The Future of Procurement (Podcast)
Rachel Spasser, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Ariba and I recently recorded a podcast where we discussed the future of procurement. The podcast was moderated by Dana…
Proactis to Acquire Intesource
Note: Andrew Bartolini contributed to this article. Late last month, UK-based Proactis announced its plan to acquire US-based Intesource in a deal totaling $3.9 million (of which Proactis will fund…
Tracking the Evolution of the VMS Platform
Discussions regarding contingent workforce management (CWM) technology are frequent here at CPO Rising, and often revolve not only around the benefits and results that enterprises achieve by utilizing these solutions,…
Ardent Partners Publishes Annual State of Procurement Report
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising research report is now available. Entitled, CPO Rising 2014: Convergence and authored by Ardent’s Chief Research Officer, Andrew Bartolini, this report presents a comprehensive, industry-wide…
Technology Round-Up – May 2, 2014
Announcement from the Publisher I am pleased to announce that next week CPO Rising will officially start publishing articles on a daily basis (weekdays, that is). This is something we've…
The Spring Cleaning Hit-List for Contingent Workforce Management
In celebration of the start of spring (unless you live in the Northeast, which has been stuck in a snow-covered, polar-vortex-fueled winter since after Thanksgiving), today’s CPO Rising article will…
Ariba LIVE 2014: “The Outcome Economy”
Ariba, an SAP company, hosted its 15th annual user conference - Ariba LIVE - March 17 - 19 at the Cosmopolitan Hotel and Conference Center in Las Vegas with a…
Instant Analysis: SAP Announces Plans to Acquire Fieldglass
Earlier today, SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) announced its intent to acquire Vendor Management System (VMS) provider Fieldglass, one of the world’s leading platforms for managing contingent labor and other types…
What Every Executive Should Know About Business Networks
This is your final chance to participate in our annual AP market research study - click here to take the survey. All participants get a free copy of the final…
eInvoicing – Creating Value for Suppliers
You are invited to participate in our annual AP Market Research, click here to take the survey. All participants get a free copy of the resulting report. In my earlier…