by Robert Solomon | Jan 8, 2018 | B2B Software, Enterprise Software, Procure to Pay
Q. When does the statute of limitations run out on summarizing the top five posts of 2017? A. When this post is finally completed. Top Five Posts of 2017 I’m always interested in assessing what my blog followers are reading, so I can: Sharpen my Google...
by Robert Solomon | Dec 17, 2017 | B2B Software, Collaborative Project Management, Construction, Oracle, Valuation
Oracle announced it is buying another construction software company, Aconex, for about $1.2 billion or AUS$1.5 billion. It’s safe to say Oracle loves construction software as it has previously purchased Primavera, Skire, and Textura. A Stock That Followed...
by Robert Solomon | Dec 13, 2017 | B2B Software, Financial services, Real Estate
When I was at Ariba, we started by automating relatively straightforward business transactions. The transactions usually involved well-defined goods from catalogs, simple purchase orders, and invoices. Many items did not even require proof of delivery. This was an...
by Robert Solomon | Dec 1, 2017 | B2B Software, Financial services, Industry Big Data, Insurance, Oil and Gas
Unless you are a true B2B software nerd (which many of you are), you just thought to yourself, “Who bought who?” After all, neither the acquirer nor the acquiree is exactly a household name. Nonetheless, Verisk Analytics and PowerAdvocate are great...
by Robert Solomon | Oct 30, 2017 | B2B Software, Electronic Payments, Healthcare, Media
Two recent articles reminded me how important it is to “follow the money” when understanding software platforms. Many software platforms have a “free” (or subsidized) side and a “money side”. The money side is where the revenue...
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