Kursverdoppelung bei Actua Corporation (vorm. Internet Capital)

der Internet Capital-Beteiligung Freeborders:

http://www.itksolutions.com/clients.html

Freeborders baut das Geschäft mit der Finanzindustrie massiv aus.  

Software outsourcing specialist Freeborders eyes IPO
Thu Feb 9, 2006 8:37 AM ET
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By Doug Young and Judy Hua

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - U.S. software outsourcing firm Freeborders plans to go public in the near future as it uses China as a base to tap global demand, a top executive said on Thursday.

The New York-based firm, which marked a milestone by signing Citigroup Inc. (C.N: Quote, Profile, Research) as a client over a year ago, has recently brought in two partners it hopes will deliver more financial services clients, co-chief executive Ramsey Walker told Reuters.

Freeborders is one of a number of software outsourcing firms setting up shop in China, alongside the likes of Infosys Technologies Ltd. (INFY.BO: Quote, Profile, Research), IBM Corp. (IBM.N: Quote, Profile, Research), BearingPoint Inc. (BE.N: Quote, Profile, Research), and Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ.N: Quote, Profile, Research).

The companies favor China for its relatively low labor costs -- despite a lack of experience in working in an outsourcing environment and weak English skills.

"We certainly believe an IPO is a likely event in the not too distant future," Walker said.

"There's a market opportunity for a company (in China software outsourcing) to be a $1 billion company, and we think Freeborders can be that company."

Walker would not elaborate. But the firm, which operates almost exclusively from China, said in 2004 it was considering a $200 million offering in Hong Kong.

Last fall, it secured $20 million for expansion from a fund whose investors included Bank of America Corp. (BAC.N: Quote, Profile, Research), Deutsche Bank A.G. (DBKGn.DE: Quote, Profile, Research) and HSBC Holdings Plc. (0005.HK: Quote, Profile, Research)

(HSBA.L: Quote, Profile, Research).

It said this year it paid millions of dollars for ITK Solutions, an IT management consulting firm whose clients include the likes of JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Morgan Stanley

(MS.N: Quote, Profile, Research).

And it recently obtained the highest industry-recognised rating possible for a software developer -- one of only a handful of firms to do so in China.

"The three steps are very strong moves toward our goal of being the Infosys or Wipro (WIPR.BO: Quote, Profile, Research) of China," Walker said in a telephone interview, referring to two of India's biggest software outsourcing firms.

RAPID EXPANSION

Freeborders' IPO drive coincides with a rapid expansion in headcount and revenue.

China's software market, worth $2.4 billion in 2004, is expected to grow by an annual average rate of 19 percent to $6.4 billion by 2009, according to IT consultancy Gartner.

Using the country as a base, Freeborders hopes to tap into a global software outsourcing market that it expects to be worth more than $200 billion by 2008, including $83 billion alone from the financial services sector, Walker said.

"It's a huge addressable market," he said. "The first player out of China is going to be a big deal."

Freeborders wants to double the number of engineers at its office in the southern city of Shenzhen to nearly 1,000 in six to 12 months, Walker said.

He declined to comment on revenues. Another executive said previously that 2004 revenue was expected to reach $15 million to $20 million.

Revenue for "the company, since 2004, has grown at least 40 percent organically. With acquisitions, over 100 percent, year on year," he said.

"We expect those growth rates to continue or accelerate."

   

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Von den Erlösen bin ich positiv überrascht, denn ich hatte sich ja bekanntlich in der letzten Zeit niedriger angesetzt, nachdem ich mit anderen chinesischen Outsourcern vergleichen hatte. Dabei habe ich wohl unterschätzt, dass Freeborders auch über 100 hochqualifizierte Spezialisten in den USA und Europa hat, zu denen jetzt noch die Leute von der Neuerwerbung aus New York, die direkt an der Wallstreet sitzt hinzukommen. Wenn als der Umsatz in 2004 bei 15 bis 20 Millionen lag und sich in 2005 verdoppelt, war er da zwischen 30 und 40 Millionen (und nicht wie von mir angenommen, nur bei ca. 20 bis 25 Millionen). Wenn sich die Wachstumsrate der Umsätze jetzt sogar noch beschleunigen soll, lägen wir in 2006 wohl bei Umsätzen von 70 bis 80 Millionen. Ein Marktkapitalisierung von einer Milliarde, wie der CEO glaubt, scheint mir trotz der enormen Aussichten da vielleicht doch etwas hoch. Wir sind ja auch schon mit 700 bis 800 Millionen zufrieden. 33% davon sind auch immer 233 bis 267 Millionen, die zusammen mit den ca. 170 Millionen Nettocash die momentane Marktkapitalisierung von ca. 380 Millionen schon übersteigen.

Im nachhinein muss ich sagen, dass es richtig war, bei Linkshare auszusteigen und dort 150 Millionen mitzunehmen - denn die scheinen anderweitig trotz aller Qualitäten von Linkshare sonst noch besser angelegt.  

Wie Ihr dem nachstehenden Text entnehmen könnt, verkauft ein früherer Wettbewerber jetzt die Produkte von Starcite, da die Weiterentwicklung und Anpassung ohne großen Absatz zu viel Geld verschlingt. Offensichtlich sind bis auf Starcite, die absolute Nr. 1, und einen Wettbewerber alle auf der Strecke geblieben.

