Brainstorming with Oracle
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California-based Oracle Corp. will introduce a free global online service called VentureNetwork on February 6, a venture that will provide products and business consulting to entrepreneurs on how to establish an Internet start-up company. VentureNetwork was recently tested in Europe and signed up 70 firms to give consulting services and registered 2,800 entrepreneurs.
Publication Name: The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0191-0132
Year: 2001
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Vision fades for BizTone
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BizTone.com, a site developed for renting software over the Internet, has failed to succeed as a venture. Shortly after the launch of BizTone, larger companies such as SAP AG and Oracle Corp. began leasing software, making it a large market with which BizTone could not compete. BizTone has begun to shut down offices in Singapore, Denver, and Melbourne, and currently is looking to sell its technology.
Publication Name: The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0191-0132
Year: 2001
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Waste not, want not: Raffles Hotel taps into an online exchange to trim the fat
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Raffles Holdings Ltd.'s top executive, Richard Helfer, has set up an online exchange site from which their hotels purchase only specific products. Raffles invested $2.5 million in BeXcom Southeast Asia to set up the Internet site. Although the shift was a difficult adjustment for Raffles' purchasing agents, the company is saving around $1 million annually simply by requiring their hotels to buy certain items.
Publication Name: The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0191-0132
Year: 2001
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