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Friday Rant: The Commoditization of Parts of the Spend Management Technology Market

Friday Rant: The Commoditization of Parts of the Spend Management Technology Market

By Jason Busch on November 13, 2009

I’ve had two different people corner me (either online or in person) the past week to complain about my coverage of Oracle’s new spend classification product and how my view painted a perspective that hinted at a commoditization of the market. Which …

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged commoditization, EIPP, oracle, spend classification, Spend Management | 1 Response

An Oracle of Spend Classification or Just Another Spend Tool? (Part 3)

An Oracle of Spend Classification or Just Another Spend Tool? (Part 3)

By Jason Busch on November 5, 2009

In the first two parts of this mini-series (Part 1 and Part 2) looking at Oracle’s new spend classification tool, I examined some of the basic capabilities it presents as well as how it appears to work in practice based on a relatively quick demonstr…

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Ariba, BravoSolution, Data mining, Emptoris, oracle, sap, spend classification, taxonomy, Zycus

An Oracle of Spend Classification or Just Another Spend Tool? (Part 2)

An Oracle of Spend Classification or Just Another Spend Tool? (Part 2)

By Jason Busch on November 2, 2009

In my first column covering Oracle’s new Spend Classification product, I touched on a number of background elements about the solution. In today’s post, I’ll continue this examination, digging into how the tool works in practice (and in the final par…

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Data mining, databases, mrp, oracle, spend classification, taxonomy, UNSPSC

An Oracle of Spend Classification or Just Another Spend Tool? (Part 1)

An Oracle of Spend Classification or Just Another Spend Tool? (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on October 27, 2009

Earlier in the month, I noted in a post that Oracle unveiled a new spend classification capability at Open World. In announcing the features of the solution, Oracle clearly took a few cards from Zycus, Spend Radar, Ariba, Emptoris, BravoSolution and …

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Ariba, Data mining, oracle, spend classification, taxonomy

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