Noch ist Starcite kein Großunternehmen, aber 25 bis 30 Millionen Jahresumsatz dürften sie in 2006 schon erreichen - vielleicht auch mehr. Bei den enormen Aussichten könnte bei einem IPO der Wert durchaus auf eine Viertelmilliarde laufen. Und Internet Capital hält 61%. Nicht mehr Umsatz, werden jetzt einige fragen, wo doch schon in 2005 über zwei Milliarden durch den Marktplatz gelaufen sind und es in 2006 voraussichtlich mehr als drei Milliarden sein werden. Okay, ihr dürft nicht vergessen, dass das kein Individualbuchungssystem ist, wo für den Betreiber 6 bis 8% abfallen, sondern durch die großen Einzelsummen dürfte die Provision für Starcite unter 1% liegen. Aber andererseits ist der gesamte Markt 300 Milliarden schwer - und erst 1% werden in 2006 über Starcite laufen. Auch wenn nie alles elektronische abgewickelt wird, der Markt ist gigantisch und neue CEO Boult meinte ja vor kurzem, dass man eine Verzehnfachung der Durchleitungen durch den Marktplatz relativ leicht schaffen können - auch damit läge man noch weit unter 10%.  


WTMI Pulls Tech Plug

By Corrie Dosh

FEBRUARY 06, 2006 -- WorldTravel Meetings & Incentives has ceased developing its meetings technology product, Plan2Attend, officials said, and last month signed an agreement to use and offer products from meetings technology provider StarCite Inc.

Through the partnership, WTMI will use StarCite's meetings management technology internally and distribute the technology to its customers, according to WTMI president Scott Graf. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Chicago-based WTMI is the meetings management arm of Atlanta-based WorldTravel BTI.

"We'll not only use StarCite to power our business, but we will promote it as a good solution in the marketplace," Graf said. "One thing to note is, while we certainly have a strategic partnership and preferred relationship with StarCite, we use the term 'we'll pray in all churches' when it comes to technology. If a customer wants to work with WTMI but is clearly focused on another meetings tool, we will definitely use another tool for that customer."

Plan2Attend is "no longer for sale," WTMI's Graf said, and the 15 customers currently using the product will transition to StarCite technology over the next six months. The decision to end Plan2Attend was based on the expense of keeping the tool up-to-date, especially as dedicated meetings technology companies received new rounds of investment and planned aggressive development, he said.

"StarCite is a meetings technology company, period. We're a meeting, event and incentive company that happened to be in the technology business as well. Frankly, this a very good thing for us in terms of the resources and investment dollars available to us that can be better used in more strategic areas," Graf said.

The StarCite and WTMI partnership makes sense as meetings technology advances to the point that millions of dollars and other resources are necessary for a product to remain competitive, said Corbin Ball, president of Bellingham, Wash.-based consulting firm Corbin Ball Associates.

"It takes a pretty heavy platform to be able to do these enterprise installations. It's not surprising that people are consolidating forces to be able to capture this high-end market," Ball said. "WTMI is not a software company, they're a travel company. It makes sense to outsource things that are not in your core functionality."

Still, as such tech heavyweights as StarCite and Santa Clara, Calif.-based OnVantage push end-to-end solutions for multinational companies, market space still exists for turnkey meetings technology solutions, Ball said, and all technology companies in the market are pursuing that business.

WTMI first launched Plan2Attend in March 2003 (Meetings Today, March 24, 2003) as a replacement for a previous meetings tool, called MeetingAssist. Clients of the Plan2Attend tool include Bank of America.

Dana Catchpole, former vice president and supplier manager for meeting and event management at BOA, last year said the bank was looking to integrate a group online booking tool but that they hadn't found an appropriate product (Meetings Today, Jan. 17, 2005).

Graf said customers will receive an immediate upgrade with the transition to StarCite technology. "We are saying to customers that you will get the following additional features and new functionality, the online marketplace, the electronic RFP database, integration with the booking tools at no incremental cost to the customers," he said.

WTMI's technology team, led by vice president of meetings technology Mike Malinchok (Meetings Today, Dec. 6, 2004), already have begun to work with StarCite developers to share information and resources.

"I'd like to see some type of quarterly formalized process where we review, as any customer would, what we like, where we would like to see improvement, and what we're hearing from our customers in terms of influencing development timelines," Graf said.

Graf said the agreement was reached in early January. Mike Boult, president and CEO of StarCite, said WTMI evaluated all available tools during the six-month bidding process.

"Culturally, we are very similar organizations, and that was a big deciding factor for us," Graf said. "There's several tools on the market that are quite good, but for us, finding that right blend of people who understand our business, want to embrace our philosophies and want to listen to our feedback proactively was extremely important in our decision-making process. You can imagine, being the owners of technology, the very thorough research and request-for-proposal process that we went through. It was an exhaustive process for us, and the evaluation we made was a clear and distinct decision to StarCite."

It is too early to tell what features of Plan2Attend, if any, may be adopted into the StarCite product, said John Pino, founder and executive chairman of Philadelphia-based StarCite.

