When it comes to predicting which “emerging” ProcureTech solution providers are going to grow and thrive while others fall by the wayside of expectations, there is no magic formula.
However, with continual advances in AI capability and the expansion of the Hansen Fit Score RAM 2025 assessment framework to six models and five levels, we can use 20/20 hindsight to elevate the accuracy of predicted outcomes in the future.
QUESTION: One year ago, I was focusing my energy on two of the five solution providers listed below and, based on my 2024 Hansen Fit Score framework, am actively following one of them today. Can you guess which one?
the
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BONUS COVERAGE
Here is what I had written about ConvergentIS in 2024:
While I will have to do more research to confirm, you got my attention with the following excerpt from your About page:
“We are an SAP partner offering a design, build, sell, and service focus to clients across North America and have been transforming the enterprise experience since 2002.”
That sounds like an agent-based versus equation-based approach to solving problems. Here is an example of what I mean – https://bit.ly/3FBnFRr
The second thought that came immediately to mind was the following excerpt from an earlier post – https://bit.ly/3HknqM4
“In other words, we are perpetually “trapped” in a zone or space between the “loose coupling” of systems and solutions, e.g., the Kaypro and Perfect software bundle, and the promise of the coherent and seamless integration of Microsoft Office.
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Dr. Elouise Epstein’s 2024 Watch List One Year Later
Posted on August 8, 2025
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When it comes to predicting which “emerging” ProcureTech solution providers are going to grow and thrive while others fall by the wayside of expectations, there is no magic formula.
However, with continual advances in AI capability and the expansion of the Hansen Fit Score RAM 2025 assessment framework to six models and five levels, we can use 20/20 hindsight to elevate the accuracy of predicted outcomes in the future.
QUESTION: One year ago, I was focusing my energy on two of the five solution providers listed below and, based on my 2024 Hansen Fit Score framework, am actively following one of them today. Can you guess which one?
the
30
BONUS COVERAGE
Here is what I had written about ConvergentIS in 2024:
ConvergentIS
While I will have to do more research to confirm, you got my attention with the following excerpt from your About page:
“We are an SAP partner offering a design, build, sell, and service focus to clients across North America and have been transforming the enterprise experience since 2002.”
That sounds like an agent-based versus equation-based approach to solving problems. Here is an example of what I mean – https://bit.ly/3FBnFRr
The second thought that came immediately to mind was the following excerpt from an earlier post – https://bit.ly/3HknqM4
“In other words, we are perpetually “trapped” in a zone or space between the “loose coupling” of systems and solutions, e.g., the Kaypro and Perfect software bundle, and the promise of the coherent and seamless integration of Microsoft Office.
I can only wonder how things might have been different had the June 2004 Mendocino Project materialized. Would Microsoft’s reported/purported plans to buy SAP turned the myth of a single source solution into a reality: https://procureinsights.com/2007/12/05/microsoft-acquires-sap-a-commentary/“
Once again, I need to learn more about your solution, but right now, ConvergentIS is the 2024 Mendocino project.
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