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GeoBridge Project Launched To Enable International Trade Innovations
Added: (Mon Feb 11 2002)
Austin, Texas - February 11, 2002 -- The Economic TeleDevelopment Forum, an Austin-
based non-profit global resource for TeleDevelopment policy and research, today
announced the launch of its new collaborative research project.
Establishing and maintaining international business-to-business (B2B) networking and
collaboration activity is nearly always a lengthy process that requires extensive business
travel expenses, and therefore economically out of reach for most Small to Medium size
Enterprises (SME).
"The raw potential of utilizing the Internet for the specific purpose of spawning new
forms of global trade has never been more promising," said David H. Deans, founder of
the Economic TeleDevelopment Forum. "The challenge, however, is turning that
promise into reality."
With this thought in mind, the Forum has launched the concept of the commerce-centric
open peer-to-peer (P2P) global business connections network -- the GeoBridge Project.
Deans adds, "With no recognized term to define the underlying principles of this concept,
we offer BusinessPeer-to-BusinessPeer (BP2BP) as a tentative descriptor.
The typical application scenario in essence is very simple. As a SME leader, I want to
identify an appropriate local distribution, research and development, manufacturing, or
service provider partner in a foreign country; I know the exact criteria that defines my
perfect business partner; I know the foreign market(s) where I would consider
establishing a business partnership; I have the appropriate means to make a determination
for selecting a partner; and yet I have no practical way to quickly target and engage
potential business partners in an exploratory dialogue. In summary, I need a viable and
workable solution, and I need it now!
The Forum welcomes inquiries from persons interested in participating in further
research on the global market demand, the fundamental SME international trading needs
assessment, and evaluation of development efforts for the Universal Description,
Discovery and Integration (UDDI) Business Registry and P2P Networking tools that
would support additional consideration of the GeoBridge vision.
About the Economic TeleDevelopment Forum
The Forum was founded in 1998 as a single source of information, thought-provoking
ideas, and commentary on the interdependent relationship between telecommunications
infrastructure investment, and sustainable community economic development.
To access online information about the Economic TeleDevelopment Forum, and the
GeoBridge Project, please visit our web site at http://www.geocities.com/dhdeans/