by Robert Solomon | Feb 11, 2015 | B2B Software, Healthcare, Industry Big Data
One of the nine value propositions of B2B platforms is Industry Big Data. Industry Big Data means extracting, cleansing, and adding value to vertical specific data to provide new insights into price, quality, and performance to an industry’s participants....
by Robert Solomon | Feb 5, 2015 | Automobile, B2B Software, Surplus Goods
Insight Venture Partners is taking E2Open (EOPN) private in a $273 million transaction (ht to Jason Trevisan). E2open, as loyal readers know, started as a consortium of electronics manufacturers. EOPN built a supply chain network for that industry (and others) as...
by Robert Solomon | Feb 5, 2015 | B2B Software, Financial services, Matchmaking
There is a lot written about the need for online marketplaces and exchanges to build trust and provide transparency to all participants. Examples of issues experienced in the past are: Battles fighting fraud at both eBay and PayPal Alibaba’s high-profile (and...
by Robert Solomon | Feb 3, 2015 | B2B Software, Electronic Payments, Insurance, Matchmaking, Supply Chain Automation
Bottomline Technologies (EPAY) is a public financial services software company that is not very well-known, despite its enviable name. EPAY’s relative anonymity may stem from several sources: They are headquartered in New Hampshire. They have a bunch of...
by Robert Solomon | Jan 27, 2015 | Consolidating Competition, Financial services, Industry Concentration
Remember the first battle between the net marketplaces and industry consortia? First came the net marketplaces such as Ventro, Chemdex, eSteel, Instill, PlasticsNet, and many others. Dreams of disruption and bubble-era riches danced in their heads. Most net...
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