by Robert Solomon | Nov 8, 2023 | B2B Software, Industry Cloud, Pricing, Real Estate, Vertical Cloud
The District of Columbia, where I live, just sued RealPage, a real estate management platform, and 14 DC landlords for violating its antitrust statute. The complaint provides fascinating reading about pricing and software platforms. (Note: I’m not a lawyer,...
by Robert Solomon | Apr 28, 2020 | B2B Software, Indirect Spend, Industry Cloud, Vertical Cloud
Content wars are raging in Hollywood. Netflix, Apple+, Amazon, Disney+, Hulu, etc are battling for our eyeballs, especially now that we stuck at home. (Netflix added 15 million new subscribers last quarter!) In 2019, the industry spent $120 billion producing...
by Robert Solomon | Feb 26, 2020 | Healthcare, Industry Cloud, Veeva
The picture above really does tell the whole story. (Assuming you know that is the Salesforce Tower!) Salesforce announced yesterday that it will acquire Vlocity. Vlocity is a supplier of industry-specific, or vertical, CRM solutions built on the Salesforce platform....
by Robert Solomon | Jun 25, 2019 | B2B Software, Healthcare, Industry Cloud, Payments, Vertical Cloud
Change Healthcare is going public (again). The IPO provides another opportunity to examine a massive B2B inter-enterprise network, Change Healthcare’s Intelligent Healthcare Network. I previously wrote about this network when it was called Emdeon (see here). ...
by Robert Solomon | Oct 17, 2017 | GPO, Hospitalty, Industry Cloud
Yesterday, Aramark announced that it was acquiring Avendra, the hospitality GPO, for $1.35 billion. If you are not familiar with Avendra, you are not alone. Avendra was formed in early 2001 when the old guard, “industry consortia”, were seeking revenge...
by Robert Solomon | Sep 30, 2016 | Indirect Spend, Industry Cloud, Procure to Pay
New Year’s Day should be in the fall, not January. After all, fall is when: we have a change of season, the new school year starts, Muslims and Jews are already celebrating the New Year, the harvest comes in, etc. Apparently, fall is also the new year for...
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