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Instant Analysis: SAP Announces Plans to Acquire Concur for $8.3 Billion

By Andrew Bartolini & Christopher Dwyer September 22, 2014News, SolutionsNo Comments

Thursday afternoon, global software provider SAP AG (NYSE – SAP) announced its intent to purchase Seattle-based travel, expense and invoice management solution provider Concur (Nasdaq - CNQR) for approximately $8.3 billion (based upon the announced acquisition…

Apple Pay: The Killer App for Mobile Payments?

By Andrew Bartolini September 19, 2014News, Solutions, TechnologyNo Comments

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has a habit of taking aim at industries it decides are antiquated. Thirteen years ago it was the way consumers purchased music; on September 9, the Silicon…

ePayables 2014: How to Get Noticed by Your Executive Team (in a Good Way)

By Andrew Bartolini August 22, 2014Research, Solutions, TechnologyNo Comments

Ardent Partners recently published our annual ePayables report, “ePayables 2014: The Quest,” and, like all of our payables reports this year, the research is geared toward AP leaders, financial managers,…

ePayables 2014: Five Drivers of Top AP Performance

By Andrew Bartolini August 18, 2014Best Practices, Research, SolutionsNo Comments

ePayables 2014: What Makes an AP Department Best-in-Class?

By Andrew Bartolini August 15, 2014Best Practices, Research, SolutionsNo Comments

Nipendo Supplier Cloud: An Open World for eInvoicing

By Andrew Bartolini August 6, 2014Solutions, TechnologyNo Comments

When last we talked about Nipendo (Nipendo: A Not-So-Little Business Network with Big Dreams), it was a general discussion about the company and its growth trajectory. Today, I’d like to…

Nipendo: A Not-So-Little Business Network with Big Dreams

By Andrew Bartolini August 4, 2014Solutions, TechnologyNo Comments

Complexity is the name of the game in today’s globalized, interconnected business world. Who companies are connected to and how you communicate and collaborate matters more than ever. This means…

What Concur’s Partnerships with Airbnb and Uber Say About the Travel / Expense Management Industry

By Christopher Dwyer August 1, 2014News, SolutionsNo Comments

There’s no question that the realm of complex spend management has evolved in recent years, with categories such as business travel (and expense management) and corporate meetings and events not…

Basware Grows Operating Profit by 26.9% in Second Quarter; Hews to Lofty Goals

By Andrew Bartolini July 30, 2014News, SolutionsNo Comments

Basware (Helsinki: BAS1V) is having a good year. The eInvoicing provider announced their second-quarter results on July 10 (our sister site, CPO Rising, also covered this announcement), noting an increase…

Supply-Chain Finance: Saving Money and Providing Long-Term Market Opportunity

By Andrew Bartolini July 22, 2014Best Practices, SolutionsNo Comments

We’re living in a global economy. Raw materials mined in China are shipped to factories in Kenya and then the finished goods are sold in U.S. and Western European stores,…