by Robert Solomon | May 4, 2015 | B2B Software, CPG/Retail, Industry Big Data
The news last week that MasterCard plans to acquire Applied Predictive Technologies deserves a bit more attention. Applied Predictive Technologies (APT) is a provider of software and services for designing and evaluating a variety of tests: marketing, merchandising,...
by Robert Solomon | Dec 18, 2014 | B2B Software, CPG/Retail, E-invoicing, Electronic Payments, Logistics
Not many people think about the topic of interoperability between information systems/ networks–how it comes about and what influences its form. How do I know? Spell-check does not recognize interoperability as a word. I bought a good book on the topic...
by Robert Solomon | Apr 22, 2014 | B2B Software, CPG/Retail, E-invoicing, Supply Chain Finance |
If you regularly read my blog (and these days who doesn’t?), you have noted a distinct bias towards discussion of American-headquartered software companies. In fact, “bias” may be too weak a word. I’ve only written a handful of posts (out of...
by Robert Solomon | Mar 13, 2014 | B2B Software, Construction, CPG/Retail
This is the eighth in my nearly finished series of posts on the nine value propositions offered by B2B platforms/multi-sided markets. This one will be very brief, as most of these platforms are not true networks and therefore hold less interest for me. Value...
by Robert Solomon | Mar 3, 2014 | Airlines, Automobile, B2B Software, CPG/Retail, Foodservice
(This is the fourth in my series of posts on the nine value propositions offered by B2B platforms/multi-sided markets.) Value Proposition #4: Industry Catalogs There are plenty of catalog-based industries–office products and generic MRO are just two...
by Robert Solomon | Feb 5, 2014 | Airlines, Automobile, CPG/Retail, Healthcare, Industry Cloud
GHX, one of the early industry marketplace consortia (2000 anyone?), announced today that it had been acquired by Thoma Bravo a PE Firm. GHX was originally a consortium of suppliers to the healthcare industry–sort of the opposite of a GPO. Over time GHX added...
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