by Robert Solomon | Oct 10, 2013 | Uncategorised |
About two years ago, I blogged about a company called EBIX, an insurance Industry Cloud provider whose financial numbers were unbelievable, yet whose market valuation was still reasonable, in part, because many observers figured the numbers were literally too good to...
by Robert Solomon | Oct 8, 2013 | Supplier Credentialling |
A while back I wrote about Vertical Supplier Information Management, but I did not do the topic justice. The term “vertical SIM” is insufficient to describe what the best of these providers offer– not just industry-relevant information...
by Robert Solomon | Oct 4, 2013 | E-invoicing, Electronic Payments, Enterprise Software
Spend Matters, a sourcing and procurement website, is reporting that JPMorganChase is going to shut down its Order-to-Pay (nee Xign) business unit and that clients will need to find another solution at a future date (seems like 2015). It is an slightly unusual, and...
by Robert Solomon | Oct 3, 2013 | Uncategorised
Just a quick note that Accenture has announced that it will buy the Procurian unit of ICG Group (ICGE). Procurian was formerly known as ICG Commerce and had built a nice business in procurement outsourcing. Because ICGE is public and Procurian is separately reported...
by Robert Solomon | Sep 30, 2013 | Ecosystem, Healthcare, Oracle, Veeva |
Veeva Systems, which has filed to go public, is an incredible example of what an Industry Cloud provider can achieve in a short time period with focus and use of the latest technology. As Veeva notes in their prospectus: “We founded our company in 2007 on the...
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