by Robert Solomon | Mar 5, 2018 | B2B Software, Global Trade Management, Supply Chain Automation, Supply Chain Finance
E2Open made an unsolicited offer for Amber Road (AMBR) on February 12, but it escaped my notice until this week (h/t Dan Juliano). E2Open’s offer seems to have escaped a lot of people’s notice. Everyone I have asked about it was surprised as well! The...
by Robert Solomon | Jun 7, 2016 | Automobile, Industry Cloud, Industry Concentration, Supply Chain Automation, Vertical Cloud
Those of you over the age of 40 remember the crazy B2B consortia days of the late 1990s. (For those you under 40, just imagine the sub-prime mortgage lunacy transferred to software!) During that time, the Big Three American auto companies formed two auto consortia:...
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 | Jan 26, 2016 | B2B Software, Procure to Pay, Supply Chain Automation
A few days ago, I posted about Ariba and Tradeshift’s unlikely “tete a tete” at Tradeshift’s event in Davos. An alert reader kindly shared with me the approximately 1o minute video of the Skype conversation between Christian Lanng CEO of...
by Robert Solomon | Jun 15, 2015 | B2B Software, Consolidating Competition, Industry Cloud, Key Success Factors, Supply Chain Automation, Vertical Cloud
I’ve previously professed my love for DealerTrack (TRAK), a B2B platform that built a dominant position in auto retailing here and here. (Thanks to Peter Goldmacher at Cowen, I learned about the company and owned the stock.) I use DealerTrack as one of my...
by Robert Solomon | Jun 5, 2015 | Automobile, B2B Software, Healthcare, Matchmaking, Supply Chain Automation
You read that right. Whenever I mention Mediagrif, a public company listed in Toronto (MDF.TO) and headquartered in Quebec, no one has heard of it. When I describe what Mediagrif does, it seems even less believable. But Mediagrif is an intriguing company and an...
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