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 | Feb 20, 2018 | B2B Software, CPG/Retail, E-invoicing, Enterprise Software, Payments, Supply Chain Finance
The UK government has always been more sensitive to its large companies’ (late) payment practices than US authorities have to theirs. Perhaps this is simply another example of the Brits being more civilized than Americans. More likely, it relates to the UK’s highly...
by Robert Solomon | Sep 27, 2016 | B2B Software, E-invoicing, Pricing, Supply Chain Finance
Early (and Fuzzy) Saas Metrics From B2B Networks Until a B2B Network catches on, the metrics can be gloomy. (The first few years of the Ariba Network were pretty dismal, for instance.) The result is that for the first few years of a B2B network’s life you tend...
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 | May 31, 2016 | E-invoicing, Procure to Pay, Supply Chain Finance
The now not-so-recent news that Opus Capita had purchased Jcatalog, a long time leader in catalog management software, raised several questions in my mind: Who the F— is Opus Capita? Is Opus Capita related to Opus Capital (note the “l” at the end),...
by Robert Solomon | Apr 15, 2016 | B2B Software, E-invoicing, Supply Chain Finance
Tungsten was in the news recently when its former CEO and then-current Vice Chair failed in his attempt to buy the company (see here). Tungsten Investor Day I’ve written about Tungsten several times before (see here), but now there is almost an entirely new...
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