"We're trying to get our technology out into the customers first and then see what, if anything, is lacking or needs to be improved. That process will be ongoing," Pino said.

"As we go forward, obviously because of their role in strategic meetings management, they have a unique view of what customers want and need and it augments our view that we have today," Pino said.

Both WTMI and StarCite have launched aggressive multinational growth plans, finding partnerships overseas and new customer bases. The agreement between the two companies is global, Pino said, and StarCite anticipates serving as the technology platform for WTMI worldwide.

"They're going to make us a better company. There's no doubt in my mind," Boult said. "They have strong ideas and input about where the technology should go and how we can best support their business."

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Internet Capital hält hier inzwischen 61% - da haben sie ausnahmsweise beim Erhöhen der Beteiligungsquote nicht gepennt. Meines Erachtens sollten sie ihre 170 Millionen Cash endlich investieren - wenn nicht, auf jeden Fall die noch ausstehenden 40 Millionen Wandelschuldverschreibung tilgen und auch Aktienrückkäufe sollten kein Tabu sein, z.B. könnte man langsamer wachsende und ausgereifte Beteiligungen dafür verkaufen. Ich denke da z.B. an Computerjobs, wo sie 46% halten. Die setzen vielleicht 10 bis 15 Millionen um und sind vielleicht 50 bis 60 Millionen wert. Mit den ca. 25 Millionen für die 46% könnte man immerhin ca. 7% der ausstehenden Aktien zurückkaufen - oder investieren, wenn man etwas Überragendes finden. Aber solange Internet Capital nur halb so viel kostet, wie sie wert ist, sind Rückkäufe vermutlich die beste Investiton. Warum sie das nicht ausgeprägter machen, weiss ich auch nicht.

Hotels Further E-Booking: Hilton Joins Online Race, But Meeting Buyer Demand Unclear

By Corrie Dosh

JANUARY 23, 2006 -- Hilton Hotels Corp. last month announced new online group room block booking technology and said it plans to extend the tool to meeting space and services this year. Hilton is the third hotel chain in the past year to announce new online capabilities to book or compare group room blocks and meeting space. However, buyer reaction to booking a meeting entirely online has been lukewarm, said hotel executives, leading one chain to shift away from booking in favor of providing more efficient response capabilities for requests submitted through their Web site.

Hotel executives said that most meeting buyers don't want to waste time negotiating for smaller events, but some buyers said that automation isn't necessarily the solution they are looking for to manage small, ad hoc meetings.

Hilton said its E-Events Small Group Product would offer non-negotiable group rates—set by individual hotel properties—for five to 25 guest rooms. The tool also allows a corporate meeting buyer to set direct billing so that room expenses can be sent directly to the company.

The announcement followed a move by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in April to offer online booking for day meetings (Meetings Today, June 6, 2005) and an announcement by Hyatt Hotels Corp. in November 2005 that it had enhanced its four-year-old meetings technology product on its Web site by eliminating some booking functions in favor of instant request-for proposal-response to meetings of any size.

By early spring, Hilton executives said buyers would have the option of booking group rooms and meeting space together or separately on their tool. Starwood's tool allows buyers to book meeting space only.

Hilton executives said of the approximately $10 billion the chain earns in revenue each year, more than $3 billion is generated by groups and meetings. Bala Subramanian, senior vice president of distribution and brand integration for Hilton, said groups and meetings business is expected to grow as much as 10 percent this year and the online tool is aimed to capture that growth. However, putting smaller meetings through an RFP process is inefficient for both sides, he said. Sixty percent of leads for meetings is generated by groups of 25 rooms or less, he said, and smaller meetings are more likely to be planned by administrative assistants or non-dedicated meeting planners.

"That's the marketplace that really doesn't have a self-help tool," Subramanian said. "So this whole E-Events product initially is positioned as something that squarely meets the needs of that market: makes it automated, as trouble-free as possible, no RFP, instant confirmation, that sort of thing."

In addition to meeting space, buyers in the spring would be able to book food and beverage and audiovisual services through the tool, said Bob Brooks, vice president of corporate and group e-distribution for Hilton. The chain isn't ruling out a future option to load negotiated meeting rates into the tool, he said.

"In some of our customer research, we've heard that come up, so that's certainly on the radar screen for future enhancements and considerations to drive more business to the Internet," Brooks said.

"It's soup to nuts," Subramanian said, adding that buyers can purchase services separately as well. The initial focus of the tool is to make the purchasing process more efficient, but the tool could be used to market chainwide promotions and discounts in the future, he said. By year-end, Hilton plans to expand the tool to groups of up to 50 sleeping rooms.

The Hilton tool also includes a guest list manager to access rooming lists for all group bookings. "That is not limited to groups of 25. Even our large groups and meeting managers can manage their rooming lists efficiently with this product. We expect that to be a productivity tool that would be extremely popular with all of our group bookers," Subramanian said. "We feel that's a competitive first in the industry."

Through the rooming list management function, buyers can decide whether to allow attendees to pay for rooms or to bill the company directly for expenses, Brooks said.

