E-krach: after the dot-coms, market places?
Some change is expected in the B to B (Business to Business) after the one which took place in the B to C (Business to Consumer) in 2000, from which suffered the dot-coms. Anyway, it is Richard Seurat's point of view, vice-president of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. In an interview published on the website of the Nouvel Hebdo( /www.01net.com/rdn?oid=140412&rub=2832"> 'Richard Seurat (Cap Gemini Ernst & Young): « Les places de marché auront leur e-krach cette année»'), he expects that a severe selection will threaten the 3 000 or 4 000 market places registered worldwide. According to him, market places which copy space brokers will tend to disappear. The only ones who have an added value will survive (like Covisint, Elemica, or Enporium) and which go further in the purchase act, offering additional services : project management, design, ASP (application provider), consulting…