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Will SAP Buy Tradeshift? by Jon Hansen
April 17, 2015
As you know, and much like the coverage of our industry in general, I usually find press releases announcing either a new client win, or a merger and acquisition, as little more than the perfunctory dissemination of information that reveals little if anything meaningful. In fact, the vast majority of announcements would be better placed in either […]
The M&A Dilemma: To buy or not to buy that is the question by Jon Hansen
February 13, 2015
In December I wrote a post titled IBM’s plans to corner or corral the cloud – it’s all a matter of governance based on my interview with IBM’s Pete Wharton. Wharton talked about the company’s “plan is to create an ecosystem of technology partners to extend IBM’s service capabilities to its customers.” So here is the question; […]
Never Mind Being A CFO, CIO or for that matter CPO, 2015 is the Year of the RMO by Jon Hansen
January 20, 2015
I just read an article by Andy Akrouche in which he made reference to my interview with Pete Wharton, IBM’s Commerce Solutions Product Marketing Leader. You can read about my interview in its entirety in my December 13th post titled IBM’s plans to corner or corral the cloud – it’s all a matter of governance. During […]
IBM’s plans to corner or corral the cloud – it’s all a matter of governance by Jon Hansen
December 13, 2014
When IBM approached me earlier this week to talk about their recent collaborative partnership with JDA Software, I thought sure – why not. After all, it would be interesting to learn where Big Blue fit into the picture in terms of Gartner’s proclamation that the Postmodern ERP Era is upon us. “The plan is to […]
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Investment banking firm naming IBM as a possible SciQuest suitor makes one wonder? by Jon Hansen
July 8, 2015
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“If operations continue to improve, we view potential buyers to be IBM, Oracle, salesforce, NetSuite, and Workday.” – Northland Capital Markets article Let’s put aside for a moment the fact that boutique investment banking firm Northland Capital Markets “initiated coverage on SciQuest (NASDAQ: SQI) with an Outperform rating and a price target of $20.00.” Beyond […]