Hyatt in November 2005 announced it would offer real-time response to RFPs through its Web site, something it had previously offered through meetings technology provider StarCite Inc. Users now can expect real-time response to any size of meeting through the Hyatt site directly, with no restrictions on lead time or location, said Fred Shea, Hyatt's vice president of sales operations.

Customers used to be able to search for meeting space on the meetings tool, a feature that has been eliminated on the new system because, contrary to initial customer feedback, Shea said meeting buyers did not want to spend time searching for meeting rooms—they simply wanted rates and availability information. "They preferred to have immediate response with unlimited dates and size as opposed to the ability to truly book the entire meeting online, but only for short meetings," Shea said. "That's why we made the change."

Hyatt uses StarCite technology for its E-mmediate Response tool. During the past four years, the chain has developed the tool to offer StarCite customers quick answers to meeting requests.

"What we've done most recently is provided that same immediate response on Hyatt.com," Shea said. "Now, you can come through StarCite or directly through Hyatt."

Hyatt customers still want to use the RFP process for their meetings, Shea said. The tool was originally designed for booking small meetings, but customers found the rates and availability information most useful, so that is what Hyatt decided to develop, he added.

"We'd like to give an immediate response of basic rates and availability, that's what we've found that customers are searching for first and foremost," he said.

The tool has seen the biggest pickup of new customers through local channels, Shea said, many companies using the national sales office continue to do so or book through StarCite.

"We're seeing new customers that are specifically looking for Hyatt or specific Hyatt properties," he said.

Previous parameters on the Hyatt E-mmediate Meetings tool requiring five to 100 guest rooms up to six months in advance have been lifted, Shea said. "When we went to E-mmediate Response we eliminated those parameters so you can search any dates for any size group," he said.

Hyatt continues to make enhancements to the tool, including a possible option to provide alternative dates for availability, he said.

Starwood in April 2005 launched its online booking technology, aimed at small day meetings. The service, called Meetings in a Moment, allows buyers to book meeting space for up to 25 attendees at Starwood properties in major cities. The tool uses an RFP process and promises a response within 24 hours of the request.

Starwood's tool does not allow meeting buyers to contract group guest room blocks, although executives said that feature might be added in the future. A future tool also may allow buyers to bundle multiple meetings or adopt a customized corporate site with the Starwood search tool loaded with prenegotiated corporate rates, executives said.

Victoria Ascione, manager of business meeting services for Miami-based Bacardi USA Inc., said she doesn't need an automated booking tool for her smaller events. Though technology has its place, Ascione said, she prefers to work with hotel sales managers directly over the phone.

"I very rarely have a cookie-cutter meeting," Ascione said. "I need a hospitality suite, I need upgrades, and I have VIPs—which I'm sure a lot of companies have, but it's always too complex to fit into a typical online request."

Ascione said she also wants to ensure that the sales manager with whom she has developed a relationship, and who understands Bacardi's requirements, handles her meeting requests.

"That's my sales manager. I have a personal relationship with them and they know my past business," she said.

Ascione said she would find more value in an accepted template, such as the OfficeReady toolbox developed by the Convention Industry Council's Accepted Practices Exchange Initiative (Meetings Today, Aug. 15, 2005).

"That might be a more logical option for me and I would love to see the contracts become a little more uniform. The time we spend on that is unbelievable," she said. "Automation has a place, but for us it would never take the place of the relationship."

Beryl Gibbs-Roux, corporate travel manager for New York-based engineering giant Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas Inc., said she has never used the online meeting tools provided by hotel chains, but that she could see a use for them in gather information on rates and availability.

"I still value the possibility of discussing rates," Gibbs-Roux said. "It's very easy to go on to a Web site and find the published room rate, and it doesn't give you any leeway in negotiating."

Gibbs-Roux said she would like to have a clearer view of availability at properties to give her an extra edge in negotiations, but added that she doesn't expect a hotel to divulge when they would be more flexible on rates.

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steht offensichtlich für Qualität: "Following a highly competitive evaluation process, Goodyear selected ICG Commerce as the specialist to support this effort in North America based upon the procurement services provider's operational approach, customized and flexible solutions, as well as its deep expertise."


Goodyear aims to reduce procurement costs  
 Author: RP news wires
 
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced Monday that it has chosen ICG Commerce to lead a strategic procurement initiative in North America, launched to support its commitment to achieving cost-reduction goals. As part of the engagement, ICG Commerce is partnering with the company's internal procurement organization to drive cost reductions that are expected to have a multi-million-dollar impact on the company's bottom line.


Goodyear is focused on building momentum and maintaining profitable growth by driving improvements and efficiencies in key operational areas. The world's leading tire manufacturer identified indirect procurement as a major element of the company's current cost reduction effort. Following a highly competitive evaluation process, Goodyear selected ICG Commerce as the specialist to support this effort in North America based upon the procurement services provider's operational approach, customized and flexible solutions, as well as its deep expertise.



"Partnering with ICG Commerce on our indirect procurement exemplifies our focus on driving a low cost structure, one of the seven key drivers contributing to our improved company performance," said Jonathan Rich, president of Goodyear's North American Tire business unit.


Goodyear's corporate sourcing team has already established significant savings opportunities through their ongoing strategic sourcing efforts. ICG Commerce's role is to ensure that the savings opportunities born from these efforts are fully realized, to identify and implement additional savings opportunities in indirect buying categories, and to drive year-over-year cost improvements.


