SAP Ventures Backs Lavante: Despite Hiccups, the Supplier Management Gets a Vote of Support (Part 1)
Spend Matters has spent quite a bit of time covering vendor happenings in the supplier information management (SIM) and related markets of late. Some providers in the sector, such as Aravo and Rollstream, appear to be winning a se…
Pocket Data Connections
Mobile wireless devices are increasingly moving from simply consuming bandwidth to providing it. How does the future of wireless look when we all have the ability to carry a mobile network connection point in our pocket.
Avoiding Social Stovepipes in the Enterprise
One of my first thoughts about the pricing announced a year ago for Salesforce.com’s Chatter collaboration tool was that it should be free to casual users: “Salesforce.com will be wise to make its as-yet unpriced ‘Chatter Lite’ license — which provides Chatter without Force.com or Content — free-of-charge. This should become the Chatter equivalent of [...]
Infosys: On and Offshore, Long-Time Procurement BPO Contender Ups the Spend Management Game (Part 1)
In recent years, many Indian-based procurement BPO providers have made significant strides in building a global value proposition that extends beyond labor cost arbitrage. Some firms have been more successful than others, even tho…
Best Practices: Five Simple Rules For Social Business
Early Adopters And Pioneers Have Benefited From Social Across executive board rooms and even in living rooms, social business is all the rage. In 2010, social crm (SCRM) and Enterprise 2.0 (E20) rose into mainstream conversation. Despite the mindshare and awareness, a majority of business leaders have yet to begin these initiatives. The good news [...]
