PROVIDING A GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK FOR USE IN THE PROCUREMENT, SALES AND/OR DELIVERY OF GOODS AND SERVICES FROM MULTIPLE VENDORS TO MULTIPLE USERS FOR COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED IN LIFE SCIENCE, HIGH TECHNOLOGY AND/OR REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING ORDER TRANSACTION ROUTING, MULTIPLE PROTOCOL SUPPORT FOR EXCHANGING CONTENT AND TRANSACTION INFORMATION, AND CONVERTING AN ORDER INTO THE SUPPLIER'S PREFERRED TRANSACTION PROTOCOL; CATALOGMAINTENANCE SERVICES TO SELLERS BY MEANS OF A GLOBAL COMPUTER INFORMATION NETWORK; PROMOTING THE GOODS AND SERVICES OF OTHERS BY PREPARING AND PLACING ADVERTISEMENTS VIA A GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK; PROVIDING A WEB-SITE AND DATABASE ACCESSED VIA A GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK FEATURING INFORMATION AND RESOURCES ABOUT GOODS AND SERVICES FOR COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED IN LIFE SCIENCE, HIGH TECHNOLOGY AND/OR REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES