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Technology Round-Up – August 13, 2015

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team August 13, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, General, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Technology

Selectica Finalizes Acquisition of b-pack On August 3, Selectica (NASDAQ: SLTC), the California-based provider of contract lifecycle management solutions, announced that it has completed its acquisition of procure-to-pay solution provider, b-pack, for…

Technology Round-Up – July 29, 2015

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 29, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

Coupa Continues to Grow Customer Base, Revenues, and Workforce Earlier last month, Coupa, the San Francisco-based provider of cloud-based spend management solutions, announced a number of performance metrics for Q1…

Three Sourcing Tools to Aid Supplier Discovery

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 16, 2015Articles, Lists, Process, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Supplier discovery is the part of the sourcing process wherein sourcing teams research the supply market and identify a list of qualified suppliers that can provide goods or services to…

What Can Procurement Execs Learn from “Game of Thrones”?

By Christopher Dwyer July 3, 2015Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

“Knowledge is a weapon…arm yourself well before you ride forth to battle.” From A Storm of Swords, book four of in the A Song of Fire and Ice series It’s…

Ardent Analysis: Perfect Fit? Perfect Commerce Makes Bold Offer to Acquire Hubwoo

By Andrew Bartolini July 1, 2015Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology2 Comments

Some exciting news in the supply management world from earlier this month - Virginia-based spend management solution provider, Perfect Commerce, announced that it would tender a bid on Paris-based (but…

Technology Round-Up – June 26, 2015

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team June 26, 2015Articles, Events, General, People, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

Coupa "Inspires" at INSPIRE 2015 Earlier this month, Coupa, the California-based spend and supply management solution provider, held its annual INSPIRE user conference in San Francisco. Ardent Partners' analyst team was…

AribaLIVE 2015: Looking to the Future of Business Commerce

By Andrew Bartolini June 18, 2015Articles, Events, General, Lists, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

[Publisher's Note: Today’s article is an analysis of two similar but separate presentations delivered by Ariba executives at their user conferences this spring. The first was at AribaLIVE in Las…

AP Predictions for 2015: Networks Will Become the Critical Link to Suppliers

By Andrew Bartolini June 4, 2015Articles, Lists, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Following our series on trends in accounts payable, CPO Rising is going to take a look at predictions for the future of AP. Today’s installment, the second of four, will take a…

How Will Business Networks Transform Talent Engagement?

By Christopher Dwyer May 25, 2015Articles, Complex Categories, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

[Editor's Note: On June 2, Ardent Partners' resident Contingent Workforce Management analyst and Research Director, Christopher J. Dwyer, will deliver a webinar presentation on "Building the Next-Generation Contingent Workforce Management…

How to Build a Compelling Business Case for Supplier Networks

By Andrew Bartolini May 21, 2015Articles, General, Lists, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

[Editor's Note: Ardent Partners, in conjunction with Hubwoo, recently published a helpful guide on How to Build a Compelling Business Case for Supplier Networks. Today's article features snippets of the guide, which…