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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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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In the New Normal, it’s never been more important to understand where your organization sits relative to your peers and competitors. This is particularly true when it comes to commerce management strategies and approaches. A majority of companies are using some form of advanced commerce management techniques to help meeting their goals - [...]

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SaaS has been gaining traction partially due to it’s ability to help companies adapt to the new state of “normal” they will face as we emerge from the global recession. SaaS and the “cloud” computing model help contain costs, shorten implementation cycles and enable CIOs to focus on more strategic initiatives rather than expensive hardware [...]

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My visits with business executives and media mavens over the past few weeks involved heated discussions about the future role of the Chief Information Officer in this age of Software as a Service (SaaS). Public perception is that SaaS is in direct competition with the CIO, chipping away at the death grip this top IT [...]

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