications Equipment Industries
Software/Services Industries
Communications Services Industries
The White House's View
Common Standards
What is the Result?
B2B: The Coming Explosion/Opportunities
Applications
Intermediaries
And in the Final Layer of Impact
Basex' View
How to Measure?
Problem of Legacy Systems
The U.S. Government Grapples as Well
The Government's Insufficiencies
But E-Business Works!
IBM, VISA, INTEL, ORACLE
XML and EDI
What EDI Looks Like
XML Looks Like This
Conversion
New Solutions on the Horizon
XML and Databases
XML and Servers
How Might This Function?
The Smart Supply Chain
What do Buyers Want?
Major Companies are Taking the Plunge
Infrastructure Overview
How They Broke It Down
Basex' View
Traffic Doubles Every 100 Days
The U.S. Government's View
Difference In Subscriptions
How Did This Rapid Growth Happen?
The Last Mile
DSL vs. FIBER
Necessary Hardware for Infrastructure
Implications of Inappropriate Infrastructure Systems
Enablers and Infomediaries
Overview
Basex' View
What XML Does
Improves Functionality
Requirements of a good Enterprise Content Management System
Software Components Necessary in a Managing System
Standards Organizations
Other Document Type Definitions (DTD) Repositories
Middleware
The Most Common XML Business Standards
Layering
Layering Choices
EDI and Layering
Distributed Object Systems
Wrapping or Envelopes
Another Standards Organization
The UN/CEFACT Standard
Common Business Standards Explained
cXML
RosettaNet
EDI and SAP
A Simple Procurement Request
ICE
An Example of a Transaction
CBL
Microsoft and BizTalk
Additional DTD Repositories
Other DTDs
Insurance
Human Resources
Energy
Some Common Tag Items Agreed Upon
Speech
Land Use
Real
What Should B2B Products Be Doing?
Catalog Management
Application Service Providers
Document Management and Knowledge Management
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Security
Middleware Enterprise Application Integration
Oracle
Java
WIDL
Special XML Servers
NEONadapter for XML
WDDX
WIDL
WIDL Example
XWAP
Basic Business Models
Auctions
Auction Technologies
Supply Side Catalog Technologies
Supply Chain Management Enabler Technologies
Financial Enablers
Financial Enabler Technologies
What Financial Technology Solutions Need To Address
Five Market Segments Making Up Most Billing Activities
The New Hubs and the Startling Rise of Vertical Markets
Why Vertical Markets?
More Companies Sell On Line
How Do Companies Make Money?
How To Buy
Vortals
Transaction Capabilities
Trading Categories
Normal Auction, Controlled By Seller
Reverse Auction, Controlled by Buyer
E-Exchange
Supply Chain Management
The Government's View
If You are Not In the Game, You're Out
Successful Formula - Vertical Net
Some Categories of Vertical Net
What Works
A Breakdown of Vertical Markets
by Category
Spirits (not rated)
Specialized Exchanges of Consortiums or Industries
Not Categorized:
Global Vendors
General Electric
Intellectual Property
Ventro
Film Industry
Metals
Acronyms

LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES

TABLES:
Table 1: Summary
Table 2: Vertical Horizontal and Market Enablers
Table 3: Major Differences Between B2B and B2C
Table 4: Internet Layer Growth by Billions of Dollars
Table 5: Comparison of Prices
Table 6: Comparison of XML and EDI
Table 7: Major Backbones and ISPS
Table 8: XML Schemes Registry
Table 9: The Most Common Standards
Table 10: The Main Categories of DTD.com
Table 11: Areas of Coverage in Vertical Net

FIGURES:
Figure 1: The Internet Economy
Figure 2: Internet Revenue and Growth by Layer
Figure 3: Growth of Strict EDI (1999-2004) in Billions
Figure 4: EDI Business Over the Internet: Billions to Trillions (1999-2004)
Figure 5: Recent Revenue and Growth Summary: Telecommunications
Figure 6: Infrastructure Growth in Billions (1999-2004)
Figure 7: Enabler and Infomediary Growth (1998 - 1999)
Figure 8: Growth of Enablers (1999 - 2004) in Billions
Figure 9: Use of Common Business Standards by 2004
Figure 10: Automotive Industry DTD
Figure 11: Growth of Auctions (1999-2004) in Billions
Figure 12: Growth of Supply Side Catalog (1999-2004) in Billions
Figure 13: Content Management (1999-2004) in Billions
Figure 14: Procurement and SQL (1999 - 2004) in Billions
Figure 15: Procurement (1999 - 2004) in Billions
Figure 16: Supply Chain Management (1999 - 2004) in Billions
Figure 17: Catalogs (1999 - 2004) in Billions
Figure 18: Airlines in Billions
Figure 19: Advertising in Billions
Figure 20: Agriculture in Billions
Figure 21: Aerospace in Billions
Figure 22: Automotive in Billions
Figure 23: Banking in Billions
Figure 24: Barter in Billions
Figure 25: Books in Billions
Figure 26: Chemicals in Billions
Figure 27: Community Building in Billions
Figure 28: Construction in Billions
Figure 29: Electronics and Computers in Billions
Figure 30: Energy in Billions
Figure 31: Event Planning in Billions
Figure 32: Government Procurement in Billions
Figure 33: Greeting Cards in Billions
Figure 34: Health in Billions
Figure 35: Hospitality in Billions
Figure 36: Industrial Equipment in Billions
Figure 37: Insurance in Billions
Figure 38: Lighting in Billions
Figure 39: Manufacturing in Billions
Figure 40: Messaging in Billions
Figure 41: Paper in Billions
Figure 42: Petrochemicals in Billions
Figure 43: Plastics in Billions
Figure 44: Real Estate in Billions
Figure 45: Restaurants in Billions
Figure 46: Retail in Billions
Figure 47: Sales Force in Billions
Figure 48: Science Supplies in Billions
Figure 49: Shipping & Transportation in Billions
Figure 50: Small Business in Billions
Figure 51: Steel in Billions
Figure 52: Sweepstakes in Billions
Figure 53: Technology Hardware in Billions
Figure 54: Telecommunications in Billions
Figure 55: Wine in Billions