SAP Ariba and IBM’s New Partnership – An Executive Q&A
Ardent's team met with the executives at SAP Ariba and IBM to discuss the new partnership in more detail. Below is a series of questions and answers that we believe…
SAP Ariba Partners with IBM Emptoris to Bring Cognitive Procurement to the Masses
This morning at SAP’s annual SAPPHIRE NOW conference, SAP Ariba President, Alex Atzberger announced that his company will partner with IBM Emptoris to bring cognitive procurement to the Ariba Network…
Three MORE Innovative Technologies Driving Procurement Agility
It has been stated often in Ardent Partners research and webinars that “it is an exciting time to work in procurement.” [Sidebar: speaking of webinars… We have an exclusive event…
2017 Beeline Conference Wrap-Up: Connecting, Learning, Succeeding…and Innovating
During this week’s annual Beeline user conference at the Loews Sapphire Resort in Orlando, the Vendor Management System (VMS) solution’s CEO and president, Doug Leeby, stated that the technology market…
Pumping the Brakes on Blockchain for Procurement
Blockchain, like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cognitive technology, is one of the hottest buzzwords in the tech industry today, and the excitement has spread to supply management. In fact, Blockchain was…
What is Blockchain for Procurement?
Blockchain, along with artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cognitive technology, is one of the hottest buzzwords in the software and technology industry today, and its notoriety has spread to the…
SNEAK PREVIEW – CPO Rising 2017: Tools of the Trade (Webinar)
Join Ardent Partners on Thursday, April 27 at 2 PM EST for a 30-minute, sneak-peak webinar on our forthcoming benchmark research report, CPO Rising 2017: Tools of the Trade (click to…
ISM 2017 Conference To Tackle Global Issues, Uncertainty
In about a month, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) will host its 102nd annual conference in Orlando, Florida at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort. The ISM Conference is always a…
Ivalua Now 2017
Ivalua held its second annual Ivalua Now customer conference last week in New York City. Ivalua was founded in 2000 and offers an end-to-end suite of spend management solutions. The…
SAP Ariba Live: Making Supply Risk Management Awesome
Earlier this week, Andrew Bartolini and I attended the annual SAP Ariba LIVE conference at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas. The event is one of the industry’s largest (~3200 estimated attendees) and…