To achieve that objective, Goodyear will leverage ICG Commerce's comprehensive procurement infrastructure consisting of category experts and process specialists, a best practice based Buying Center, and flexible tools and information to manage a broad spectrum of procurement processes including strategic sourcing, savings implementation, transaction processing, and ongoing category management. ICG Commerce will provide a comprehensive suite of services to not only help drive aggressive cost reductions in North America but also support and accelerate the utilization of the company's ARIBA e-procurement system.

"The combined efforts of our two teams of professionals will bring our procurement capabilities to a new level of performance," said Gary Miller, Goodyear vice president and chief procurement officer. "Our company has made good strides in identifying opportunities for savings and putting a platform in place to enable improved focus and line-of-sight alignment as well as to drive compliance through effective purchasing. ICG Commerce provides the in-depth category, process and operational expertise we need to make sure the savings are realized and continuously improved upon and the platform is fully utilized."

The ICG Commerce team will work as an integrated element of the existing indirect procurement organization, serving all of Goodyear's North American Tire and Engineered Products plant facilities at more than 40 locations. The program will focus on buying categories that fall into groupings such as transportation and distribution, packaging, energy, MRO supplies, marketing products and services, and professional services.


"Goodyear understands that procurement is a high-impact initiative that can significantly enhance company performance as well as its bottom line," said Edward H. West, chairman and CEO of ICG Commerce. "Our agreement is testament to the commitment Goodyear has made to truly maximize the value of procurement to reap savings opportunities. ICG Commerce looks forward to partnering with Goodyear to achieve its objectives."



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nicht wieder so reißerisch, libuda, sei doch korrekt und poste mit Datum der Quelle.
Da du jeden (dir nur positiv erscheinenden Pippifax hier reinstellst, was andere längst gelesen haben  -aber die sind deiner Meinung nach ja eh nur blöd und kennen sich im net nicht aus-  
dann sollte deiner Leserschaft auch dies nicht unterschlagen werden
Press Release Source: ICG Commerce, Inc.
/C O R R E C T I O N -- ICG Commerce/
Monday January 30, 3:39 pm ET


In the news release, Goodyear Retains ICG Commerce on Procurement Initiative, issued earlier today by ICG Commerce over PR Newswire, we are advised by a representative of the company that the previously issued press release has been revised. Updated release follows:

          Goodyear Retains ICG Commerce on Procurement Initiative
World's Largest Tire Company Engages Procurement Services Provider to Drive

Additional Cost Reductions in Support of Commitment to Maintain Profitable


                                   Growth
etc........................  

warum kopiert uns libuda nicht auch solche Äußerungen von dem "Ami-board"? Warum wohl?
Wer liest schon Negatives , wenn man auf "Seite 4" der owner stehen könnte?

Re: Don't WITHHOLD ALL DIRECTORS
by: demiwolf  02/09/06 11:33 am
Msg: 239562 of 239643

i'm a pragmatist too. Actually i'm the scientist who started EMRG, so i have an axe to grind, and a couple hundred million dollar loss thanks to Buckley's lack of competence. You can find my name across $1T worth of hardware in the newly built aircraft domain (google DAIRS/MIDAS, patents i hold).

EMRG was the vessle by which I was modifying the infrared sensor world, and I was a leader within it. Rather than recognize the plan, Buckley trashed it and replaced it with his "get-rich-quick" scheme of selling cattle via internet. FLIR (our competitor) quickly gobbled up the OEM compenents to the plan, and in 2000, FLIR was the highest-gaining stock on NASDAQ, some 1000%.

Being a pragmatist, unlike Buckley, means I'm tested - MIT and Hopkins, unlike Buckley's resume which is no-name education. He doesn't pragmatize very well.

The time for a major revolt? I suggest you buy ENER then vote WITHHOLD ALL DIRECTORS since they too are overcompensated. You'll do much better there.

Take the advice of a pragmatist idealist. :-)


 

Wenn du aufgepasst hättest wäre dir der Artikel der hier als er aktuell war und zwar vollständig veröffentlicht wurde nicht entgangen.
Halbwahrheiten veröffentlicht man nicht.Du kannst ruhig alles bringen sonst tue ich es.  

PHILADELPHIA, Jan 30, 2006 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- In the news release, Goodyear Retains ICG Commerce on Procurement Initiative, issued earlier today by ICG Commerce over PR Newswire, we are advised by a representative of the company that the previously issued press release has been revised. Updated release follows:

Goodyear Retains ICG Commerce on Procurement Initiative


World's Largest Tire Company Engages Procurement Services Provider to Drive

Additional Cost Reductions in Support of Commitment to Maintain Profitable

Growth


ICG Commerce, a leading procurement services provider, today announced that it has been engaged by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company to lead a strategic procurement initiative in North America, launched to support the company's commitment to achieving cost reduction goals. As part of the engagement, ICG Commerce is partnering with the company's internal procurement organization to drive cost reductions that are expected to have a multi-million dollar impact on the company's bottom line.

