by Robert Solomon | Dec 29, 2016 | Airlines, Procure to Pay
It’s that time of year when bloggers recycle their most popular posts of 2016 as a way to: avoid thinking up new stuff during the holidays and encourage you to read something you may have missed the first time around. So here goes… 7 Most Popular Posts of...
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...
by Robert Solomon | Sep 20, 2016 | B2B Software, E-invoicing, Ecosystem, Key Success Factors, Payments, Procure to Pay
As mentioned in the last post, the notion of an ecosystem from the world of biology is a useful analogy for the ecosystem digital platforms must foster. It turns out, another biological concept, the “bow tie”, is also a great analogy for how B2B SaaS platforms must...
by Robert Solomon | Sep 8, 2016 | B2B Software, Construction, E-invoicing, Financial services, Procure to Pay, Public Sector, Supply Chain Finance
If you are interested in B2B SaaS companies, you will be interested in a recent list published by Battery Ventures. Battery partnered with its portfolio company, Glassdoor, to publish a list entitled, “50 Highest Rated Private Cloud Companies to Work...
by Robert Solomon | Jun 24, 2016 | B2B Software, Oracle, Procure to Pay
The 2016 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites is out and that is important to some of you, so I thought I would share part of it. (I received a copy of the report which says “licensed for distribution” from a vendor website. The document...
by Robert Solomon | May 31, 2016 | B2B Software, Procure to Pay, Public Sector, Valuation
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Sciquest (SQI) has agreed to be taken private by Accel-KKR for $17.75 per share or about $509 million. This represents a 34% premium to the stock’s closing price on Friday. According to the WSJ, “SciQuest’s board...
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