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One version of the truth?

One version of the truth?

By Vinnie Mirchandani on June 23, 2014

When you get two ex-accountants together, talk invariably turns to numbers. Dennis Howlett and I spent some time at the Plex conference a week ago and in discussing the book on SAP  I am working on he advised me: “watch your numbers” It’s good advice and I have reached out to more analysts for data […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Ariba, Gross World Product, Plex, sap

Is the Cloud Disappearing or Darkening at SAP in Procurement?

Is the Cloud Disappearing or Darkening at SAP in Procurement?

By Jason Busch on May 13, 2014

SAP is shaking up its cloud business. Or perhaps the cloud is shaking up SAP. Both Vishal Sikka, who championed HANA on the executive board level, and Shawn Price, the president of SAP’s cloud business unit for only a few months, have left (see news coverage here and here). While there are different views on […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Ariba, erp, sap, SAP AG, Shawn Price, SuccessFactors, Vishal Sikka | 2 Responses

Exploring e-Procurement Market Trends: No Winner Here

Exploring e-Procurement Market Trends: No Winner Here

By Jason Busch on January 14, 2014

In the past quarter, we have gotten numerous calls from venture capital firms that wanted our opinion on the e-procurement (and broader Source-to-Pay) market, including growth and vendor prospects. As a favor, we try to spend a bit of time with them on the phone. But we suspect many leave more confused than when the […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Ariba, Coupa, e-procurement, iqnavigator, sap

Bob Calderoni and Kevin Costello to Leave SAP – A New Chapter for Ariba Inside SAP

Bob Calderoni and Kevin Costello to Leave SAP – A New Chapter for Ariba Inside SAP

By Jason Busch on January 7, 2014

Spend Matters has learned from multiple sources that Bob Calderoni (formerly CEO of Ariba and currently President of SAP Cloud) and Kevin Costello (current President of Ariba within SAP) will be stepping down from their respective positions. Their current or future roles inside or out of SAP have not been announced, but sources suggest they […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Ariba, sap

Ariba’s AribaLive conference reviewed

Ariba’s AribaLive conference reviewed

By Tom Raftery on June 11, 2013

I attended the AribaLive event in Berlin last week – this is the European conference for Ariba customers and partners to share stories, network and learn from one another. Ariba is a company which provides electronic sales and procurement solutions for companies. There are over 1 million companies in 190 countries using Ariba. Customer companies […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Ariba, Ariba network, conflict minerals, Dematerialisation, eInvoicing, electronic invoicing, eprocurement, supplier risk management, Sustainability, transparency

Sourcing reinvented: cloud supply chain and spend management

Sourcing reinvented: cloud supply chain and spend management

By Phil Wainewright on May 13, 2013

If the future is a networked world, then we may well find that the future belongs to sourcing vendors. No other category of vendors has had its landscape transformed so fundamentally by the advent of the Web, to the extent that leading vendors such as Concur and Ariba took early decisions to wholly rearchitect their […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Ariba, Cloud Computing, EnSW2013, eurocloud, sap, supply chain

The SAP Business Suite and HANA

The SAP Business Suite and HANA

By Jason Busch on January 25, 2013

Most folks using procurement technology would rather not get into the underlying bits and bytes of technology architecture, let alone the nuances of database technology. For the most part this makes sense, though we’d argue that for systems integration, a lot of incremental business value in the P2P and services procurement areas can be derived […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Ariba, HANA, sap, SAP Business Suite, SAP Hana, SuccessFactors, supply chain | 1 Response

SAP cloudwashes its image

SAP cloudwashes its image

By Vinnie Mirchandani on January 21, 2013

Watching the playoffs this weekend, I chuckled when I saw SAP is the NFL’s Official Cloud Software Solutions provider. Not sure how much it cost SAP but they are clearly eager to be considered “cloudy”. Since the revenues show a tiny cloud profile (prelim 2012 results show cloud revenues at EU 270 m in IFRS, […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Ariba, Cloud Computing, sap, SAP AG, SuccessFactors | 1 Response

Coupa's Suite: From Procurement To Accounts Payable (Part 1)

Coupa’s Suite: From Procurement To Accounts Payable (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on January 21, 2013

In only a few years time, Coupa has gone from a purchase-to-pay (P2P) upstart to the fastest growing eProcurement provider, besting the growth of companies many times its size in new customer wins, adoption levels and percentage revenue increases, among other metrics. In a recent press release, Coupa shared some figures around this growth, including […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged accounts payable, Ariba, Coupa, software as a service | 1 Response

3 Essential Procurement Services For Small and Middle Market Businesses

3 Essential Procurement Services For Small and Middle Market Businesses

By Jason Busch on January 10, 2013

We’re big believers that 2013 is going to be the year that procurement technology adoption takes off in the SMB procurement market. But which technologies across the source-to-pay continuum are most suited to small and middle market environments? Hint: it’s only a handful. Granted, there are opportunities for the full suite of capabilities (including strategic […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Ariba, Coupa, DataBasics, eprocurement, QuickBooks, sap, SciQuest | 2 Responses

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