CommerceNet Consortium.

This report recaps the major activities and accomplishments of CommerceNet during the three years it operated under the TRP grant from April 1994 to April 1997. During that period CommerceNet became the premier industry association for promoting and building electronic commerce solutions on the Internet. CommerceNet's mission is to make electronic commerce easy, trusted and ubiquitous. Launched in Silicon Valley, California, in April 1994 CommerceNet was formed as a non-profit 5OlC6 corporation with support from a United States government TRP grant. The membership grew to over 500 companies and organizations worldwide. They include the leading banks, telecommunications companies, VANs, ISPs, on-line services, software and services companies, as well as major end-users. Together with its members, CommerceNet is transforming the net into a global electronic marketplace.