Hubwoo and SAP Look Forward — Which Dog is Wagging Which Tail? (Part 2)
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One thing that is clear in looking at Hubwoo’s customer momentum around the SAP product set is how the vendor is benefiting from general SAP adoption trends in the broader source-to…
Hubwoo & Crossgate: SAP Fires a Direct Artillery Volley at Ariba Supplier Network (Part 1)
The SAP procurement marriage yenta is watching out for the best interests of its clan — and in so doing, its own best interest. Yesterday, it arranged a dating partnership between two of its charges, Hubwoo and Crossgate. Of cour…
Ariba Supplier Network Alternatives: Hubwoo (Part 2)
See the first part of this post here. From a supplier onboarding and enablement perspective, Hubwoo’s Connectivity Hub is focused on driving rapid adoption of suppliers and the capture of related sourcing information. The self-service supplier registration capability directs vendors to enter information. In addition, Hubwoo provides a range of value-added services focused on “program [...]
Ariba Supplier Network Alternatives: Hubwoo (Part 1)
Hubwoo delivers an alternative capability to the Ariba Supplier Network through what it describes as its Collaboration Hub offering (the name should come as no surprise). This part of Hubwoo’s business continues to realize significant growth and has doubled in size for each of the past two years, owing to greater penetration of existing buyer [...]
Hubwoo Shows Loyalty to its Master
If anyone had any question as to whether or not Hubwoo would pursue a business model independent of SAP, this recent announcement should silence any dissenting voices. Now, it was not always this way. Hubwoo once flirted with a different master befor…
Beyond Spend Classification – Examining Oracle’s Latest Procurement Enhancements (Part 2)
In yesterday’s column examining some of the latest solution enhancements from Oracle in the Spend Management arena, I paid particularly close attention to how the provider is attempting to become more flexible with available deployment models and app…
Beyond Spend Classification — Examining Oracle’s Latest Procurement Enhancements (Part 1)
Earlier this fall at OpenWorld, Oracle unveiled a number of new product enhancements in the Spend Management arena. Among these, the press and analysts latched most onto Oracle’s announcement of an entirely new spend classification capability. But be…
There’s Not One SAP Hosted Partner Model — The Differences of IBX and Hubwoo
While it might seem on the surface that IBX and Hubwoo, two companies that have partnered with SAP to host SRM and related procurement products, are following similar strategies, they’re actually not. In fact, by looking closely at both providers as …
