The company plans to go head to head with Sun Microsystems, IBM, and Oracle. In trading environments, where the value of transactions is substantial, password authentication won't do. Officials put their greatest hope in P3P technology, which is designed to let users express their privacy preferences to websites they want to visit.
Deal helps portal site develop roots in bricks and mortar.
Leading auto-parts supplier joins rank with exchange led by Ford, GM, DaimlerChrysler, Nissan, and Renault.