E2open is the global collaboration network for the electronics industry.E2open enables effective collaboration among OEMs, contract manufacturers,distributors and suppliers and supports the entire product lifecycle,including design, manufacturing, procurement and asset recovery for computing,networking and consumer electronics products. E2open was formed by industryleaders Acer, Hitachi, IBM, LG Electronics, Lucent Technologies, MatsushitaElectric (Panasonic), Nortel Networks, Seagate Technology, Solectron andToshiba, as well as the prominent investors Crosspoint Venture Partners andMorgan Stanley Dean Witter.