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TRADEX Technologies Inc. was a B2B marketplace e-commerce exchange founded in 1999. Entirely Java-based, its product TRADEX Commerce Center software was used for online negotiation, bidding and the secure transaction of orders from computer dealers and manufacturers. At the peak of the dot-com bubble in March 2000, Ariba Inc. acquired TRADEX in a stock-swap acquisition worth US$5.6 billion.〔TelecomWorldwire, "Ariba completes acquisition of Tradex; Enhances B2B eCommerce platform with addition of industry-leading marketplace solution", M2 Communications Ltd, March 14th, 2000.〕 ==History== The software was created in 1995 under the lead of the Swiss entrepreneur Daniel Aegerter as an Internet-based system for automating purchase processes for the suppliers and customers of his Swiss company Dynabit. Subsequently, TRADEX Electronic Commerce Systems Inc. was incorporated in Tampa, Florida as a spin off from Dynabit.〔 On the day of its launch, TRADEX offered a wholesale marketplace for the sale of new computer equipment with 40 vendors offering 15,000 products.〔John A. Quelch, Readings in Modern Marketing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Chinese University Press, 2006.〕 In 1996, TRADEX had gained 480 customers within three months〔Ken Yamada, Online merchants find open market in Internet, Computer Reseller News, October 16, 1995.〕 In 1999, TRADEX had 180 employees,〔Melanie Austria Farmer, Ariba to expand Net market role with Tradex, CNet News, December 16, 1999〕 when it moved its headquarters to Atlanta, Georgia,〔Caroline Hubbard, Net firm trades Tampa for Atlanta, Atlanta Business Chronicle, August 30, 1999.〕 and it had further offices in Boston, Dallas, Tampa, San Francisco, Washington D.C., London and Tokyo.〔 By September 1999, TRADEX had raised US$ 28 million from its investors Internet Capital Group,〔Esther Dyson’s Monthly Report, Release 1.0, B2B Platforms, Edventure Holdings Inc, New York, September 13, 1999.〕 Sigma Partners, Apex Investment Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, First Analysis Corporation, Imlay Investments and United Parcel Service.〔 In December 1999, Ariba announced its acquisition of TRADEX in a stock-for-stock merger valued at US$1.86 billion〔 prior to its subsequent stock-splits. On March 10, 2000, the day when the NASDAQ Composite reached its highest level during the Internet boom, Ariba announced the successful completion of its TRADEX acquisition. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tradex Technologies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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