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Emptoris, IBM, Smart Commerce and Beyond -- Thawing Out the Dim Sum or Something Fresh?

Emptoris, IBM, Smart Commerce and Beyond — Thawing Out the Dim Sum or Something Fresh?

By Jason Busch on December 19, 2011

Sometimes when markets move fast, you’ve got to take calls in uncomfortable spots — literally, physically and metaphorically. Such was the case with the analyst briefing following IBM’s announced acquisition plans for Emptoris. I happ…

Posted in Business | Tagged Ariba, CoreMetrics, DemandTec, Emptoris, enterprise, ibm, sterling commerce | 1 Response

IBM embellishes its B2B commerce empire… by acquiring Emptoris

IBM embellishes its B2B commerce empire… by acquiring Emptoris

By Phil Fersht on December 15, 2011

There will be technical weenies that exhort today’s acquisition of Emptoris by IBM as yet another acquisition that will cause cosmetic commerce IP networks to collide in a dizzying array of cloudy business models. With $20 billion allocated to their acquisition war chest, IBM’s incoming CEO clearly intends to accelerate commerce particles until a thick blue […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged B2B, BPO, Cloud Computing, Current Affairs, Emptoris, Engineering & Supply Chain Outsourcing, Enterprise Irregulars, filippone, hfsresearch, ibm, ibmemptoris, Innovation in Outsourcing, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Outsourcing Research, Outsourcing Vendors, procurement, SaaS, Sourcing Best Practises

IBM and Emptoris: Key Challenges and Opportunities

IBM and Emptoris: Key Challenges and Opportunities

By Jason Busch on December 15, 2011

Please click here for our first post in this series, covering the initial IBM acquisition announcement of Emptoris.

In a series of posts in the coming weeks, we’ll tackle a range of customer, company, competitive and market implicati…

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Emptoris, ibm

Emptoris Acquires Rivermine -- Telecom Expense Management Meets Procurement

Emptoris Acquires Rivermine — Telecom Expense Management Meets Procurement

By Jason Busch on January 6, 2011

Today, Emptoris announced it has acquired Rivermine, one of the leading telecom expense management (TEM) vendors, further expanding its solution set into an additional complex category which has historically been outside of procur…

Posted in Business | Tagged Ariba, Emptoris, ibm, M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions, procurement, Rivermine, Telecom expense management | 1 Response

Rosslyn: Healthy Growth and Exploiting a Growing Niche in DIY Spend Visibility (Part 1)

Rosslyn: Healthy Growth and Exploiting a Growing Niche in DIY Spend Visibility (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on October 13, 2010

Rosslyn Analytics, like Spend Rader and Vendormate, two other young, upstart providers in the spend analysis and supplier management areas, has been going through a very strong period of growth in the past year. In a recent call w…

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged BravoSolution, Emptoris, Rosslyn Analytics, spend analysis, Zycus | 2 Responses

Emptoris Empower Kicks Off -- What’s on My Mind to Focus on?

Emptoris Empower Kicks Off — What’s on My Mind to Focus on?

By Jason Busch on September 14, 2010

Emptoris Empower kicks off this week in Boston. I’ll be on a flight to my old stomping grounds later today (I lived and worked in the city during my first job out of college/graduate school). Regarding the event itself, I’ve got q…

Posted in Business | Tagged Ariba, CombineNet, conferences, Emptoris, procurement, SaaS, software as a service

Zycus -- A Summer Update (Part 1)

Zycus — A Summer Update (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on June 30, 2010

This spring, I had the chance to meet dozens of Zycus customers and prospects as their “Experience” tour criss-crossed the country. These discussions with both existing and potential customers considering a range of Zycus solutions further solidified my view that Zycus has been successful in expanding outside of just the spend analysis area. They may […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Ariba, BravoSolution, Emptoris, spend analysis, Zycus

An Emptoris Summer Update: Customer Intimacy, Growth and Partnering Driving Strategy (Part 1)

An Emptoris Summer Update: Customer Intimacy, Growth and Partnering Driving Strategy (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on June 2, 2010

I recently caught up with Emptoris for a spring/summer briefing and update. From the discussion, I’m impressed by the level of transformation in the organization since Patrick Quirk, Emptoris’ CEO, took the helm last fall. Emptoris has done a 180-degree turn from its past engineering/innovation-focused. Currently, it’s strategy now places the customer — and their […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Ariba, Business, Contract Management, deloitte, Emptoris, ibm, spend analysis

Vendor Analysis and Shortlist: “Strategic Sourcing” or E-Sourcing (Part 2)

Vendor Analysis and Shortlist: “Strategic Sourcing” or E-Sourcing (Part 2)

By Jason Busch on April 6, 2010

In Part 2 of our series looking at shortlists of “strategic sourcing” or e-sourcing vendors, we’ll tackle specialist optimization providers Trade Extensions and CombineNet. I will caveat this post (as I have and will continue to do with others in the series) with the point that these views represent the opinions of a single person […]

Posted in Business | Tagged BravoSolution, Business, Business Model, CombineNet, e-sourcing, Emptoris, Strategic sourcing, Trade Extensions

Vendor Analysis and Shortlist: “Strategic Sourcing” or E-Sourcing (Part 1)

Vendor Analysis and Shortlist: “Strategic Sourcing” or E-Sourcing (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on April 1, 2010

My first analysis in this series of posts breaking out the areas that Gartner recently evaluated collectively in its “Strategic Sourcing” Magic Quadrant will focus on e-sourcing suites. I’ve divided this analysis into two parts. Today, I’ll examine what I term “full-capability e-sourcing suites.” In Part 2, I’ll look at specialists (e.g., those providers who […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Ariba, BravoSolution, CombineNet, Emptoris, gartner, Global eProcure, Magic Quadrant, sap

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