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IBM and Ariba focus on smaller B2B packages

By Joey Gardiner

Published: 25 July 2000 15:55 GMT

Ariba and IBM are today to announce a joint product to help small and medium-sized suppliers onto Ariba's online marketplaces.

The package will include hardware, software, support services and networking for suppliers struggling to get involved in B2B platforms. Ariba says the solution will enable firms to generate transactions for a much lower cost.

The joint product will be based on IBM's WebSphere suite, on either the NetFinity or AS/400 platforms.

The news comes just after Ariba's biggest rival Commerce One announced a deal with GE Global eXchange Services (GXS) to integrate their technologies. The result will enable GXS's EDI technologies to work with Commerce One's online trading exchanges.

GXS claims to currently run one of the largest ecommerce networks in the world, conducting $1tr transactions in 58 countries every year.

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