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Connecting the Spend Management Dots with Contracts

While not exactly a well-known name, Zycus continues its spend management expertise by rounding out its sourcing suite with Contract management.  Targeted towards the sourcing and procurement professional, Zycus iContract provides organizations the ability to actualize negotiated contract savings through real-time monitoring, proactive alerting, and search capabilities.  The product has intelligent...

Tags: Contract Management, Contract Management Product, Service Management, Mickey North Rizza

Blog posts 2009-03-13

Oracle jumps into the SaaS market with SaaS Sourcing

Oracle announced today that it is now selling SaaS sourcing products.  As the number two company in the Supply Management market, this product is long overdue.  SAP acquired Frictionless Commerce back in 2006, while Ariba - the best of breed SaaS market leader - acquired Procuri in 2007.      ...

Tags: Mickey North Rizza

Blog posts 2009-03-09

SaaS: The supply management market’s economic stimulus?

2008 was a very strong year for supply management vendors, despite the dismal global economy. The market grew 9%, reaching $3.0B in spending for software and services. Most buyers focused on improving processes in sourcing, spend analysis, procurement, contract management, settlement, and supplier performance management. A closer...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, ROI, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Roi/Tco, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Mickey North Rizza

Blog posts 2009-02-26

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News to know: Homebrewing, Google options, Windows, Smartphones, Oracle

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Jason Perlow: Extreme PCs and "Homebrewing": Rest in Peace Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Extreme PCs and homebrew systems are here to...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Camcorder, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Smartphone, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Software As A Service (SaaS), E-mail, Podcasts, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Emerging Technologies, Online Communications, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-03-10

News to know: Homebrewing, Google options, Windows, Smartphones, Oracle

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Jason Perlow: Extreme PCs and "Homebrewing": Rest in Peace Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Extreme PCs and homebrew systems are here to...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Camcorder, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Smartphone, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Software As A Service (SaaS), E-mail, Podcasts, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Emerging Technologies, Online Communications, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-03-10

SAP's services roadmap

Since I'm frequently less than kind to SAP, for once let me hand out some plaudits to the company on the heels of its acquisition of Frictionless Commerce last week. Its pragmatic approach to software services may not be one that I agree with, but if I were running SAP,...

Tags: SAP AG

Blog posts 2006-05-22