ePayables Archives - Page 69 of 71

Business Gets More Social

By Andrew Bartolini August 2, 2012Technology1 Comment

Undeniably, the social network has forever changed and continues to change the manner in which people communicate, interact, collaborate and share information with their network of family, friends, co-workers, acquaintances,…

The Art (and Science) of a Good RFP

By Andrew Bartolini July 31, 2012Best PracticesNo Comments

The Request for Proposal (RFP) process can be a lengthy and tedious process and if not executed well, can result in serious consequences for the project at hand and its…

Paper: Would You Bet on It or Against It?

By Andrew Bartolini July 24, 2012Process, Technology1 Comment

Some years ago, the data capture market consisted of companies such as Kofax, Brainware, Captaris, DataCap, and Captiva, among others. Some of the companies in the space were sizable, many…

AP Can and Should be More Strategic

By Andrew Bartolini July 18, 2012Research3 Comments

This is something that was made very clear in Ardent Partners' recent study (ePayables 2012: The State of the AP Market). As a function, AP can add a whole lot…

Concur Broadens its Reach in the Mid-Market

By Andrew Bartolini July 12, 2012News1 Comment

Most people know Concur as a leading provider of travel and expense management solutions. However, for some time now, they have been offering a solution that allows clients to manage…

Bank of America Continues to Expand ePayables Offering

By Andrew Bartolini July 10, 2012NewsNo Comments

Following the most recent addition to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) ePayables offering, I had a chance to have a chat with Samridhi Sarin, Director, Senior Product Manager…

American Express Aims to PAYVE ® the Path to Electronic Payments

By Andrew Bartolini July 6, 2012NewsNo Comments

Introducing PAYVE®, a new digital payment service from American Express Earlier this year, I wrote a report that predicted the top ten things that will shape the AP market in…

Our View of the AP World Part II – The Solution Providers

By Andrew Bartolini July 3, 2012Research, TechnologyNo Comments

This can be a noisy and complicated market to understand, so at Ardent we created this visual representation which is based on our ePayables Framework that is discussed here in…

Ten Benefits of a High Performing Procure-to-Pay Program

By Andrew Bartolini June 28, 2012ProcessNo Comments

The results of Best-in-Class organizations show that an investment in Procure-to-Pay (P2P) can pay large dividends, while the relentless pressure on bottom-line performance makes a P2P investment all, but necessary,…

SMB’s Becoming Tech Savvy with Invoicing and Payments

By Andrew Bartolini June 26, 2012Technology1 Comment

According to the US Small Business Administration, in 2009 (the latest available data) there were about 27.5 million small businesses in the U.S, approximately 6 million of which have employees…