Goodyear is focused on building momentum and maintaining profitable growth by driving improvements and efficiencies in key operational areas. The world's leading tire manufacturer identified indirect procurement as a major element of the company's current cost reduction effort. Following a highly competitive evaluation process, Goodyear selected ICG Commerce as the specialist to support this effort in North America based upon the procurement services provider's operational approach, customized and flexible solutions, and its expertise.

"The retention of ICG Commerce on our indirect procurement exemplifies our focus on driving a low cost structure, one of the seven key drivers contributing to our improved company performance," said Jonathan Rich, president of Goodyear's North American Tire business unit.

Goodyear's corporate sourcing team has already established significant savings opportunities through their ongoing strategic sourcing efforts. ICG Commerce's role is to ensure that the savings opportunities borne from these efforts are fully realized, to identify and implement additional savings opportunities in indirect buying categories, and to drive year-over-year cost improvements.

To achieve that objective, Goodyear will leverage ICG Commerce's procurement infrastructure consisting of category experts and process specialists, a best practice based Buying Center, and flexible tools and information to manage a broad spectrum of procurement processes including strategic sourcing, savings implementation, transaction processing, and ongoing category management. ICG Commerce will provide a suite of services to not only help drive aggressive cost reductions in North America but also support and accelerate the utilization of an established e-procurement system.

"The combined efforts of our two teams of professionals will bring our procurement capabilities to a new level of performance," said Gary Miller, Goodyear vice president and chief procurement officer. "Our company has made good strides in identifying opportunities for savings and putting a platform in place to enable improved focus and line-of-sight alignment as well as to drive compliance through effective purchasing. ICG Commerce provides the category, process and operational expertise we need to make sure the savings are realized and continuously improved upon and the platform is fully utilized."

The ICG Commerce team will work as an integrated element of the existing indirect procurement organization, serving all of Goodyear's North American Tire and Engineered Products plant facilities. The program will focus on buying categories that fall into groupings such as transportation and distribution, packaging, energy, MRO supplies, and marketing products and services.

"Goodyear understands that procurement is a high-impact initiative that can significantly enhance company performance as well as its bottom line," said Edward H. West, chairman and CEO of ICG Commerce. "Our agreement is testament to the commitment Goodyear has made to truly maximize the value of procurement to reap savings opportunities. ICG Commerce looks forward to partnering with Goodyear to achieve its objectives."

 

Das ist zwar recht lustig,aber bedeutungslos.lol  

Wenn du durch ICGE so viel verloren hast,hast du dich doch sicher bei der Sammelklage angemeldet.  

etc.  .....
heißt "et cetera"  

aber trotzdem interessant. Im nachfolgenden geht es um einen Liebling der deutschen Zocker, neben Neosino, nämlich Abacho. Mit mickrigen 3,2 Millionen (hochgerechnet auf der Basis der Umsätze des ersten Halbjahres 2005. Umsätzen landen sie bei einer Börsenkapitalisierung von 45 Millionen. Die anteiligen sehr viel werthaltigeren Umsätze der Internet Capital-Beteiligungen liegen bei knapp 150 Millionen, also 45mal so hoch wie die von Abacho. Würden die viel wertvolleren anteiligen Umsätze von Internet Capital so bewertet wie die von Abacho, ergäben sich daraus 45 mal 45 = 2025 Millionen plus 170 Millionen Nettocash, was 2,195 Milliarden wären. Ich behaupte jetzt nicht, dass Internet Capital übermorgen von seinen jetzt 360 Millionen auf diesen Wert hochschießt, aber die von mir im Eingangsposting angekündigte Kursverdoppelung ist ja schon ein gutes Stück vorangekommen und vielleicht schaffen wir sie ja auch noch in der von mir angekündigen Zeit von sechs Monaten.

Wertpapiertyp
Inlandsaktie

Marktsegment
Geregelter Markt / General Standard

Branche
Software

Geschäftsjahr
31.12.

Marktkapital.
45,35 Mio. EUR

Streubesitz
55,59%

Nennwert
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zuschlagen und sich auf keinen Fall seine Träume von Traumdeuter deuten lassen. Denn Ihr wisst ja, als Internet Capital

bei 4 Dollar war, sah er Schlimmes auf Euch zukommen,

auch bei 5 DOllar saß sein Frust aber das Verzocken zu hundertfach höheren Preisen noch sehr tief

und auch bei 6 Dollar versuchte er Euch mit Dumm-Dumm-Sprüchen vom Geldverdienen abzuhalten

bei sieben Dollar war das nicht viel anders

auch bei acht Dollar war das so

bei neun Dollar ebenfalls

und seine Spezialität, die Leute um Ihr sauer verdientes Geld zu bringen, sind die Rücksetzer, wo man noch einmal günstig rein kann

und genau das ist jetzt der Fall.

Nutzt also Eure Chance in Frankfurt und Geiz ist dabei nicht geil.  

etc.  .....
heißt "et cetera"

ehrlich   das wusste ich natürlich nicht  und was heißt " et cetera " ?

Das genügt aber nicht.Du kannst eine Sache nicht in Frage stellen durch Überschriften ala Blöd.Das du versuchst Negativstimmung zu manipulieren ist ja eindeutig.Damit kannst du bestimmt keinen Blumentopf gewinnen.  

