Hardly a week goes by without another US-based vendor announcing a round of job cuts or a profit warning. While the new breed of web purchasing and supply chain specialists have felt the heat too, they are still curiously optimistic. They're subtly repositioning their packages as cost-cutting rather than revenue-generating tools.
The likes of Ariba, Commerce One, i2 and Clarus claim that an economic slowdown could actually be good for them. When times are hard, companies will look to cut costs - and what better way than b...
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