Commerce One Plans B-to-B E-Commerce Briefings

Commerce One, a provider of Web-based procurement solutions that link buying and supplying organizations in real- time trading communities, will host a series of executive briefings on business-to-business e-commerce throughout North America.

The briefing series will feature keynote talks from industry analysts, and provide insight into the benefits of business-to-business e-commerce. Real-world case studies will demonstrate how to maximize ROI by extending and linking an organization to its suppliers to create real-time trading communities. Attendees will learn how this saves time, increases control and reduces overall costs.

Date, location and keynote speaker for the executive briefing series are as follows:

• Oct. 6 -- San Francisco -- Chuck Shih, Research Director, Gartner Group
• Oct. 8 -- Los Angeles -- Erina Dubois, Industry Analyst, Dataquest
• Oct. 14 -- Boston -- Roy Satterthwaite, Research Director, Gartner Group
• Oct. 15 -- New York -- Roy Satterthwaite, Research Director, Gartner Group
• Oct. 20 -- Chicago -- Alyse Terhune, Research Director, Gartner Group
• Oct. 21 -- Minneapolis -- Roy Satterthwaite, Research Director, Gartner Group
• Oct. 22 -- Dallas -- Roy Satterthwaite, Research Director, Gartner Group
• Oct. 27 -- Atlanta -- Alyse Terhune, Research Director, Gartner Group
• Oct. 28 -- Washington, D.C. -- Geoffrey Bock, Senior Consultant, Patricia Seybold Group
• Oct. 29 -- Toronto -- David Alschuler, Managing Director, Aberdeen Group
• Nov. 3 -- Seattle -- Erina Dubois, Industry Analyst, Dataquest

Registration is available through the Commerce One Web site or by contacting Peter Olson of The Horn Group at 415/905-4008.