# E-Commerce Market Forces

- ## Technologies

  - New Components: COM/CORBA, WebEC, Business Objects (e.g., SAP)
  - Integration: M&A expanding need for heterogeneous solutions

- ## Global Delivery to Trading Communities

  - Exploit technology to tap worldwide supply/distribution

- ## Trading “Intensity”

  - Increasing frequency and content in E-Commerce

- ## Industry-Specific Content

  - Central information services/brokering for verticals

- ## Outsourcing of E-Commerce Operations

  - Companies refocusing on core competencies

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