Brian Sommer's Month in Brief - October
A Top Ten of the enterprise software stories to catch the eye in October.
Archive: Financials
Workday gets serious about spend, acquires source-to-pay vendor Scout RFP
Workday's acquisition of Scout RFP shows it's serious about spend management but what's its strategy and how does that impact spend pureplay Coupa?
Here's why more risk-taking is the right move for CFOs who want to innovate effectively
CFOs need to be ready to embrace and manage risk to foster innovation in a changing world, writes Workday's Tim Wakeford
How Tender Greens is disrupting the restaurant industry - a Sage Intacct Advantage story
Last week, Sage Intacct made a big case for the strategic impact of AI and automation for finance. But is that vision a viable pursuit for customers? I got some answers via a sit-down with restaurant industry disruptor Tender Greens.
Zuora Subscribed London - new ways of not owning a car
As car ownership becomes more costly and climate concerns make it less appealing, Octo Telematics is using Zuora to enable another approach.
Workday Rising 2019 - Machine learning holds the key to a changing world
Machine learning takes center stage at Workday Rising 2019 as the finance and HCM vendor unveils automation tools for a changing world
Zuora Subscribed London - confessions of a Subscription Economy virgin
We’ve covered Zuora and the rise of the Subscription Economy model for many years at diginomica. But when the firm’s Subscribed conference touched down in London recently, contributing editor Martin Banks had his first encounter with the firm. Skepticism gave way to conversion…
The convergence of auditing and robotic process automation - highlights from Controlling 2019
Getting ahead of the compliance curve is an attractive proposition for auditors. But can robotics process automation play a role? Kent Bettisworth says yes - but as I learned at Controlling 2019, there are major caveats.
The Discovery Channel on IT-business alignment in a cloud world - live from SAP Controlling 2019
At Controlling 2019, keynote speaker Barb Rojas of the Discovery Channel put an interesting twist on IT/business alignment. How do you impose governance on business users, without stifling their cloud pursuits? After the keynote, our podcast took the conversation further.
600 million years later - what can an octopus teach us about technology?
Reaching out a tentacle on World Octopus Day to find parallels with technology innovations.
As recession talk heats up, finance has an opportunity to lead
If we face a global recession, finance will be in the hot seat. But there's a silver lining for those ready to seize the opportunity, writes Bill Peterson of Host Analytics
Coupa's next innings as Business Spend Management is recognised as key to digital transformation
Wall Street liked Coupa's second quarter numbers as new customer logos drove growth.
Zuora overhauls sales formula as customer maturity mix changes the conversation
Many of the challenges of Q1 have been addressed as Zuora's Q2 numbers beat Wall Street expectations.