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...
by Robert Solomon | Oct 23, 2017 | B2B Software, Enterprise Software, Veeva
BCG and Fortune Magazine joined forces to produce the inaugural Fortune Future 50. The list represents their ranking of the companies best positioned for “breakout growth”. The Future 50 comprises two lists: 25 Leaders (companies with a market...
by Robert Solomon | Oct 6, 2017 | B2B Software, Consolidating Competition, Financial services, Industry Big Data
At almost exactly this same time in 2016 and 2015 I wrote about the consortia of banks, Symphony, trying to take on one of the most successful enterprise software platforms of all time: Bloomberg (see here and here). Now comes the 2017 update: the battle is on!...
by Robert Solomon | Jul 19, 2017 | B2B Software, Procure to Pay, Valuation |
Six weeks ago The Forrester Wave™: eProcurement, Q2, 2017 was published. (Okay, I’m late.) And if there is one thing my readers seem to enjoy, it is a free Forrester Wave or Gartner Magic Quadrant. Sorry, No Forrester Wave Image Here If you are looking for the...
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