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What’s on the menu? Should industry analysts and bloggers have to reveal their revenue source? by Jon Hansen
July 30, 2015
“Analyst objectivity and accuracy is an issue that is frequently debated. Much of the criticism appears to focus on the business relationships between analysts and the technology providers that are the subjects of their research. In short, analyst firms often rely heavily on revenues from the technology providers they cover.”* In yesterday’s post, I revealed the […]
Seeing SciQuest through special glasses? by JonHansen
July 3, 2015
“Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, one has issued a buy recommendation and three have issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. SciQuest’s rating score has improved by 7.8% from three months ago as a result of a number of analysts’ ratings changes.” – July 2nd, 2015, Dakota Financial […]
Vendor Management can Drive Growth & Compliance without Stifling Innovation by Jaideep Sen
May 7, 2015
Editor’s Note: When I read this post that was initially submitted to me in February, the first thought that came to mind was the fact that the author was looking beyond technology in terms of managing vendor relations. This is an important point, in that for far too long our industry has put so much stock […]
Anatomy Of An RFI: Examining The Official NIGP Consulting RFI Document by Jon Hansen
April 26, 2015
. . . an RFI is often used as a solicitation sent to a broad base of potential suppliers for the purpose of conditioning suppliers’ minds, developing strategy, building a database, and preparing for an RFP, RFT, or RFQ. – Wikipedia Okay fellow procurement professionals . . . am I missing something here, or is […]
Watching NIGP Chief Exec implode is both sad and troubling by Jon Hansen
April 8, 2015
Of the many, many comments I have received regarding my coverage of the growing NIGP #CodeGate controversy, one that has stood out is actually the question “what is the organization’s Chief Executive Rick Grimm thinking?” The above statements have been made in the context of both their surprise that he has responded in a public forum […]
Why the everyday taxpaying citizen should care about the Missouri NIGP Code Bid Protest by Jon Hansen
April 4, 2015
“Can you imagine what a politician would do with a story like this? How would State’s explain their coming under the thumb of a purported non-profit entity such as the NIGP who, through what appears to be a non-arms length relationship with a private entity, wields enough power to the point that they can dictate […]
Periscope Protest Letter Highlights Their Reasons For Challenging Missouri Selection of Perfect Commerce by Jon Hansen
March 31, 2015
Yesterday, and as an update to my December 11th, 2014 post on Periscope, I shared the news that the vendor had filed a formal letter of protest regarding Missouri’s decision to award the contract for the state’s eProcurement system to Perfect Commerce. Below is the actual Protest Letter. Over the coming days I will focus […]
Are investment bankers and Wall Street bad for business? by Jon Hansen
November 29, 2014
In what many consider to be a controversial article titled The Myth of Ariba, a former executive for the company said the following; “Ariba was a real company with a real product that got swept up in its own hype, with unfortunate consequences,” and that “Ariba was basically a fraud . . . creating [the […]
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