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?
Archive: Spend management
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.
Why would Coupa take on the corporate payments market? A look inside Coupa Pay's big push
At Coupa Inspire, Coupa declared their seriousness on e-payments with a series of Coupa Pay announcements. But why is Coupa doubling down on Coupa Pay? Where do they see potential where others have struggled?
Aera raises $80m to speed demand planning for the Unilevers of the world
Aera raises $80m and reveals big brand endorsements for its intelligent automation platform to speed large-scale supply chain demand planning
Declare your independence from vendor-dictated roadmaps
As Americans celebrate the country's Declaration of Independence, Rimini Street's David Rowe sets out some revolutionary thinking for enterprise IT buyers
Coupa Inspire 2019 - World Vision Canada on the art of modernizing procurement - and their views on Coupa Pay
Coupa Inspire day two found me digging into Coupa Pay and Community Intelligence. No better way to do that than on the show floor, where Coupa customer World Vision Canada shared the art of a successful procurement project.
Coupa Inspire 2019 - customers get real about spend management transformation
Coupa has big ambitions for Business Spend Management. As a functional suite? Sure. But as a driver for transformational change? For a gut check, I went to Coupa customers for their views.
Businesses are paying less than ever for software. This is why
Software is going the same way as the music industry and companies will need to adopt new models to respond to this market shift. Zoho's Raju Vegesna explains all
Coupa CEO Rob Bernshteyn - we've earned legitimacy from the enterprise buyers in the spend management space
Customer references have given Coupa the enterprise clout it needs to reach a tipping point, says Bernshteyn.
How to break free of data silos for a truly intelligence-driven supply chain
Intelligence-driven supply chain management is here but businesses must first connect across data silos, writes Infor's Bryan Nella
Coupa stacks up new customers as subscription revenue growth hits 42%
Lots of new users and strong revenue growth as Coupa prepares to make more customer-helpful data transparent.
How to get more out of the IT budget - learnings from Amadeus and JLT
As all businesses ramp up spending on digital technology, Amadeus and JLT share lessons learned on how to manage costs and get more out of the IT budget
While retail consultants focus on technology are they forgetting the basics?
Technology alone will not stem the flow of red ink in retail markets. Understanding how the retail disruptors' business model operates and building strategies to counter will reap greater rewards.