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VCs put big sums into SaaS

Several SaaS vendors have announced some big funding rounds the past couple of weeks, which suggests that SaaS is still able to command strong VC support where vendors can show good traction for their offerings. by Phil Wainewright

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Rearden Commerce, Analytics, Sales Compensation, Intacct, Software As A Service (SaaS), Sales Force Management, Managed Hosting, Sales Strategy, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-05-09

Keep your travel profile a little greener with Rearden

I am writing this blog in a state that was just smacked by the collapse of one of its local airlines Aloha, which took both employees and customers very much by surprise. Meanwhile, many of the people I was with at last week's Cisco Partner Summit in Honolulu didn't find...

Tags: Rearden Commerce, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-04-14

Readen Commerce mashes up Total Dining Experience

Readen Commerce has developed a comprehensive Web-based platform for handing employee business services, such as airline tickets, car rentals, car services, event tickets and package shipping, within corporations. I wrote about Rearden Commerce when it first launched in 2005. The latest element of the Rearden Commerce service, which works with...

Tags: Web Technology, IT Management, General

Blog posts 2007-05-07

Rearden Commerce books American Express travel arm

Rearden Commerce books American Express travel armlets go AmExIf they can really get this Rearden Software to work in their system it will catch on and make things different in the world of searching for anything not just flights and hotel rooms.I want to see them succeed with this as...

Tags: SEARCH, Channel management, Rearden Commerce, American Express Co.

Discussion threads 2006-11-16

The Web grows up

Part of the reason people get dissatisfied with terms like Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 is that we all know the Web is an unfinished project and were somewhat impatient to see some more progress made on getting it built. So its good when an announcement comes along that suggests...

Tags: Business applications, Companies, Marketplaces, Web 3.0

Blog posts 2006-11-15

Amex sees gold in SaaS-SOA model

For a compelling example of how Software as a Service and service oriented architecture is converging, look no further than Rearden Commerce. ZDNet blogging colleague Dan Farber just reported that American Express is taking a $22.5 million equity stake in the company and will be white-labeling Reardens employee service platform...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, Amex, Rearden Commerce, SOA, Rearden

Blog posts 2006-11-14

Rearden Commerce goes for scale with American Express

After two years of dancing across the table, Rearden Commerce and American Express Business Travel partnered up to scale out employee business services beyond the big three, air, hotel and car rental. American Express Business Travel is white labeling Rearden Commerces employee services platform and making a $22.5 million minority...

Tags: American Express Co., Rearden Commerce, McGraw

Blog posts 2006-11-14

Using SaaS and Web 2.0 for business automation

I've been spending a lot of time lately looking at solutions for automated business processes that are based on the online, low-barrier, and highly collaborative worlds of SaaS and Web 2.0. Primarily, this is part of my exploration of using Web 2.0 in the enterprise, sometimes called Enterprise...

Tags: Rearden Commerce, business process, Web, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2006-05-13

Rearden would rather buy Google

AMR's Bruce Richardson has garnered attention with his speculation that "Google should buy Rearden Commerce." I'm not surprised to learn that Rearden's CEO and founder, Patrick Grady, "laughed" when Richardson called to ask his opinion. I met Grady last week, and his ambitions for Rearden are to rival Google in...

Tags: Rearden Commerce

Blog posts 2005-10-31

Analyst thinks Google should buy Rearden Commerce

In his latest "Alert Highlight," it might as well be called a blog, AMR’s Bruce Richardson muses over the "Google Economy," a subject not suffering from any lack of coverage these days. His final of five points stood out and deserves some attention:No. 5: Google should buy Rearden CommerceWhy...

Tags: AMR&rsquo, s Bruce Richardson, Google Inc.

Blog posts 2005-10-28

The great Web 2.0 application (s)mash-up

There are two opposing views of the direction enterprise applications are moving in. One view says that enterprises want "one throat to choke, one stack to manage," and thus the trend is for ever greater consolidation on a dwindling number of giant vendors. The opposite view was presented at a...

Tags: Rearden Commerce, Web, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2005-09-21

SOA, EDI: and the beat goes on...

SOA, EDI: and the beat goes on...Forget EDI - Look AheadIt seems a little disingenuous, to me, to set up old EDI service providers as the bad guys.EDI was of its time, and many positive lessons were learned from its use. Anyway, I don't see a huge rush away...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, Strategy, Rearden Commerce, EDI, SOA

Discussion threads 2005-03-07

SOA, EDI: and the beat goes on...

Will Rearden Commerce really make a splash? Who knows? Time will tell. But it's always refreshing when new entrants, especially brash upstarts and startups, come in and stir things up a bit. As my blogmate Britton points out, Patrick Grady and Rearden Commerce walk the walk when...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Enterprise software, SOA, EDI, Patrick Grady, Rearden Commerce, Web service, visionary, Web

Blog posts 2005-03-04

Rearden Commerce: SOA empire in the making?

Who is Patrick Grady? That's a question that is likely to be answered many times over in the coming months as his"employee business services" company, Rearden Commerce, gathers market momentum. Grady told our own Dan Farber that it was the "extreme audacity" of the undertaking that kept him quiet about...

Tags: Patrick Grady, Rearden Commerce

Blog posts 2005-03-04

Rearden Commerce transforms business services

Patrick Grady, the founder and CEO of the newly minted Rearden Commerce, likes to tell his story--a tale of perseverance, technology innovation and business acumen in the risky enterprise software business. A venture capital investment of $42 million plays a key role in the story, as well as the company's...

Tags: Patrick Grady

Blog posts 2005-02-27

Splunk Case Study: Rearden Commerce

Rearden Commerce provides the world's largest marketplace for services of all kinds, including travel, entertainment, package shipping and meeting services. Rearden's service must be online for its customers 24/7/365 or it risks losing revenue and accounts. As a solution the company implemented Splunk Professional. It helps the company to be...

Tags: Rearden Commerce, Splunk, Advertising & Promotion, Operational Accounting, Marketing, Finance

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CRM 2009 Forecast - Part 2 - Sticking My Hands Out To Be Slapped

Last week at this time I was throwing my neck out there forecasting some of CRM's moves in 2009 - and no one chopped it off, thank goodness. So, now, in the same spirit, I'm going to do part 2 of three and stick my hands out to be slapped...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, PaaS, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Emerging Technologies, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-12-04

CRM 2009 Forecast: How'd I Do in 2008? Gimme A High Four!

Usually, when I begin my forecast for the coming year, I like to look at how I did the previous year - which is usually disconcerting to say the least.  So, in honor of my first non-intro post for this ZDNET blog, I'm going to be nakedly transparent and show...

Tags: Social Media, Business, Tool, CRM, Zoho, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Where are the expense management startups and Dirty SaaS?

My Irregular chums have been fiercely debating the need and merit of a sensible expense management solution that combines the best of online purchasing with accounting and the ability to re-bill (where appropriate.) It all started when there was a discussion around Concur and Rearden Commerce...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Receipt, Microsoft Corp., Zoli Erdos, Vinnie, MDI, Microsoft Excel, Software As A Service (SaaS), Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Emerging Technologies, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-04

SalesView from InsideView: feature or product?

  I've had several conversations with InsideView in an effort to understand how its recently released SalesView product fits into the scheme of enterprise applications. Described as leveraging the convergence between social media and enterprise applications, SalesView is designed to provide sales people with fine grained information...

Tags: CRM, SalesView, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-04-21