The group's principal activity is to provide Internet business-to-business (b2b) e-commerce through a network of partner companies. The group provides software services that facilitate increased efficiency and cost reduction. The services provided spans across three primary sectors of e-commerce - technology infrastructure, horizontal service providers and vertical solutions providers. The horizontal service providers automate and streamline non-core processes and enable the execution of online transactions in credit, logistics and procurement. The vertical solutions providers coordinate, organize and streamline information within specific industry supply chains. The partner companies deliver software and services to help businesses focus on their core competencies. At 31-Dec-2003 the partner company network was comprised of interests in 30 companies b2b e-commerce companies.
