Basware and Lavante: Where Invoicing, Supplier Management and Audit Recover Meet? (Part 3)
In the first two posts in this series looking at the recently announced relationship between Basware and Lavante (Part 1 and Part 2), I provided context behind the partnership announcement, including a 30,000 foot fly-by of the audit recovery market and how Lavante has introduced a solution originally designed to automate and improve upon traditional [...]
Basware and Lavante: Where Invoicing, Supplier Management and Audit Recovery Meet? (Part 2)
In the first post highlighting the recently announced partnership between Basware and Lavante, I provided a bit of context behind the deal, given both vendors’ histories and target markets. In today’s post, I’ll provide a bit more color on the announcement, especially from the standpoint of Lavante’s roots in automating as much of the audit [...]
Basware and Lavante: Where Invoicing, Supplier Management and Audit Recovery Meet? (Part 1)
Earlier in the month, Basware and Lavante announced a partnership that promises to more closely link the P2P, invoice management, supplier management and audit recovery areas. Basware, for those who are not familiar with this Finnish-based provider, is one of the largest — if not the largest — invoice automation / electronic invoice presentment payment [...]
M&A Watch: Ariba and an Updated Shopping List for SAP in Procurement (Part 1)
The rumors have been heating up again these past few weeks that SAP is going to buy Ariba. These rumors come and go every few quarters, so I wouldn’t put that much more stock in them this time — at least not any more stock than in the past. But if they do prove to [...]
A Quick Look at Ariba’s Results — Notes From the Earnings Call
I’m in the process of listening to Ariba’s earnings call (always a good gauge of the overall market) and plan to report on a number of the specifics early next week, along with the recent quarterly — and yearly — performance of Ariba competitors in…
Basware Guns for the Pole Position in EIPP and Invoice Automation (Part 1)
In early fall — way back during the first weeks of September — I had
the chance to catch up with some folks from the Basware team in London
to learn more about the software provider’s new offerings and strategy for 2010. I
followed up with them …
