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DATA MINE Sept. 30, 1999 Conspicuous Consumption Procurement used to be a dull subject. Not anymore -- thanks to the Web. Experts predict that the worldwide Internet procurement software market will soar to $4 billion by 2002. Among the top players: Sun/Netscape, Ariba, Oracle, and Ironside. Year Revenue 1998 $147 million 1999 $560 million 2000 $1.17 billion 2001 $2.3 billion 2002 $4.14 billion DATA: International Data Corp. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					MORE NUGGETS Web Sites Profit from Experience E-commerce sites may be more profitable than they appear The Net Gets Electrified Natural gas and electricity are ripe for Net trading systems Untapped Giving 50 million U.S. Internet users contribute to social causes the old-fashioned way The Mother Lode Collected nuggets from Data Mine