Für wen die Reklame.Wer da handelt sind Taschengeldzocker.Ob die kaufen oder verkaufen ist so egal wie wenn in Bayern ein Radl umfällt.

Ich habe meine Wunschstückzahl zusammen und warte bis dem Sortie die Luft ausgeht.Er kann ja nicht unbegrenzt nach Unten schaukeln weil er dort keine Beute machen kann,höchstens 100 St.Päckchen von Kleinanlegern.Man merkt doch ab wann Große bereit sind Gewinne mitzunehmen.Das war immer erst ab einem bestimmten erhöhten Niveau.

 

so ein dummes unwahres Gewäsch!!!
Zeige mir auch nur ein Zitat, dass deine Lüge belegt!!
Mein Anliegen war und ist hier, dass du, ja du, seit (vor Split!) vor vier Jahren bei 10 $ und höher "alles unter 1 Euro ( =20 Euro heute)ist ein Schnäppchen" täglich mehrmals 100ertfach!! gepusht hast, Tag und Nacht! Dann kamst du mit der Unwahrheit, dass du "besonders massiv" im Tief für ICGE geworben hättest. Reine Schutzbehauptung, durch nichts belegt, im Ggenteil, so was von großkotzig.
Genau damit haben dich andere in drei anderen Foren konfrontiert (der Chart der letzten 4 Jahre zeigt die Wahrheit), dann bist du so was von ausfällig geworden, dass du wiederholt un teilweise auf lebenslang gesperrt wurdest.
Ich habe an keiner Stelle ICGE schlecht geredet oder vom Kauf abgeratet, zeige es oder nimm deine Lüge zurück!!!, sondern nur leicht deine Vergangenheit unter diversen nicks auf diversen boards angedeutet, und das nur für die, die seit vier Jahren noch nicht dabei sind.
Reißerische Überschriften hast du schon immer gewaählt. Befriedigt dich die-daraus logischreweise folgende hohe Klickrate?  

die Story von dem shortseller bzw Hedgefond-Azubi erzählt Esla/Hersto/snag/Libuda schon seit 4 Jahren ("haben sich in die Sch... geritten)
Schau spaseshalber mal 2002 bei w:o nach, und ewig grüßt das Murmeltier...etc.  

StarCite Announces Exceptional 2005 Performance; Marquee Customer Wins, Increased Globalization, Enhanced Supplier Relationships and Strong Marketplace RFP Expansion, Drive Company Success



PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2006--

   Excellent Fourth Quarter Results Round Out Groundbreaking Year

StarCite, Inc., the leading provider of On Demand Global Meeting Solutions(TM), today announced that its corporate user base had provided a groundbreaking $2 billion in unique revenue opportunities for hotels in 2005 and a company high of over $551 million in meeting RFP opportunities in the fourth quarter alone. StarCite continued to show exceptional growth within its Online Marketplace, as commerce flowing through the marketplace grew a total of 42% in the fourth quarter of 2005 compared to the same quarter in 2004 and a total of 49% from the year-end of 2004 to 2005. For the second consecutive quarter, StarCite delivered more than 100,000 gross RFPs to hotels. At the close of the fourth quarter, StarCite was providing over $8.7 million worth of lead opportunities to its hotels in its database on a daily basis, up 69% from 2004.

"The success that StarCite has seen in 2005 demonstrates the great value we are delivering to our corporate customers and to the supplier community," said Michael Boult, president and CEO of StarCite, Inc., Philadelphia. "As corporations increasingly recognize the power of strategic meetings management, we believe this is just the beginning. Meetings remain one of the great untapped areas of corporate spend management. With $300 billion spent annually on meetings, we expect 2006 to be a year of continued growth and expansion."

StarCite added a number of new corporate customers in the fourth quarter, including Proctor & Gamble, Limited Brands and The Timken Company. The fourth quarter also saw the growth of existing corporate relationships. StarCite provided technology enhancements or expanded services with a number of major clients, including the American Cancer Society, Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, The Chubb Group and Gap, Inc. In the fall of 2005, the company also achieved an industry first when it announced a partnership with Uversa International, Inc., that gave clients the ability to aggregate corporate meetings and transient travel spend data together into one combined category.

Increased Globalization of Corporate Deployments and International Development

StarCite continues to build its presence around the world by providing its solutions to international clients and suppliers. In 2005, StarCite expanded its global technology and adoption management contract with Cisco Systems and its global management to the AsiaPacific with Motorola in 2005. In the fourth quarter, StarCite signed a new contract with John Deere Europe. These relationships further develop StarCite's prominence within the global meetings management industry.

Enhanced Supplier Relationships

In the fourth quarter, Carlson Hotels Worldwide properties announced a full deployment of MeetingBroker(TM) throughout all of its 905 properties in 69 countries leveraging StarCite's partnership with NewMarket International providing full two-way web services integration with Meeting Broker(TM). StarCite also finalized an enhanced marketing agreement with a number of hotels within the Hilton Group PLC (Hilton International).

