Ardent Partners’ Plans for 2013
Regular readers know that this site is published by Ardent Partners, a leading research and advisory firm focused on supply management. With the New Year just around the corner, we…
STEP CHANGE: How Business Networks are Changing the Procurement Paradigm
With all of the recent market activity, it is not surprising that more and more people are talking about and focusing on Business Networks (sometimes referred to as B2B, Supplier,…
CPO Rising’s Plans for 2013
Regular readers know that this site is published by Ardent Partners, a leading research and advisory firm focused on supply management. With the new year just around the corner, we…
CPO Rising’s Cyber Monday Giveaway: The State of Spend Analysis
As a thank you to our loyal readers who keep us at or near the top of the list of the most popular global sites focused on supply management, CPO…
Career Spotlight: From CPO to COO
Tim Cook is not the only executive who has had a successful career after first being a Chief Procurement Officer. Ardent Partners' upcoming report, CPO Rising 2012: Keeping Score (coming…
Sourcing with the Stars: How to Win Friends and Drive Adoption
As we've been barnstorming the nation planet stumping for our eSourcing 2.0 policy, we've been a little slower with articles these past two weeks - we will be back in…
On a Quest: SciQuest Buys Spend Radar – Instant Analysis
In its quest to offer a comprehensive supply management suite AND shift its market focus into the private sector, SciQuest (Ticker: SQI), a provider of cloud-based supply management solutions completed…
Survey is LIVE for “CPO Rising 2012: Keeping Score”
I’d like to announce that we have just launched the survey to our major CPO-focused research effort for 2012. Starting today, you have a chance to participate in this survey…
Instant Analysis: SciQuest Sees “Upside” in Contract Lifecycle Management (II)
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)
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"),…