The cooperation of computer giants

Published: 23 March 1999 y., Tuesday
Cisco, Compaq and Microsoft are all working with Brazilian firms Interchange and Modulo to provide integrated solutions to cut costs and lead times in the deployment of e-commerce operations in Brazil. Known as the Value Chain Alliance, Microsoft, Cisco, Compaq, Interchange and Modulo plan to work in the deployment of business-to-business e-commerce solutions. The Value Chain Alliance will operate in a market that has generated US$100 million in the country in 1998, and is already working for 12 customers. Value Chain Alliance_s goal is to work for some 20 customers within the next 12 months. To form the Value Chain Alliance, the five corporations are each investing US$300,000 to train partners and create training centers in electronic commerce. The name of Value Chain Alliance_s first customer will be disclosed this quarter, and other clients include 10 large retailers and 150 vendors. The Alliance is interested in cars, food, retailer, medicine and insurance industries, mainly.According to S. da Costa Murollo, strategic alliances manager at Cisco, it is possible to cut costs in 80 percent in the transactions among customers and vendors, using an e-commerce solution over the Internet, and the payback is possible in 6 months. Before deploying the business-to-business e-commerce system, Cisco spent US$125 at each operation, and now it amounts to less than US$5. "With the new system, Cisco saved US$550 million in 1998," said Murollo. According to Alexandre Pombo, e-commerce manager at Microsoft, the initial cost of a business-to-business e-commerce solution is US$60,000, and includes Compaq servers, Cisco routers, Microsoft platforms, security consultation by Modulo and electronic community management by Interchange.
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