
Spend Radar’s Beacon Expands (Part 2)
One of the questions asked by some of Spend Radar’s channel partners (and customers ) when first hearing of the tool is simple: does the world really need another spend-classification and -analysis product? Aren’t there enough already? The answer to this is not as simple as it might seem.

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

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

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