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Security in the Cloud and other (unscripted) musings from leading industry experts
July 13, 2010
In yesterday’s post “Calculating Digital Capital and what it means to traditional ERP vendors” I had referenced an article by DK Matai that appeared in the July 12th edition of the Huffington Post. Titled “Digital Capital and Cloud Computing’s Asymmetric Risks,” I focused predominantly on the Digital Capital aspect of Matai’s musings as it related to […]
Calculating Digital Capital and what it means to traditional ERP vendors
July 13, 2010
In the just released white paper titled “Transparency in Government Procurement” Karen Evans the former CIO for the U.S. Federal Government under the Bush Administration hit the proverbial nail on the head when she made the statement that “products” (re technology), does “not replace skill sets,” and that “vendors have to change their business models” […]
Snakes in a playpen and why the current Coupa and recent SAP press releases tell a different story of the same shifting paradigm
June 15, 2010
UPDATE March 4th, 2013: According to CNN Money, they have declared a winner in the David vs. Goliath bout between Coupa and Ariba (SAP). Of course there is no surprise here as I called this fight in the following 2010 Procurement Insights post. “Bolt-on is an artificially intelligent, comprehensive execution system providing very specific functionality […]
SmoothSpan Blog’s Coverage of PI Window on Business “Cloud” Broadcast Provides Interesting Perspective
May 4, 2009
Although Bob Warfield was not able to participate in the actual April 30 broadcast “Cloud Computing in the SaaS World,” he did have an opportunity to listen to the on-demand interview in its entirety, and subsequently write about the discussion at some length this past Friday. For those of you who may not be as […]
PI Window on Business: April 30, 2009 “Cloud Computing in the SaaS World” Episode Now Available On-Demand (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Jon-Hansen)
April 30, 2009
If you did not have the opportunity to listen to the live broadcast of today’s show “Cloud Computing in the SaaS World,” we are pleased to provide you with an On-Demand replay. Simply use the following “Cloud Computing” link to access the Episode Replay directly from the PI Window on Business Show Page. Also visit […]
PI Window on Business (April 30): Cloud Computing in the SaaS World (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Jon-Hansen)
April 29, 2009
With the recent announcements by traditional license model vendors such as Ariba and Oracle that they are now Software as a Service (SaaS) or on-demand solution providers, the implications of Web 2.0, cloud computing and related technological trends takes on a new meaning. In the April 30 PI Window on Business Blog Talk Radio show […]
Procurement Insights 
While there is no doubt that COUPA is ready to take the market, is the market ready for COUPA?
May 18, 2011
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Today’s press releases by Coupa, Coupa Guarantees 1% Reduction in OpEx within 6 Months and, Coupa Sets New Standard for Ease of Use in Business Software, provide further evidence as to just how far the vendor has come from the heady days of being an outsider innovator trying to crack the then seemingly impenetrable wall […]