Gene Alvarez

A review of retailer and US Department of Defense-mandated radio frequency identification (RFID) pilot projects has found an Achilles' heel to long-term contribution and success, specifically the missing data warehousing components of the RFID pilot and the RFID team that must be addressed as a key element in such projects.

The battle for ownership of the retail enterprise application market has begun, with both SAP and Oracle tendering offers for Retek. These events have pitted two competitive players against each other - Oracle's $9.00 per share offer beat SAP's offer by $0.50 per share. We believe this is only the beginning of the fight for ownership of Retek, its 200+ customers, and the retail application space at large.

One of the contributing factors to the limited success of Internet markets as a sell-side model has been that many of the organizations

Contrary to post-dot-com crash general opinions, savvy Global 2000 organizations are investing in sell-side e-business initiatives, according to META Group.

As many upstream organizations seek Internet-enabled solutions to fulfil their indirect B2B sell-side requirements, HAHT Commerce