2010 Prediction: Companies Focus on Supplier Social and Performance Transparency
In the first column in this prediction series on building supplier transparency, I focused on the area of financial and business transparency. But this is only one type of supply chain transparency on which companies will focus on building in 2010, h…
Aravo’s Tim Albinson Responds to Spend Matters
Editor’s note: Aravo’s Tim Albinson asked if he could have the chance to issue a formal response to this post from earlier today. After I agreed to turn over the virtual pen, he sent me this.
Jason,
Thanks for the great write-up — you do an ex…
Aravo’s $27 Million Funding Round: A Few Thoughts on Its Market Implications
Earlier this morning, Aravo announced a $27 million funding round led by Cisco. While you can read the details of the funding round in the above-linked Spend Matters column — along with some thoughts from the transaction’s lead engineer, Aravo’s CEO…
Spend Ramblings: Aravo Raises $27 Million From Cisco and Others
Later this morning, Aravo will announce that it has closed on its latest round of funding. For observers of our industry, this should provide significant validation that the demand for innovative procurement and supply-chain software remains healthy….
RollStream: Community Management Becomes Supplier Management (Part 1)
Over the summer, I caught up with RollStream, a provider in the supplier information management arena that I’ve been meaning to write about for sometime, but somehow de-prioritized amidst other happenings in the market. This is a somewhat uncommon oc…
