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Technology Round-up – May 22 (Coupa Inspire Edition)

By Andrew Bartolini May 22, 2017Articles, Events, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Coupa Inspire was held last week May 16-18 in San Franciso. Ardent Partners analysts were in attendance. During the conference, Coupa Software made many announcements. Today’s Technology Round-up is dedicated to several…

Ardent Partners Announces The CPO Rising 2017 Summit

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 19, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, General, Lists, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Publisher's Note: Ardent Partners is absolutely thrilled to announce the dates and times of its CPO Rising 2017 Summit. Over the next few weeks, we will be making a series…

SAP Ariba Partners with IBM Emptoris to Bring Cognitive Procurement to the Masses

By Andrew Bartolini May 17, 2017Articles, Events, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology1 Comment

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…

Three MORE Innovative Technologies Driving Procurement Agility

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 10, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

It has been stated often in Ardent Partners research and webinars that “it is an exciting time to work in procurement.” [Sidebar: speaking of webinars… We have an exclusive event…

2017 Beeline Conference Wrap-Up: Connecting, Learning, Succeeding…and Innovating

By Christopher Dwyer May 5, 2017Articles, Complex Categories, Events, People, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

During this week’s annual Beeline user conference at the Loews Sapphire Resort in Orlando, the Vendor Management System (VMS) solution’s CEO and president, Doug Leeby, stated that the technology market…

Pumping the Brakes on Blockchain for Procurement

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 2, 2017Articles, Events, Process, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

Blockchain, like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cognitive technology, is one of the hottest buzzwords in the tech industry today, and the excitement has spread to supply management. In fact, Blockchain was…

What is Blockchain for Procurement?

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 24, 2017Articles, Events, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Blockchain, along with artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cognitive technology, is one of the hottest buzzwords in the software and technology industry today, and its notoriety has spread to the…

SNEAK PREVIEW – CPO Rising 2017: Tools of the Trade (Webinar)

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 17, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Technology

Join Ardent Partners on Thursday, April 27 at 2 PM EST for a 30-minute, sneak-peak webinar on our forthcoming benchmark research report, CPO Rising 2017: Tools of the Trade (click to…

ISM 2017 Conference To Tackle Global Issues, Uncertainty

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team April 14, 2017Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Solution Providers, Strategy

In about a month, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) will host its 102nd annual conference in Orlando, Florida at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort. The ISM Conference is always a…

Ivalua Now 2017

By Andrew Bartolini March 30, 2017Articles, Events, General, Solution Providers, Technology

Ivalua held its second annual Ivalua Now customer conference last week in New York City. Ivalua was founded in 2000 and offers an end-to-end suite of spend management solutions. The…