Trendspotting: AP’s Top Trends for 2015 (Webinar)
Trendspotting...... Join Ardent's lead analysts as they highlight the key trends impacting AP in 201 and beyond on April 16th at 2PM ET - Click here for details and to…
Instant Analysis: Selectica Acquires b-pack for $12.5 Million
Selectica (NASDAQ: SLTC) made yet another smart acquisition—its second in two years—with an agreement announced yesterday, March 30, to acquire b-pack for $12.5 million in cash and stock. The deal is…
What will the Internet of Things Mean for Procurement? In a Word: Collaboration
In the first installment in this series, CPO Rising highlighted how the Internet of Things (IoT) will impact procurement operations and improve the way its people, processes, and technologies operate…
Technology Round-Up – March 27, 2015
SciQuest Announces New Benchmarking Solution, Updates to Spend Automation Platform On March 11, SciQuest (NASDAQ: SQI),the North Carolina-based provider of automated, cloud-based spend management solutions, announced that it has partnered with SmartProcure to…
The HR Executive’s Guide to Contingent Workforce Management (Part II)
For this two-part article series, CPO Rising becomes Human Resources Rising. Join resident contingent workforce management (CWM) resident and Ardent Partners research director, Christopher J. Dwyer, as he takes on…
CPO Rising 2015: The Agility Agenda (Exclusive Webinar)
Our Annual CPO Rising report will be publishing soon! But, before it does, you can get an exclusive sneak preview by registering for a new webinar. Report author and Ardent'…
Why Telecom Expense Management (TEM) Remains a Critical Area for Today’s Enterprises (Part I)
Business executives are often faced with a variety of challenges in their daily roles, including growing revenues, improving internal operations, and driving intelligence into the inner-workings of their enterprises. On…
Webinar Recap, Part II: Complex Spend Management: Best Practices in CWM
Welcome to an exclusive two-part article series here on CPO Rising that will recap last month’s exciting Complex Spend Management: Best Practices in Contingent Workforce Management webinar, which was hosted…
What will the Internet of Things Mean for Procurement? Part I
Over the past year, the Internet of Things (IoT) has become a buzzword in business, technology, and B2B and B2C commerce – with less emphasis placed on the internet than…
Procurement Influencer Series: Gregory Mark of Hubwoo
As CEO of Hubwoo, Gregory Mark has witnessed the evolution of procurement technologies from the dot com bubble and burst to e-invoicing and e-procurement to spend analytics and the cloud.…