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Instant Analysis: SciQuest Sees “Upside” in Contract Lifecycle Management (II)

By Andrew Bartolini July 27, 2012Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Yesterday, in Part One of this story, we provided some background and then outlined the news from SciQuest (Ticker: SQI) that it had reached a definitive agreement to acquire Contract…

Instant Analysis: SciQuest Sees “Upside” in Contract Lifecycle Management (I)

By Andrew Bartolini July 26, 2012Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

On Tuesday, after the market closed, SciQuest (ticker: SQI), a provider of cloud-based supply management solutions, announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Upside Software Inc. ("Upside"),…

Payables Place Asks “Would You Bet On Paper or Against It?”

By Andrew Bartolini July 24, 2012Articles, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

Earlier today, Vishal Patel, Director of ePayables Research at Ardent Partners posed an interesting question on Ardent's new site, Payables Place, regarding the amount of paper invoices in the marketplace…

M & A(riba) – SAP’s Big Bet

By Andrew Bartolini June 21, 2012Articles, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology2 Comments

Building on our "instant analysis" of SAP's multi-billion dollar bid for Ariba, we've now come back with a comprehensive report that covers the deal in greater detail. For those of…

Introducing Payables Place

By Andrew Bartolini June 18, 2012Articles, Events, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

For the past six years, the analysts (Andrew Bartolini & Vishal Patel) at Ardent Partners have been closely covering the ePayables (or AP Automation) market. During that time, we've published…

Sourcing for Value: Using Non-Price Attributes to Find the Best Suppliers

By Andrew Bartolini May 25, 2012Articles, Events, General, Process, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

We recently published a series focused on the use of non-price attributes to improve the sourcing and supplier selection process. And now, that series has spawned a webinar and a…

Instant Analysis: Acquisition in the Clouds – SAP to Acquire Ariba for $4.3 Billion

By Andrew Bartolini May 22, 2012Articles, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

The procurement-themed events held at SAP's SAPPHIRE in Orlando last Monday night were abuzz with the rumor that SAP was going to make a huge cloud procurement announcement the next…

ePayables 101: Graduation

By Andrew Bartolini May 14, 2012Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

Congratulations! If you've read the links below, you have successfully completed CPO Rising's ePayables 101 course, an immersion program focused on AP Automation and Transformation. The Challenges The Opportunities The…

ePayables 101: More Metrics

By Andrew Bartolini May 11, 2012Articles, General, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

ePayables 101 - More Metrics Today we’ll look at the other key metrics (besides the average cost per invoice discussed last time) that can help an AP department better understand…

ePayables 101: The Approach

By Andrew Bartolini May 9, 2012Articles, General, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

We continue to build out our ePayables 101 series with this article focused on how to begin a push for AP transformation or "The Approach" (The first two articles are…