Commerce One is laying the foundation for a global web of interoperable markets, trading communities, and commerce portals that collectively will form the world's largest business-to-business marketplace. The Global Trading Web (GTW) uses eXtensible Markup Language technology to link diverse enterprise applications, enabling buyers and suppliers to conduct spontaneous, automated transactions without custom point to point integration. Companies can build on each other's online services to create innovative virtual businesses. They can link ERP systems to perform real-time collaborative planning and forecasting across entire supply chains. Third-party ecommerce service providers (e.g., banks, shippers) can integrate once to the GTW and make their services globally available. Dr. Tenenbaum will discuss the GTW from both a business and technology perspective, and trace its evolution from an MRO marketplace into a comprehensive supply chain infrastructure.
About the speaker:
Dr. Tenenbaum is a world-renowned Internet commerce pioneer and visionary. He was founder and CEO of Enterprise Integration technologies, the first company to conduct a commercial Web transaction (1992) and Internet auction (1993). Dr. Tenenbaum also founded and chairs the industry association CommerceNet, with nearly 600 corporate members worldwide. In 1997, he co-founded Veo Systems, the company that pioneered the use of XML for automating business-to business transactions. Dr. Tenenbaum joined Commerce One in January 1999, when it acquired Veo Systems. As Chief Scientist, he has been instrumental in shaping the company's business and technology strategies for the Global Trading Web.
Earlier in his career, Dr. Tenenbaum was a prominent AI researcher, and lead AI research groups at SRI International and Schlumberger Ltd. He is a Fellow and former board member of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence, and a former Consulting Professor of Computer Science at Stanford. Dr. Tenenbaum holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from MIT, and a Ph.D. from Stanford.
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