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April 1, 2013

The Business Network Landscape: Industries (Part 2)

Given the overall market interest in B2B/business networks, we decided to publish a series that looks at the different types of networks. We started in Part 1 of this series... Read more
March 27, 2013

Tradeshift: Newcomer, No More

On March 5th 2013, Tradeshift hosted one of its first public events in New York City. The event was hosted and led by CEO Christian Lanng and brought together industry... Read more
March 25, 2013

The Business Network Landscape: Europe (Part 1)

Vishal Patel is co-author of today’s article Ardent Partners defines a B2B or Business network as a web-based platform that enables interconnected buyers and sellers to trade, communicate, and/or collaborate... Read more
March 20, 2013

Rise of the Machines: The Five Technologies That Will Disrupt Procurement’s World

So, Ardent Partners is putting on a show, a virtual show or webinar that is. In fact, many of you have already noticed our new page and promotion - “Featured... Read more
March 13, 2013

Intesource Innovation ’13: Raley’s (Procurement) Comet

I just spent the last two days in Phoenix for Intesource’s annual user conference, Innovation ’13. Intesource is a provider of cloud-based sourcing solutions and sourcing services that has a... Read more
March 4, 2013

Staples: Cloud-Based Business Apps For Small Biz… That Was Easy

Yes, I’m talking about the same Staples where you buy your pens and copy paper. About a month ago, Staples announced the launch of the Staples App Center, an innovative... Read more
February 25, 2013

Five Considerations When Selecting a Business Network

Supplier networks have existed for many years and over the initial years slowly gained in popularity. Today, however, these networks are a quickly growing trend and an increasingly cost effective... Read more
February 15, 2013

Concentra: An ePayables Case Study

Concentra is a health care company that provides occupational medicine, urgent care, physical therapy, and wellness services to workers and the general public from 308 medical centers in 40 states.... Read more
January 31, 2013

Stop, Collaborate & Listen

Today, I am pleased to welcome Vishal Patel back to these pages. Vishal will be a more frequent contributor to CPO Rising in 2013, which is good news for everyone.... Read more
January 11, 2013

Supply Management: Big Trends & Predictions for 2013 (Solutions)

Today, we continue our multi-part series on Supply Management: Big Trends & Predictions for 2013 with a look at supply management solutions. Click here to read Part One of this... Read more