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Amazon Supply Launches -- New Competition for Industrial Distributors, Ariba, SciQuest and Others

Amazon Supply Launches — New Competition for Industrial Distributors, Ariba, SciQuest and Others

By Jason Busch on April 25, 2012

Yesterday, Amazon announced it launched Amazon Supply (or AmazonSupply, depending on which branding is used), a new B2B marketplace clearinghouse for industrial and MRO parts and related SKUs. The announcement describes Amazon Supply a…

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Amazon, AmazonSupply, Ariba, Business-to-Business, Grainger, Jeff Bezos | 1 Response

Ariba Breaks Up With "The Cloud," Romances "Enterprise Networks"

Ariba Breaks Up With "The Cloud," Romances "Enterprise Networks"

By Jason Busch on April 12, 2012

It seems that for every few “persons of interest” Kim Kardashian is seen with, Ariba comes up with a new corporate umbrella from which to dangle its overall company and product positioning. Fortunately, we all know the results that goo…

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Ariba, Ariba network, Business-to-Business, Cloud, Commerce One, Kim Kardashian, procurement, Spend Management, VerticalNet

How Much Uptime Does Your Application Need?

How Much Uptime Does Your Application Need?

By Bob Warfield on May 24, 2010

I was having an interesting discussion with a friend recently about Amazon’s spot instance pricing for EC2 that prompted me to write this post.  Let me walk you through how it went, because I think it replays some of the thinking that all startups should go through about their online service.  BTW, hat tip to Geva […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Amazon, Business-to-Business, Cloud, downtime, Grid computing, SaaS, spot pricing, uptime

Four pillars of the transition to SaaS

Four pillars of the transition to SaaS

By Phil Wainewright on March 9, 2010

One of the most interesting phenomena to arise when you bring as-a-service providers together is the instant sense of camaraderie and a shared outlook. Barriers come down and people start to discuss their challenges and experiences, relieved to discover that others are encountering similar questions. It’s especially noticeable at gatherings in Europe, where opportunities to […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged basics, Business Model, Business-to-Business, E-Commerce, europe, SaaS, sap, software as a service

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