by Robert Solomon | Jun 30, 2015 | B2B Software, E-invoicing, Ecosystem, Electronic Payments, Supply Chain Finance
I’ve never really known what to make of Tradeshift. Tradeshift started in Europe towards the end of my tenure at Ariba (2010). I never really ran into Tradeshift much, except that I admired their ability to generate a lot of press for what seemed like it...
by Robert Solomon | Jun 8, 2015 | B2B Software, E-invoicing, Electronic Payments, Financial services
Here’s how Direct Insite which is a public company (DIRI) describes itself on its press and financial releases: Direct Insite™ provides a powerful platform for unified working capital management that facilitates over $160 billion worth of transactions annually...
by Robert Solomon | May 25, 2015 | B2B Software, E-invoicing, Supply Chain Finance
I’ve written about Tungsten Corporation a few times in the last six months (here and here). I’m fascinated with the company because it is a pure-play public company in two hot markets popular with VC and PE firms: e-invoicing and supply chain finance....
by Robert Solomon | Feb 24, 2015 | B2B Software, E-invoicing, Supply Chain Finance
In 2013, after Tungsten Corporation acquired OB10 (a leading European e-invoicing provider), bought a bank, and went public with a market cap of £225 million, I wrote that this grand experiment would be fun to watch. It has been even more fascinating than I expected....
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 | Nov 18, 2014 | B2B Software, E-invoicing, Electronic Payments, Logistics, Property Management, Travel, Vertical Cloud
Every once in a while, you come across an infographic or segmentation that helps you make sense of the world. I had this experience, more than 10 years ago, when Vasuki Subbarao (now at Vendavo) showed me a variant of this chart –a segmentation of indirect...
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