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Ardent Analysis: Coupa Board Accepts Thoma Bravo $8B Bid to be Taken Private

By Andrew Bartolini December 14, 2022News, Technology

Posted by Andrew Bartolini & John Yuva It may be December, but that doesn’t mean merger and acquisition activity has ceased. This week, news broke that Coupa Software, a leader…

Technology Round-Up — July 8, 2019 (Coupa Inspire Edition)

By Andrew Bartolini July 8, 2019Solutions, Technology

Coupa Inspire was held last week, June 24-27 in Las Vegas at the chic Cosmopolitan Hotel and Conference Center. Ardent Partners’ analyst team was in attendance. During the conference, Coupa Software, the San…

Basware Terminates Discussions with Tradeshift

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team February 28, 2019News, Solutions, Technology

Basware today announced that it has terminated discussions with Tradeshift in relation to a possible offer to acquire all shares in Basware. These two leaders in the Procure-to-Pay ("P2P") space…

P2P Technology Round-Up – January 11, 2019

By Philip Bartolini January 11, 2019News, Solutions, Technology

Hello and Happy New Year from the Payables Team at Ardent Partners. We are happy bring back our P2P Technology Round-Up with another assortment of ePayables, P2P, and B2B payment…

Best of 2018: More Isn’t Necessarily Better When It Comes To Supplier Portals

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team December 31, 2018Process, Solutions, Technology

Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks on Payables Place, we’re publishing some “Best of” 2018 articles as we reflect on the year and prepare for the new year ahead. …

P2P Technology Round-Up – September 7, 2018

By Philip Bartolini September 7, 2018News, Solutions, Technology

Ardent’s P2P Technology Round-Up returns today with another assortment of ePayables, procure-to-pay (P2P), and B2B payment solution provider news and updates from the past week. If you are an Accounts…

More Thoughts from Coupa Inspire 2018: Payments and The Best UI is No UI at All

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 16, 2018Event, News, Solutions, Technology

While walking around the Coupa Inspire 2018 event in San Francisco last week, I had the opportunity to speak with quite a few customers and prospects, and the feedback I…

Thoughts from Coupa Inspire 2018: Leveraging Community Intelligence

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team May 14, 2018Event, News, Solutions, Technology

I spent three days last week at Coupa Inspire 2018 event in San Francisco, and wanted to share my thoughts and impressions of the event. Knowing a thing or two…

Monday First Thing: More Isn’t Necessarily Better When It Comes To Supplier Portals

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team March 5, 2018Process, Solutions, Technology

Supplier Portals, also known as Vendor Portals, have played a significant role in enabling more suppliers globally to transact and communicate with their customers across the P2P process. These portals…

Payables News Weekly: Esker Integrates with Microsoft ERP; China’s International Payments System Launches

By Andrew Bartolini October 16, 2015News, Solutions, Technology

One of the more important jobs of the accounts payable professional is keeping up with what is happening in the industry at large. This is critical for a few reasons,…