ISM 2016: Reaching Millennials with Technology
Earlier this month, the Ardent Partners analyst team took the short flight out to Indianapolis to attend the Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) 101st annual conference. For the second year in a…
Private Equity Firm to Buy SciQuest and Take it Private
On Tuesday, North Carolina-based SciQuest (Nasdaq: SQI), which offers a suite of cloud-based supply management solutions, announced that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by affiliates of Accel-KKR, an Atlanta and…
ISM 2016: Talking Growth with Tom Derry
Earlier this month, the Ardent Partners analyst team took the short flight out to Indianapolis to attend the Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) 101st annual conference. For the second year…
Miss Any of These Events This Spring? Catch Up, Today!
Editor's Note: It's been a busy few months here at Ardent Partners, and the Memorial Day Weekend has given us a chance to pause and reflect on the ground that…
Technology Round-Up – May 26, 2016
SciQuest Announces Portfolio Savings Manager, Q1 Financial Results On May 16, North Carolina-based SciQuest (Nasdaq: SQI), which offers automated spend management solutions for procurement practitioners, announced the release of Portfolio Savings Manager ("PSM"), a…
ISM 2016: eISM Goes Live
At the 101st annual Institute for Supply Management ("ISM") conference in Indianapolis last week, ISM debuted a new e-Learning initiative, eISM, that is designed to meet the needs of today’s…
Webinar! It Pays to Pay Electronically: What Does Paperless Mean to You?
For many in Procurement and Accounts Payable, going paperless cuts out a lot of the pain associated with manual processing. ePayments are often described as a digital easy button. But…
Coupa Inspire 2016: Coupa Expands Solution Suite Across Supply Management Ecosystem
For the past 10 years, Coupa has focused on what it calls “Value-as-a-Service,” which has taken the form of a desire to drive value for its customers. This focus was…
Coupa Inspire 2016: Taking a Value-Driven Approach to Spend Management Transformation
On the mainstage at Coupa Inspire 2016, Bhargavi Kosaraju, Director, Product Operations and Procurement at KPMG, led a panel discussion with representatives from Aon plc and Capital One Financial focused…
Coupa, Inspired!
A decade ago, as a favor to Coupa's founders, I participated on calls with several VC firms who were looking at investing in the new start-up (Coupa). The discussions focused…