This week at the Ariba Commerce Summit in New York, Gartner’s Dennis Gaughan shared their firms insights into b2b commerce trends, including ‘the cloud’, working capital management and collaboration.

We’ll be shooting a lot of interviews at the Commerce Summits over the next few weeks. So, check back here, on Ariba Exchange or our YouTube channel [...]

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This week at the Ariba Commerce Summit in Atlanta, Interarbor Solutions‘ Dana Gardner shared his view of how these 3 Mega Trends - cloud, mobile and community - are changing the IT landscape.

We’ll be shooting a lot of interviews at the Commerce Summits over the next few weeks. So, check back here, on Ariba Exchange [...]

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I had the good fortune to interview Andy Reese, editor of Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine, on the current state of procurement, executive attitudes about technology and the cloud, and his ‘crystal ball’ predictions for 5-10 years out (Podcast available here). It was a great opportunity to turn the tables - the interviewer becomes [...]

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There’s more than one kind of agility.
These days, agility is a key aspect in any discussion involving “The Cloud”. One of the primary benefits of the move to Cloud Computing is the ability to quickly respond to changing needs and disparate environments.
However, it’s important to recognize that agility does not refer only [...]

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We have all read about how the volcano has disrupted millions of peoples lives. It has stymied logistics systems worldwide. The economic impact to companies globally have been devastating. Especially to industries already hit hard by the economic downturn. What can we do going forward?
We need better contingency planning, that is pretty evident based on [...]

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