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B2B Web
Portals
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B2B means Business 2 Business. B2B has core
competencies in both systems integration and information architecture -
two key elements of a portal. B2B also has extensive practical
experience building a wide variety of portals, such as:
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Supplier Portals - Secure
extranets to support collaboration between a manufacturer and its
suppliers.
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Customer Portals - Secure
extranets to provide an array of "self-serve" functions to customers.
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Employee Portals - Secure
access for employees to manipulate and view information. Employee
portals are usually personalized to the needs and permissions of the
employee. These portals often provide a single entry point to multiple
internal systems. This is implemented either through Active Directory or
through Share Point Web Parts.
More About B2B : B2B
(business-to-business), also known as e-biz, is the exchange of
products, services, or information between businesses rather than
between businesses and consumers. Although early interest centered on
the growth of retailing on the Internet (sometimes called e-tailing),
forecasts are that B2B revenue will far exceed business-to-consumers
(B2C) revenue in the near future. According to studies published in
early 2000, the money volume of B2B exceeds that of e-tailing by 10 to
1. Over the next five years, B2B is expected to have a compound annual
growth of 41%. The volume of investment in B2B by venture capitalists
was reported to be accelerating sharply although profitable B2B sites
were not yet easy to find.
B2B Web sites
can be sorted into:
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Company Web
sites, since the target audience for many company Web sites is other
companies and their employees. Company sites can be thought of as
round-the-clock mini-trade exhibits. Sometimes a company Web site serves
as the entrance to an exclusive extranet available only to customers or
registered site users. Some company Web sites sell directly from the
site, effectively e-tailing to other businesses.
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Product
supply and procurement exchanges, where a company purchasing agent
can shop for supplies from vendors, request proposals, and, in some
cases, bid to make a purchase at a desired price. Sometimes referred to
as e-procurement sites, some serve a range of industries and others
focus on a niche market.
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Specialized
or vertical industry portals which provide a "subWeb" of
information, product listings, discussion groups, and other features.
These vertical portal sites have a broader purpose than the procurement
sites (although they may also support buying and selling).
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Brokering
sites that act as an intermediary between someone wanting a product
or service and potential providers. Equipment leasing is an example.
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Information
sites ( sometimes known as infomediary ), which provide information
about a particular industry for its companies and their employees. These
include specialized search sites and trade and industry standards
organization sites.
Many B2B sites
may seem to fall into more than one of these groups. Models for B2B
sites are still evolving.
Another type of
B2B enterprise is software for building B2B Web sites, including site
building tools and templates, database, and methodologies as well as
transaction software.
B2B is e-commerce between businesses. An earlier and much more limited
kind of online B2B prior to the Internet was Electronic Data Interchange
(EDI), which is still widely used. |
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