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SAP ruptures the procurement universe by scooping up Ariba

SAP ruptures the procurement universe by scooping up Ariba

By Phil Fersht on May 22, 2012

With its $4.3 billion cash offer, SAP answered every procurement technologist’s question, “Who is going to buy Ariba?” While this acquisition will rupture the procurement technology universe, HfS believes the real question that supply chain and finance professionals must ask is, “Now that SAP finally has a credible commerce network, can I eliminate and automate processes I’ve been busily outsourcing?”

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Ariba, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Cloud Computing, Current Affairs, Engineering & Supply Chain Outsourcing, Enterprise Irregulars, filippone, HfS, IaaS and BPaaS, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, Outsourcing and Technology, Outsourcing Vendors, PaaS, procurement, SaaS, sap, sapariba

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

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