by Robert Solomon | Mar 22, 2016 | B2B Software, Ecosystem, Electronic Payments, Indirect Spend, Supply Chain Automation |
Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking at the inaugural Global Procurement Technology Summit sponsored by ISM and Spend Matters in Baltimore. Andrew Karpie from Spend Matters and I spoke, in part, on the difference between networks and platforms in supply chain...
by Robert Solomon | Sep 29, 2015 | Airlines, B2B Software, Electronic Payments, Enterprise Software, Financial services, Insurance, Payments, Public Sector, Real Estate
If you are interested in B2B software generally, you should be particularly interested in the Canadian B2B software industry. I’m not sure what is in the water (beer?) up there, but Canada has more than its fair share of interesting B2B software companies and...
by Robert Solomon | Aug 14, 2015 | B2B Software, Consolidating Competition, Electronic Payments, Global Trade Management, Procure to Pay, Supply Chain Finance, Valuation
It’s been quite a week in the supply chain software market with buyouts, new rounds, and interesting business expansions. In no particular order: Infor buys GT Nexus for $675 million. Application buys a platform. Link Envestnet buys Yodlee for $590 million....
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 25, 2015 | B2B Software, Electronic Payments, Industry Cloud
Last week MINDBODY (MB) (all caps, no CamelCase) went public on the NASDAQ. MINDBODY describes itself as the “leading online global wellness marketplace”. Here’s how MINDBODY depicts its business: MINDBODY sells to 42,000 gyms, yoga studies, salons,...
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...
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