StarCite sold its marketing solutions to the following convention and visitors bureaus: Atlantic City, Meet Aruba and the Emerald Coast. New destination marketing partners included: Welcome Touristic Praha (Czech Republic); Welcome Touristic Budapest (Hungary); Wallace Travel Group (Ireland); Eshet Incoming (Israel); JW Marriott Lima (Peru); Swedish Travel & Tourism Council (Sweden); Windsor Barra Hotel, Sheraton Barra Hotel & Suites (Rio de Janeiro); and, Sterling Travel Associates (United Kingdom).

StarCite Marketplace RFP Growth

2005 closed as a record-breaking year for StarCite's Online Marketplace with the number of gross RFP's facilitated rising 43% from the fourth quarter 2004 and the total for the year rose 47%. These RFPs provided nearly 1.78 million room night leads to hotels, resulting in an average of 150 nights per lead. For the year 2005, StarCite provided 6.5 million room night leads to suppliers in RFPs alone with an average of 152 nights per lead.

About StarCite, Inc.

StarCite, Inc. is the leading provider of On Demand Global Meeting Solutions(TM). StarCite optimizes global investments in corporate meetings and events delivering visibility, savings and control. StarCite provides process efficiency, enabling technology and proven adoption management support to drive significant cost reduction to buyers and enhanced revenues to suppliers. StarCite is based in Philadelphia. Investors in StarCite include Internet Capital Group (NASDAQ: ICGE); Maritz Travel Company; Seaport Capital; and TL Ventures. For more information about StarCite, or its technologies and services, please visit www.starcite.com.


   Products and services include:

   --  StarCite GMS(TM) - the integrated platform that powers
       StarCite's Global Meeting Solutions approach and five steps to
       guaranteed success - Plan, Budget, Buy, Attend and Measure.

   --  StarCite Marketplace - the world's largest online meetings
       marketplace with $2 billion in revenue opportunities and
       50,000 eRFPs.

   --  StarCite Adoption Management - proven implementation,
       training, benchmarking, customer support, account management
       and outsourced services that help you target achievable
       savings and improve overall results.



   CONTACT: StarCite Media:
            Sloane & Company
            Cindy Stoller, 212-446-1877
            cstoller@sloanepr.com

   SOURCE: StarCite, Inc.

 

bist du aber schnell,
Mein "Korrekturtext" war eine offizielle Mitteilung bei nasdaq.com, aber auch schon "veraltet", musst halt nicht nur libuda lesen  

Ich benötige keine Aufklärung,ich lese überall mit.Die Intelligenzbolzen wie z.B.ein Motzki,der zum Glück verschwunden ist seit sein dummes Geschwätz als solches bewiesen wurde ist ein Beispiel von vielen.Gib dir keine Mühe,ich denke selbst.Wie Libuda sich auch immer nennt ist egal.Ich kenne alle Namen und habe überall life erlebt warum er gesperrt wurde.Er hat halt nicht die Gedult wie ich und handelt nach dem Motto auf einen groben Klotz gehört ein grober Keil.Leider hat das für ihn die Konsequenz gesperrt zu werden und der Mob ist glücklich.Libuda hat ein Fachwissen wie keiner sonst auf allen Boards und er ist für jedes Board eine Bereicherung.Leider fühlen sich die Leute ohne Selbstbewustsein durch ihn beleidigt und rufen gleich nach Mammi weil sie nicht Mann genug sind um anders damit klarzukommen..  

Was heißt schnell,den Artikel hatte ich zum aktuellen Termin selbst veröffentlicht.Brauchte also nur dort abzukopieren.  

Kerlchen als zu wie zu den Zeiten als er sein Geld mit Commerce One verzockt hat. Denn sein Hinweis mit 2002 ist gar nicht schlecht, denn damals hat ein gewisser Snag massiv auf Wallstreetonline gepostet - bei Kursen zwischen 0,17 und 0,25, was Kursen von 3,40 bis 5 Dollar entspricht und auch zu diesen Preisen massiv gekauft (war drei Monate lang Tag für Tag möglich). Nur so kann man erklären, dass Libuda, der nun wahrhaftig nicht als Millionär geboren wurden, heute jede zweitausendfünfhunderste Aktie sein eigen nennen kann. Wer zu diesen Zeiten Commerce One gekauft hat, ist heute eine arme Sau und kann sich davon nicht einmal eine Bratwurst kaufen. Und dass verhinderte Bratwurstfresser Frust ablassen müssen ist, auch normal - nur solltet ihr dadurch nicht vom Geldverdienen abbringen lassen.

Denn in seiner Sache könnt Ihr sicher sein, Ihr werdet bei

11 Dollar vom Kaufen abgehalten.

bei 12 Dollar auch,

bei 13 wird Euch vermutlich erzählt, das man abergläubisch sein sollte

und 14 Dollar sind eben noch zu nahe an 13

bei 15 ist die Aktie dann schon zu weit vorgelaufen

bei 16 wartet man dann immer noch auf einen Rücksetzer

bei 17 wollte man dann eigentlich einstiegen, hatte aber da Limit als alter Schlauberger bei 16,99 liegen

und dann war die Aktie plötzlich über 20 - auf und davon heiaßt das.  

sind wirklich der Hammer.Besser geht es kaum.   

Was sagst du zu StarCite,das ist doch der Wahnsinn underst die Zukunft.
Wir brauchen nur noch warten bis ICGE explodiert.