Dispatch from IBM Empower 2016
Ardent's analysts attend dozens of conferences each year. Typically our coverage of an event lags the event by days (and sometimes, unavoidably, by weeks), but our research objective/goal is not…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 116: State of Contingent Workforce Management Report Preview
Welcome to another edition of the Ardent Partners and CPO Rising podcast, Continent Workforce Weekly. This week’s episode, sponsored by ZeroChaos, highlights some early research findings from the upcoming State…
The Trends (and Benefits) of Cloud-Based Technology Adoption: CPOs Take Notice
As we discussed in our latest report, Cloud-based solutions are revolutionizing the way that enterprises conduct business. These web-based versions of common business tools, like analytics or document management tools,…
Bridging the Procurement-HR Gap in Managing “Services Procurement”
"You can't really understand another person's experience until you've walked a mile in their shoes." As procurement continues to gain traction within the enterprise and manage more spend, Chief Procurement Officers and their teams must become stronger…
Announcing the Sourcing and Procurement: 2016-2017 Tech and Innovation Outlook Report!
Hot off the presses! Get your hands on Ardent Partners' latest and greatest technology-focused research, Sourcing and Procurement: The 2016-2017 Technology and Innovation Outlook Report! Click here to download (registration required). The business world…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 115: Game-changing Innovations
Welcome to another edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, sponsored by ZeroChaos. Episode 115 of our weekly podcast highlights the "gamechanging" innovations in the non-employee workforce industry that are…
Supply Chain Cyber Security: No Longer Someone Else’s Problem
On Day 1 of the Institute for Supply Management’s 101st annual conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, Timothy Hall, President of AZORCA Cyber Security, LLC, gave an eye-opening presentation on the cyber…
Key Fraud Risks across Procurement Phases (Courtesy of the UN)
[Editor's Note: With 140 heads of state in New York City this week attending the annual United Nations General Assembly, and with us being on a procurement fraud kick lately,…
The Trends (and Benefits) of Solution Suite Adoption: CPOs Take Notice
Ardent Partners has been tracking the supply management solution provider market, as well as the strategies, processes, and behaviors of Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs), their teams, and end users for…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 114: CWM Fantasy Draft
Welcome back to the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. This week’s episode, sponsored by ZeroChaos, recaps CPO Rising’s 2016 “Contingent Workforce Management” Fantasy Football draft, discusses some recent industry news (including…