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Instant Analysis: Tradeshift to Acquire IBX Business Network

By Andrew Bartolini March 8, 2017Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Today, March 8, San Francisco-based Tradeshift, the cloud-based business network, announced that it has entered into an agreement with CapGemini to acquire the latter's IBX Business Network ("IBX"). The deal is expected to close in…

The Criteria for Selecting Spend Analysis Technology

By Andrew Bartolini February 21, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Publisher's Note: Today's article is a preview from our recent report, Spend Analysis: The Foundation for Procurement Excellence, sponsored by SpendHQ. Interested readers can download this report by clicking here…

How Innovative Supply Management Technologies Create Opportunity for CIOs

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 13, 2017Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: This article is the final installment in this series based upon Ardent Partners’ recent report, The CPO and CIO’s New Approach to Evaluating Enterprise Technology (sponsored by Coupa). Click to…

Technology Round-Up – February 9, 2017

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 9, 2017Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

GEP Publishes Procurement Outlook for 2017 On February 8, GEP, a New Jersey-based provider of procurement software and business process outsourcing (BPO) services, published its annual business and economic outlook and analysis of implications…

Procurement 2017: When Trends Accelerate

By Andrew Bartolini January 31, 2017Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Each January, the research team at Ardent Partners gathers and performs a comprehensive review of the primary research that we have conducted over the past 24 months. We then gaze into…

Technology Round-Up – January 26, 2017

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team January 26, 2017Articles, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Coupa Closes the Loop with Acquisition of Spend360 A couple of weeks ago, Coupa Software, one of the leading supply management solution providers in our industry, announced that it had…

Coupa Closes the Loop with Acquisition of Spend360

By Andrew Bartolini January 19, 2017Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Last week, Coupa Software, one of the leading supply management solution providers in our industry, announced that it had acquired Spend360 International Ltd. Terms of the deal were not announced.…

Announcing the “State of Procurement 2017” Survey

By Andrew Bartolini January 17, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, General, Lists, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

I am pleased to announce that the survey for our annual "State of Procurement and the CPO" report is now open. If you have 15-20 minutes to spare today or…

Best of 2016: CPO Rising 2016 is History!

By Andrew Bartolini January 16, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy

Publisher’s Note: Today on CPO Rising, we’re publishing our final “best of” 2016 article, which is a reflection of Ardent Partners' inaugural CPO Rising procurement executive summit. While we look back…

Webinar! Procurement 2017: Big Trends & Predictions – Register Now!

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team January 12, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Are you ready for 2017? Join Ardent Partners' analysts, Andrew Bartolini and Christopher Dwyer, on Thursday, January 26 between 2 and 3 PM EST, for our Procurement 2017: Big Trends &…