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…
P2P Technology Round-Up – May 18, 2017
CPO Rising’s P2P Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of ePayables, B2B payment, and P2P solution-provider news and updates from the past month. If you are an AP or P2P…
Instant Analysis: SAP Ariba and IBM’s New Partnership
When is an acquisition not an acquisition? When two of the world's largest technology companies are involved... Earlier today, SAP Ariba and IBM announced a new and unique partnership that…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 140: NYC’s New “Freelance Isn’t Free” Act and Total Workforce Management Discussion
This week’s all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, sponsored by Shiftgig, talks about the new “Freelance Isn’t Free” Act that recently went into effect in New York City,…
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…
CPO Rising 2017 Report: Extreme Technology Adoption
We recently published my twelfth annual CPO-themed report, CPO Rising 2017: Tools of the Trade, which is part of an ongoing dialogue that my team and I have had with Chief Procurement…
Procurement Influencer Series: Jack Mulloy of BuyerQuest – Part I
Editor’s Note: The following is a transcript of an interview by Andrew Bartolini with Jack Mulloy, CEO of BuyerQuest. Some of the questions have been edited for brevity and clarity. Jack Mulloy…
Three Essential Resources for Effective Supply Risk Management
Anyone who has ever worked on a "watch floor" or in a security operations center will know that information management is the backbone of any successful risk management operation (for those…
The Future of Work and Procurement: Are They Linked?
The world of work is now in a state of perpetual change, consistently floating through the spectrum of evolution due to the progressions of technology, business thinking, and major economic…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 139: “Agenda Free Wednesday” Edition
This week’s all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, sponsored by Shiftgig, introduces “Agenda Free Wednesday,” where we tackle a variety of topics in lieu of a single theme.…