Jardine Internet, a member of the Jardine Matheson Group has announced that it will join a consortium with Commerce One to establish a China joint venture to develop a business to business B2B portal. Named Asia2B, the market site will be built on the Commerce One Global trading Platform 3.0, which allows market makers to build open marketplaces and link them to the Global Trading Web.
Jardine Matheson believes that the adoption of a common standard and platform by as many businesses as possible is crucial to the success of B2B, says Francis Heng, group treasurer at Jardine Matheson, and director of Asia2B.com. And we hope that Commerce One, as delivered by Asia2B,...