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What made Virginia’s eVA 2000 success amazing by 2025 standards, or why the industry needs to focus on raising capability floors rather than creating higher technology ceilings.
September 12, 2025
If you only read one Procurement Insights post this year, this is the one to read! - okay, there may be a couple more must reads ;)
What Do Procurement Organizations From Estee Lauder, Duke Energy, And Virginia Have In Common?
June 1, 2025
The Golden Rule for ProcureTech success: Humans power AI!
Virginia Forum 2014 in Pictures by Jon Hansen
December 17, 2014
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. Based on these great shots from the Virginia Forum 2014, I think this is true. The above shot is from the panel discussion that I had moderated on Leveraging The Power of Procurement. I am standing before the panel in the orange shirt in the upper […]
Virginia makes SDCE 100 list for 2014 by Jon Hansen
May 20, 2014
Have you ever seen the movie Groundhog Day, where Bill Murray’s character is locked in a perpetual loop in which he is forced to relive the same day over and over and over again? Eventually Murray’s character realizes that he can actually learn from his experiences and use them to both anticipate and respond to […]
Revised Forrester Wave Report confirms what I have been saying since 2007 . . . eVA is tops in public procurement by Jon Hansen
April 4, 2014
From my very first Yes Virginia posts (Part 1 and Part 2) in September 2007, I have believed without any uncertainty that the Commonwealth of Virginia’s eVA eProcurement platform is a model that governments around the world should emulate. This is especially true given the fact that the vast majority of initiatives in the public […]
#eVAForum2013 Blue Ocean Brain: Blazing a new (vendor category) trail?
November 1, 2013
While we are all familiar with the expression “originality is your ability to conceal your source,” what happens when you are the “originator” and therefore have no point of reference from which to begin. As a vendor looking to do business with the Commonwealth of Virginia, Blue Ocean Brain believes that they fall into this […]
Former key executive for successful Scottish Government initiative talks about automation success and failure
April 28, 2011
Ian Burdon, who recently entered the ranks of the private sector, and has held a number of key executive positions within the Scottish Government including being at the helm of the eProcurement Scotland initiative as it’s Program Manager and chief champion, joined me earlier today on the PI Inquisitive Eye from the UK. Ian provided […]
Virginia’s Interim Report of the Governor’s Supplier Diversity Advisory Board is Both Important and Telling
January 18, 2011
As many of you will readily recall, I had the opportunity and privilege to talk with the Commonwealth of Virginia’s new Secretary of Administration Lisa Hicks-Thomas on the PI Window on Business Show this past December. Here is the link to the on-demand broadcast for those who may have missed it; From Deputy Attorney General […]
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Analysts Gone Wild: Why October’s Enterprise Software Stories Prove Nothing Has Changed Since 2008
October 27, 2025
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Why is an ERP by any other name, still an ERP?